2008 City of Melbourne election

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2008 City of Melbourne election
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Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne
All 7 seats on the City of Melbourne
Registered97,846
Turnout60,803 Decrease 2.96%
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Candidate Robert Doyle Catherine Ng
Deputy candidate Susan Riley Terry Makings
Voting ticket Independent Independent
First round 15,135 6,315
First round (%) 26.11% 10.90%
2CP 31,348 26,614
2CP (%) 54.08% 45.92%
Lord Mayor of Melbourne before election

John So
Independent

Elected Lord Mayor

Robert Doyle
Independent

Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2008 to elect 7 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Incumbent Lord Mayor John So did not seek re-election, and was succeeded by former Victorian Opposition Leader and Liberal Party leader Robert Doyle.

Results[]

Mayoral election[]

2008 City of Melbourne mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Doyle
Susan Riley 		15,135 26.11 +26.11
Greens Adam Bandt
Kathleen Maltzahn 		8,729 15.06 +6.58
Independent Peter McMullin
Tim Wilson 		7,267 12.54 +12.54
Independent Catherine Ng
Terry Makings 		6,315 10.90 +10.90
Independent Gary Singer
Joanne Painter 		6,056 10.45 +10.45
Independent Will Fowles
David Wilson 		5,004 8.63 +8.63
Independent Gary Morgan
Michele Anderson 		4,526 7.81 −0.01
Independent Nick Columb
Sue Calwell 		2,712 4.68 +4.68
Independent Joseph Toscano
Margaret Ely 		815 1.41 +1.41
Independent Shelley Roberts
Abdiaziz Farah 		719 1.24 +1.24
Independent Robert King Crawford
Michael Kennedy 		684 1.18 +1.18
Total formal votes 57,962 95.33 +3.53
Informal votes 2,841 4.67 −3.53
Turnout 60,803 62.14 −2.96
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Robert Doyle
Susan Riley 		31,348 54.08 +54.08
Independent Catherine Ng
Terry Makings 		26,614 45.92 +45.92
Independent hold Swing N/A

Councillor election[]

# Councillor Party
1 Carl Jetter   Independent
2 Cathy Oke   Greens
3 Kevin Louey   Independent
4 Peter Clarke   Independent
5 Ken Ong   Independent
6 Brian Shanahan   Independent
7 Jennifer Kanis   Independent
2008 City of Melbourne councillor election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,415
Independent 1. Carl Jetter (elected 1)
2. Jane Shelton
3. Celia Coate
4. Rebecca Cherry 		11,874 20.02 +20.02
Greens 1. Cathy Oke (elected 2)
2. Rohan Leppert
3. Alister Air
4. Donna Lancaster 		10,939 18.44 +8.47
Independent 1. Kevin Louey (elected 3)
2. Jane Shelton
3. Celia Coate
4. Rebecca Cherry 		7,531 15.82 +15.82
Independent 1. Ken Ong (elected 5)
2. Jerome Borazio
3. Trent Smyth
4. Marion Bishop 		6,875 11.59 +11.59
Independent 1. Brian Shanahan (elected 6)
2. Connie Paglianiti
3. Nesilhan Dastan
4. Con Christopoulos
5. John Dawson 		6,270 10.57 +10.57
Independent 1. Jennifer Kanis (elected 7)
2. Lisa Muscatello 		6,081 10.25 +10.25
Independent 1. Peter Clarke (elected 4)
2. Jackie Watts
3. Margaret Wood 		5,605 9.45 +3.11
Independent 1. Fiona Snedden
2. Keith Rankin
3. Vernon Chalker
4. Wellington Lee 		3,223 5.43 +5.43
Independent 1. Brian Michael Ford
2. Sophie E. McEwen 		917 1.55 +1.55
Total formal votes 59,315 97.36 +1.59
Informal votes 1,608 2.64 −1.59
Turnout 60,923 62.26 −3.25

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Melbourne City Council election results 2008". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
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