| Election Name: | City of Greater Geelong Council Elections, 2012 |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Geelong mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2013 Geelong mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
| Election Date: | 27 October 2012 |
| Turnout: | 76.29% [1] |
| Candidate1: | Keith Fagg |
| Party1: | Independent (politician) |
| Popular Vote1: | 54,425 |
| Percentage1: | 43.28% |
| Candidate2: | John Mitchell |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,448 |
| Percentage2: | 13.88% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | John Mitchell |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| After Election: | Keith Fagg |
| After Party: | Independent (politician) |
Elections were held for the City of Greater Geelong council in Australia on 27 October 2012. In addition to electing a new 12 member council, Geelong also directly elected its first Mayor. Independent candidate Keith Fagg won the election convincingly, winning 43.28% of the primary vote. Then-mayor Labor aligned John Mitchell won 13.88% of the vote.
As part of an election pledge, the Victorian state government made good on their promise to give Geelong residents the ability to directly elect their next mayor, with the bill passing through the Victorian upper-house on 9 February 2012.[2]
John Mitchell was Geelong's Mayor for the last four years prior to this election. He unsuccessfully ran for re-election.
Nine candidates ran in this election.
| Candidate nominations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Alliance | Sue Bull | |||
| Independent | Ron Watt | |||
| Independent | Frank Rozpara | |||
| Independent | Stephanie Asher | |||
| Independent | John Smith | |||
| Labor | John Mitchell | Mayor of Geelong from 2008 - 2012. | ||
| Independent | Keith Fagg | Elected. | ||
| Independent | Bernadette Uzelac | |||
| Independent | Graeme Robin | |||