2016 Melbourne City Council election
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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.[1]
Results
[edit]Leadership Team
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]# | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 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
[edit]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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[1] 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.[1] Gilley and Riley were sworn into council on 21 March 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Scanlan, Shane (22 March 2017). "Caiafa booted off council. Riley back". CBD News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Melbourne City Council election results 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Indigenous Melbourne City Councillor Brooke Wandin stands down amid questions about eligibility". ABC News. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Melbourne Council candidates Brooke Wandin, Richard Foster charged with electoral fraud". ABC News. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Younger, Emma (19 April 2018). "Former Melbourne councillor avoids conviction over illegal nomination". ABC News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
External links
[edit]- Melbourne City Council election results 2016 - Victorian Electoral Commission at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 June 2020)