2008 Melbourne City Council election

The 2024 Melbourne City Council election was held on 29 November 2008 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.

2008 Melbourne City Council election

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Registered97,846
Leadership Team
Turnout60,803 Decrease 2.96%
 
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Candidate Robert Doyle Adam Bandt Catherine Ng
Party Activate Melbourne Greens C Melbourne Grow
Running mate Susan Riley Kathleen Maltzahn Terry Makings
First preference vote 15,135 8,729 6,315
Percentage 26.11% 15.06% 10.90%
2CP 54.08% 45.92%
2CP swing Increase 54.08 Increase 45.92

Lord Mayor before election

John So
Melbourne Living

Elected Lord Mayor

Robert Doyle
Activate Melbourne

Results

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Leadership Team

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2008 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Activate Melbourne Robert Doyle
Susan Riley
15,135 26.11 +26.11
Greens Adam Bandt
Kathleen Maltzahn
8,729 15.06 +6.58
Melbourne's Future Peter McMullin
Tim Wilson
7,267 12.54 +12.54
C Melbourne Grow 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
Activate Melbourne Robert Doyle
Susan Riley
31,348 54.08 +54.08
C Melbourne Grow Catherine Ng
Terry Makings
26,614 45.92 +45.92
Activate Melbourne gain from Melbourne Living Swing N/A

Councillors

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# 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 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,415
Activate Melbourne 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
Melbourne's Future 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
C Melbourne Grow 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

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  1. ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2008". Victorian Electoral Commission. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Results for Melbourne City Council Elections 2008". Victorian Electoral Commission. 29 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 November 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.