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2016 Melbourne City Council election
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Registered133,801
Turnout73,795 Decrease 4.79%
 
Candidate Robert Doyle Olivia Ball Phil Cleary
Deputy candidate Arron Wood Roxane Ingleton Junxi Su
Voting ticket Independent Greens Independent
First round 31,743 15,131 7,745
First round (%) 44.62% 21.72% 10.89%
Final round 36,974 18,481 15,682
Final round (%) 51.98% 25.98% 22.04%
Lord Mayor of Melbourne before election

Robert Doyle
Independent

Elected Lord Mayor

Robert Doyle
Independent

Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in 2016 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Independent Robert Doyle was re-elected as Lord Mayor for a third term.

Following the resignation of councillor-elect Brooke Wandin, a full recount of councillor ballots was ordered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on 14 March 2017.

Results

Leadership Team

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections § Leadership Team.
2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Doyle Robert Doyle
Arron Wood 		31,743 44.62 +3.86
Greens Olivia Ball
Roxane Ingleton 		15,131 21.27 +6.48
Phil Cleary Means Business Phil Cleary
Junxi Su 		7,745 10.89 +10.89
Together Melbourne Ken Ong
Sue Morphet 		7,391 10.39 +10.39
Team Morgan - A City That Works Gary Morgan
Michael O'Brien 		4,830 6.79 −4.53
Strengthening Melbourne Ron Hunt
Doone Clifton 		2,548 3.58 +3.58
The Light On The Hill Team Anthony van der Craats
Yunli Han 		1,749 2.46 +2.46
Total formal votes 71,137 96.40 +0.75
Informal votes 2,658 3.60 −0.75
Turnout 73,795 55.15 −4.79
Team Doyle Robert Doyle
Arron Wood 		36,974 51.98 −0.44
Greens Olivia Ball
Roxane Ingleton 		18,481 25.98 +0.91
Phil Cleary Means Business Phil Cleary
Junxi Su 		15,682 22.04 +22.04
Team Doyle hold Swing N/A

Councillors

# Councillor Party
1 Kevin Louey   Independent
2 Rohan Leppert   Greens
3 Nicholas Reece   Independent
4 Cathy Oke   Greens
5 Tessa Sullivan   Independent
6 Philip Le Liu   Independent
7 Jackie Watts   Independent
8 Nicolas Frances Gilley   Independent
9 Susan Riley   Independent
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections § Councillors.
2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,240
Team Doyle 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Nicholas Reece (elected 3)
3. Tessa Sullivan (elected 5)
4. Susan Riley (elected 9)
5. Beverley Pinder-Mortimer
6. Sue Stanley
7. Hope Wei 		27,116 37.45 −0.03
Greens 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2)
2. Cathy Oke (elected 4)
3. Apsara Sabaratnam
4. Jenny Pitts
5. Ben Curnow 		14,593 20.16 +4.54
Together Melbourne 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 6)
2. Tony Penna
3. Barbara Yerondais
4. Alice Poon 		6,578 9.09 +9.09
Phil Cleary Means Business 1. Michael Caiafa
2. Suzanne Vale
3. Sebastian Saggio 		5,667 7.83 +7.83
Stephen Mayne T.I.A.E. 1. Stephen Mayne
2. Johanna Maxwell 		3,666 5.06 −0.95
Team Morgan - A City That Works 1. Jackie Watts (elected 7)
2. Michael Kennedy
3. Farida Fleming 		3,557 4.91 −4.69
Strengthening Melbourne 1. Robin Matthews
2. Wesa Chau
3. Roger Smith 		1,905 2.63 +2.63
Animal Justice 1. Bruce Poon
2. Fiona Creedy 		1,770 2.44 +2.44
Listening To Locals 1. Richard Foster
2. Bridie Walsh 		1,718 2.37 +2.37
An Indigenous Voice On Council 1. Brooke Wandin
2. Nicolas Frances Gilley (elected 8) 		1,534 2.12 +2.12
Serving Melbourne With Integrity 1. Marcus Fielding
2. Sallyann Wilson 		1,519 2.10 +2.10
The Light On The Hill Team 1. Jim Ward
2. Sergey Sizenko 		960 1.33 +1.33
The Heritage Agenda 1. Adam Munro Ford
2. Luke Downing 		816 1.13 +1.13
Melburnian Voice 1. Joseph Sarraf
2. Miroslav Zverina 		808 1.12 +1.12
Science Luke James 82 0.11
Independent Neil Pringle 57 0.11
Independent Jing Li 62 0.07
Total formal votes 72,398 98.04 +0.2
Informal votes 1,451 1.96 −0.2
Turnout 73,849 55.19 −4.82

Aftermath

On 8 November, councillor-elect Brooke Wandin stood down from her position amid an investigation by the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate into her eligibility. Wandin and former councillor Richard Foster were later charged with electoral fraud, with prosecutors alleging Wandin did not live at the Kensington address she had nominated when registering for election. Both parties plead guilty to charges of electoral fraud; Foster received a 12-month good behaviour bond, while Wandin was placed onto a diversion program.

As a result of Wandin standing down from the council, on 5 December 2016 the Municipal Electoral Tribunal ordered a countback of votes cast. The Victorian Electoral Commission appealed this decision to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, seeking a full recount. On 14 March 2017, the Tribunal ruled in the Commission's favour. A full recount elected Nicolas Frances Gilley and Susan Riley as the eighth and ninth councilors respectively, displacing Michael Caiafa who would have been retained in a vote countback. Gilley and Riley were sworn into council on 21 March 2017.

References

  1. ^ Scanlan, Shane (22 March 2017). "Caiafa booted off council. Riley back". CBD News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. "Indigenous Melbourne City Councillor Brooke Wandin stands down amid questions about eligibility". ABC News. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "Melbourne Council candidates Brooke Wandin, Richard Foster charged with electoral fraud". ABC News. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. Younger, Emma (19 April 2018). "Former Melbourne councillor avoids conviction over illegal nomination". ABC News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

External links

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