Results for Macedon Ranges Shire Council Elections 2008

WardVoting Count Method
East WardProportional representation
South WardProportional representation
West WardProportional representation

East Ward (3 vacancies)

Elected:MORABITO, Joe (1st elected)
Elected:DONOVAN, Joan (2nd elected)
Elected:McLAUGHLIN, Henry (3rd elected)
Enrolment:10176
Formal Votes:7766
Informal Votes:252 (3.14% of the total votes)
Voter Turnout:8018 (78.79% of the total enrolment)
Quota:1942

First preference votes

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
DONOVAN, Joan1072 13.80%
TESTA, Patrick191 2.46%
McGREGOR, Sandra Mary233 3.00%
TIGHE, Hugh488 6.28%
ROBERTS, Hilary George654 8.42%
NOTHARD, Eric470 6.05%
HACKETT, Graham451 5.81%
NEIL, Geoffrey Allan963 12.40%
MORABITO, Joe1291 16.62%
BLEECK, Henry838 10.79%
McLAUGHLIN, Henry1115 14.36%

South Ward (3 vacancies)

Elected:LETCHFORD, John (1st elected)
Elected:GUTHRIE, Rob (2nd elected)
Elected:RELPH, Helen Ann (3rd elected)
Enrolment:10394
Formal Votes:7827
Informal Votes:320 (3.93% of the total votes)
Voter Turnout:8147 (78.38% of the total enrolment)
Quota:1957

First preference votes

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
RELPH, Helen Ann930 11.88%
WHITEFIELD, Brian William401 5.12%
MOWATT, Russell Stewart943 12.05%
JESKE, Ewald277 3.54%
GUTHRIE, Rob1105 14.12%
CASSAR, Angela886 11.32%
BOEGEL, Fritz Manfred462 5.90%
ELLIOTT, Deborah200 2.56%
LETCHFORD, John1156 14.77%
MOORE, Anne Louise502 6.41%
WIEDERMANN, Michael William94 1.20%
THOMPSON, Christine231 2.95%
ROUSSIYAN, Christine314 4.01%
SHEPHERD, Gerry326 4.17%

West Ward (3 vacancies)

Elected:JUKES, Roger (1st elected)
Elected:MANNING, Neil (2nd elected)
Elected:BENSON, Henryka (3rd elected)
Enrolment:10665
Formal Votes:8222
Informal Votes:308 (3.61% of the total votes)
Voter Turnout:8530 (79.98% of the total enrolment)
Quota:2056

Recount results for first preference votes

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
GYORFFY, Tom953 11.59%
MANNING, Neil813 9.89%
PEELER, Len Ian447 5.44%
JUKES, Roger1810 22.01%
LIVINGSTONE, Liz574 6.98%
BENSON, Henryka673 8.19%
YARDLEY, Russell559 6.80%
WILSON, Brian John214 2.60%
TODD, Alan572 6.96%
HARVEY, Noel1187 14.44%
DRAGO, Joan E.420 5.11%