2012 Melbourne City Council election

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27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)

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Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne
All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne

Registered

108,434

Turnout

64,996

2.32%


Candidate	Robert Doyle	Alison Parkes	Gary Singer
Deputy candidate	Susan Riley	David Collis	John So Jr.
Voting ticket	Independent	Greens	Independent
First round	25,342	9,197	9,714
First round (%)	40.76%	14.79%	15.63%
Final round	32,589	15,583	13,997
Final round (%)	52.42%	25.07%	22.51%

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 October 2012 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, and Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley, were re-elected for a second four-year term.

At the 2012 election, the number of council seats increased from 7 to 9.

Results

Mayoral election

2012 City of Melbourne mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Doyle Susan Riley	25,342	40.76	+14.65
	Independent	Gary Singer John So Jr.	9,714	15.63	+5.19
	Greens	Alison Parkes David Collis	9,197	14.79	−0.26
	Independent	Gary Morgan John D. Elliot	7,039	11.32	+3.52
	Independent	Brian Shanahan Judy Katz	4,187	6.73	+6.73
	Independent	David Nolte Connie Paglianti	2,670	4.29	+4.29
	Independent	Berhan Ahmed Sunny Lu	1,523	2.45	+2.45
	Independent	Keith Rankin Grace Han	1,438	2.31	+2.31
	Independent	Joseph Toscano Jean Ely	1,059	1.70	+0.29
Total formal votes			62,169	95.65	+0.32
Informal votes			2,827	4.35	−0.32
Turnout			64,996	59.94	−2.32
After distribution of preferences
	Independent	Robert Doyle Susan Riley	32,589	52.42	−1.66
	Greens	Alison Parkes David Collis	15,583	25.07	+25.07
	Independent	Gary Singer John So Jr.	13,997	22.51	+22.51
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

The VEC distributed preliminary preferences until an electoral ticket exceeded 50 per cent of the vote, in this case Independent candidates Robert Doyle and Susan Riley.

Councillor election

#	Councillor	Party
1	Kevin Louey		Independent
2	Cathy Oke		Greens
3	Ken Ong		Independent
4	Arron Wood		Independent
5	Beverley Pinder-Mortimer		Independent
6	Richard Foster		Independent
7	Jackie Watts		Independent
8	Stephen Mayne		Independent
9	Rohan Leppert		Greens

2012 City of Melbourne councillor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			6,367
	Independent	1. Kevin Louey (elected 1) 2. Arron Wood (elected 4) 3. Beverley Pinder-Mortimer (elected 5) 4. Carl Jetter 5. Harvard Shen 6. Fiona Sweetman 7. Hope Wei	23,864	37.48	+17.46
	Greens	1. Cathy Oke (elected 2) 2. Rohan Leppert (elected 9) 3. Lachlan Rhodes 4. Jennifer Podesta 5. Philip Thiel	9,942	15.62	−2.82
	Independent	1. Ken Ong (elected 3) 2. Carlo Pagano 3. Sally Hewitt 4. Leona Smith	8,304	13.04	+1.45
	Independent	1. Jackie Watts (elected 7) 2. Michael Kennedy 3. Marie Kinsella 4. Sue O'Brien	6,114	9.60	+0.15
	Independent	1. Richard Foster (elected 6) 2. Emily Lee D'Cruz 3. Mark Dattilo Rubbo 4. Wendy Syme 5. Jason Edwards	3,953	6.21	+6.21
	Independent	1. Stephen Mayne (elected 8) 2. Michele Anderson	3,828	6.01	+6.01
	Independent	1. Kevin Chamberlin 2. Roshena Dutta 3. Nick Parisi 4. Alex Macdonald	3,686	5.79	+5.79
	Independent	1. Luke S. Downing 2. David Cragg	1,929	3.02	+3.02
	Independent	1. Luke S. Downing 2. David Cragg	1,267	1.99	+1.99
	Independent	1. Gerard Anderson 2. Maree Norris	528	0.83	+0.83
	Ungrouped	1. Moti Visa 2. David Loh 3. Anthony van der Craats	249	0.39	+0.39
Total formal votes			63,664	97.84	+0.48
Informal votes			1,407	2.16	−0.48
Turnout			65,071	60.01	−2.25

References

^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2012". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020.

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