# 2016 Melbourne City Council election

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.

## Results
### Leadership Team

2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood | 31,743 | 44.62 | +3.86 |
| | Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton | 15,131 | 21.27 | +6.48 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su | 7,745 | 10.89 | +10.89 |
| | Together Melbourne | Ken Ong Sue Morphet | 7,391 | 10.39 | +10.39 |
| | Team Morgan - A City That Works | Gary Morgan Michael O'Brien | 4,830 | 6.79 | −4.53 |
| | Strengthening Melbourne | Ron Hunt Doone Clifton | 2,548 | 3.58 | +3.58 |
| | The Light On The Hill Team | Anthony van der Craats Yunli Han | 1,749 | 2.46 | +2.46 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 71,137 | 96.40 | +0.75 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,658 | 3.60 | −0.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,795 | 55.15 | −4.79 |
| | Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood | 36,974 | 51.98 | −0.44 |
| | Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton | 18,481 | 25.98 | +0.91 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su | 15,682 | 22.04 | +22.04 |
| | Team Doyle hold | Team Doyle hold | Swing | N/A | |

### 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 |
2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 7,240 | | |
| | Team Doyle | 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1) 2. Nicholas Reece (elected 3) 3. Tessa Sullivan (elected 5) 4. Susan Riley (elected 9) 5. Beverley Pinder-Mortimer 6. Sue Stanley 7. Hope Wei | 27,116 | 37.45 | −0.03 |
| | Greens | 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2) 2. Cathy Oke (elected 4) 3. Apsara Sabaratnam 4. Jenny Pitts 5. Ben Curnow | 14,593 | 20.16 | +4.54 |
| | Together Melbourne | 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 6) 2. Tony Penna 3. Barbara Yerondais 4. Alice Poon | 6,578 | 9.09 | +9.09 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | 1. Michael Caiafa 2. Suzanne Vale 3. Sebastian Saggio | 5,667 | 7.83 | +7.83 |
| | Stephen Mayne T.I.A.E. | 1. Stephen Mayne 2. Johanna Maxwell | 3,666 | 5.06 | −0.95 |
| | Team Morgan - A City That Works | 1. Jackie Watts (elected 7) 2. Michael Kennedy 3. Farida Fleming | 3,557 | 4.91 | −4.69 |
| | Strengthening Melbourne | 1. Robin Matthews 2. Wesa Chau 3. Roger Smith | 1,905 | 2.63 | +2.63 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Bruce Poon 2. Fiona Creedy | 1,770 | 2.44 | +2.44 |
| | Listening To Locals | 1. Richard Foster 2. Bridie Walsh | 1,718 | 2.37 | +2.37 |
| | An Indigenous Voice On Council | 1. Brooke Wandin 2. Nicolas Frances Gilley (elected 8) | 1,534 | 2.12 | +2.12 |
| | Serving Melbourne With Integrity | 1. Marcus Fielding 2. Sallyann Wilson | 1,519 | 2.10 | +2.10 |
| | The Light On The Hill Team | 1. Jim Ward 2. Sergey Sizenko | 960 | 1.33 | +1.33 |
| | The Heritage Agenda | 1. Adam Munro Ford 2. Luke Downing | 816 | 1.13 | +1.13 |
| | Melburnian Voice | 1. Joseph Sarraf 2. Miroslav Zverina | 808 | 1.12 | +1.12 |
| | Science | Luke James | 82 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Neil Pringle | 57 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Jing Li | 62 | 0.07 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 72,398 | 98.04 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,451 | 1.96 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,849 | 55.19 | −4.82 |

## 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. 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. 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.
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.