Stephen Mayne's complete electoral record

1. December 11, 1999: by-election for Jeff Kennett's seat of Burwood, 6.7% to finish 3rd out of 5 (beat the Green)
2. May 18, 2000: AMP, last with 33.89%
3. October 23, 2000: ASX, last with 13.52%
4. October 26, 2000: Commonwealth Bank, last with 39.71%
5. November 2, 2000: WA News, last with 28.41%
6. November 9, 2000: Westfield Holdings, last with record low 0.37%
7. November 20, 2000: Telstra, 7th out of 9 on 14.65% of the proxies with 5 incumbents re-elected
8. November 20, 2000: Woolworths, 54.74% of proxies but defeated on show of hands in a very dubious process
9. November 29, 2000: NRMA Insurance, 45.59% on the proxies before very dubious use of undirected proxies by Nick Whitlam
10. December 11, 2000: David Jones, last with 11.46%
11. December 14, 2000: NAB, last with 9.14%
12. February 2001: Axa Asia Pacific, last with a very bad 1.1% due to French controlling shareholding
13. July 2001: Melbourne Lord Mayor, 13th out of 19 with primary vote of 4.3%
14. October 29, 2001: ASX, last with 10.69%
15. November 1, 2001: Southern Cross Broadcasting, last with 3.85%
16. November 2, 2001: NRMA Insurance, last with 10.69%
17. November 7, 2001: John Fairfax, last with 20.58%
18. November 16, 2001: Telstra, last out of 11 candidates with 4.76% and 5 incumbents re-elected
19. November 27, 2001: PMP, last with 11.24%, other challenger got 15.62%
20. June 2002: Melbourne Press Club committee, 17th and last
21. October 2, 2002: Copyright Agency Ltd, third out of four with top two elected
22. October 9, 2002: News Corp, last with 12.89% of proxies but line-ball from the floor
23. October 2002: RACV, 4th of 5 with 2 incumbents re-elected
24. October 29, 2002: ASX, last with 18.7%
25. May 2003: AMP, last with a very disappointing 11.41% which prompted two year retirement from board tilts
26. October 14, 2005: RACV, last out of 4 and couldn't even beat my wife who came third as two incumbents returned
27. October 27, 2005: Gunns, last with 14.7%
28. November 18, 2005: John Fairfax, last with 7.85%
29. July 20, 2006: Macquarie Bank, last with respectible 15.49%
30. November 14, 2006: Telstra, best of the five outside candidates with 9.53%
31. November 24, 2006: Woolworths, last with 3.01%, a big contrast to 2000 tilt
32. November 25, 2007: Victorian election, disappointing 1.33% for People Power in upper house Southern Metro region
33. November 9, 2007: WA News, got 18% of the proxies on a platform of giving the board some media experience
34. November 24, 2007: Federal election in Higgins, 2% and finished 4th out of 8, getting more than Family First, the Democrats and the two other independents, which was a good outcome.
35. April 2008: Alumina, polled just 6% on a platform to break up the cosy lunch club board that runs this post box company.
36. September 2008: ASX, only attracted 5% direct support on a platform that ASX rescind waivers given to Babcock and Macquarie vehicles but the abstain vote of 20% suggested there was plenty of sympathy.
37. November 27, 2008: BHP Billiton, attracted 365.9 million votes or 12.38% of the total which was much higher than expected as shareholders supported the platform opposing the Rio Tinto takeover.
38. November 27, 2008: Centro Retail, recommended by proxy adviser Risk Metrics and received 435 million votes in favour which was 71% of the independent vote after deducting 1.1 billion shares voted against by Centro itself.
39. November 2008: running for Manningham Council in the Heidi ward where 3 of the 10 candidates will be elected. Results to be known this weekend.