2012 Melbourne City Council election

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.

2012 Melbourne City Council election

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Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne
All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne
Registered108,434
Turnout64,996 Decrease 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

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

Results

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Mayoral election

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2012 City of Melbourne mayoral election[1]
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.[1]

Councillor election

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# 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[1]
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

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