2005 Boston City Council election

Boston City Council elections were held on November 8, 2005. Ten seats were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 5, 7, and 8 were unopposed. Five seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27, 2005.

At-large

Councillors Michael F. Flaherty, Felix D. Arroyo, and Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected, while the seat formerly held by Maura Hennigan was won by Sam Yoon. Hennigan did not seek re-election, as she ran for Mayor of Boston; she was defeated by incumbent Thomas Menino in the general election. Yoon became the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston.

At-large candidates

;Elected

;Lost in general election

John R. Connolly: lawyer; son of Michael J. Connolly and Lynda M. Connolly
Ed Flynn: U.S. Navy veteran, probation officer, substitute teacher; son of Raymond Flynn
Patricia H. White: daughter of Kevin White, unsuccessful at-large council in 2003

;Lost in primary election

Althea Garrison: former state senator, perennial candidate
Laura Garza: activist and perennial candidate
Martin J. Hogan
Kevin R. McCrea: Wabash Construction company owner, developer, landlord, government reform activist
Gregory Joseph O'Connell
Roy Owens: perennial candidate
Joseph Ready

;Write-in contenders

Gibran Rivera
Joseph Ureneck

At-large results

write-in votes

District 1

General election

Councillor Paul Scapicchio was re-elected.

Special election

Scapicchio resigned his seat effective April 30, 2006, in order to join a private lobbying firm. This created a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on June 13, 2006, with the preliminary election on May 16, 2006. Salvatore LaMattina was elected to serve the remainder of Scapicchio's term.

District 2

General election

Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.

Special election

Kelly died in January 2007, creating a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on May 15, 2007, with the preliminary election on April 17, 2007. Bill Linehan was elected to serve the remainder of Kelly's term.
write-in votes

District 3

Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.

District 4

Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
write-in votes

District 5

Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 6

Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. was re-elected.

District 7

Councillor Chuck Turner ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 8

Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 9

Councillor Jerry P. McDermott was re-elected.