City of Melbourne election, 2008

The 2008 City of Melbourne election took place in late November. Voter turnout was 62% of the total enrolment of 97,846.^[1] The new council was sworn in on 4 December 2008.

Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor

Incumbent: John So (Lord Mayor); Gary Singer (Deputy Lord Mayor)

Team	Candidates	1st preference votes	Votes after distribution
Activate Melbourne	Robert Doyle (Lord Mayor) Susan Riley (Deputy Lord Mayor)	15,135	31,348
The Greens	Adam Bandt Kathleen Maltzahn	8,729
McMullin-Wilson for Melbourne's Future	Peter McMullin Tim Wilson	7,267
C Melbourne Grow - Catherine Ng	Catherine Ng Terry Makings	6,315	26,614
Team Melbourne	Gary Singer Joanne Painter	6,056
Fowles A Fresh Vision	Will Fowles David Wilson	5,004
Morgan Clarke - Our City - Your Council	Gary Morgan Michele Anderson	4,526
Passion for Melbourne	Nick Columb Sue Calwell	2,712
Shifting the Burden	Joseph Toscano Margaret Ely	815
Residents Equity - Affordable Resident Rates	Shelley Roberts Abdiaziz Farah	719
Melbourne Supercity World	Robert King Crawford Michael Kennedy	684

Councillors

The seven elected councillors were:^[1]

Candidate	Group ticket	Group votes
Carl Jetter	Activate Melbourne	11,874
Cathy Oke	The Greens	10,939
Kevin Louey	McMullin-Wilson for Melbourne's Future	7,531
Peter Clarke	Morgann Clarke - Our City - Your Council	5,605
Ken Ong	Team Melbourne	6,875
Brian Shanahan	C Melbourne Grow - Catherine Ng	6,270
Jennifer Kanis	Fowles a fresh vision	6,081

References

1. Victorian Electoral Commission: "Results for Melbourne City Council Elections 2008"