2016 Melbourne City Council election

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.[1]

Results

Leadership Team

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections § Leadership Team.[edit]
2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)[2]
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.[edit]
2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Councillors)[2]
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.[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

  1. ^ a b c Scanlan, Shane (22 March 2017). "Caiafa booted off council. Riley back". CBD News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "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.