2016 Melbourne City Council election

April 2022 Melbourne Popular no 2012 Melbourne City Council election 2012 2016 10 22 yes 2018 Melbourne lord mayoral by-election 2018 by-election Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of MelbourneAll 9 seats on the City of Melbourne 133,801 73,795 4.79% File:Robert Doyle 2013.jpg 100px DDDDDD Robert Doyle File:Noimage.png 100px 10C25B Olivia Ball PhilCleary.jpg 100px DDDDDD 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 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.Scanlan Shane Caiafa booted off council. Riley back https://cbdnews.com.au/caiafa-booted-off-council-riley-back/ 3 May 2020 CBD News 22 March 2017 Results Leadership Team Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections Leadership Team 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 Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections Councillors 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.Indigenous Melbourne City Councillor Brooke Wandin stands down amid questions about eligibility https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/brooke-wandin-stands-down-melbourne-city-council/8005860 3 May 2020 ABC News 8 November 2016 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.Melbourne Council candidates Brooke Wandin, Richard Foster charged with electoral fraud https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-13/council-candidates-charged-over-alleged-electoral-fraud/8117656 3 May 2020 ABC News 13 December 2016 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.Younger Emma Former Melbourne councillor avoids conviction over illegal nomination https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-19/former-melbourne-councillor-avoids-conviction-in-election-case/9676234 3 May 2020 ABC News 19 April 2018 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. 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. Gilley and Riley were sworn into council on 21 March 2017. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20200614105355/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/Council2016/MelbourneResult.html 14 June 2020 Melbourne City Council election results 2016 - Victorian Electoral Commission 2016 Category:2016 elections in Australia Category:2016 in Melbourne 2016