Brisbane City Council election, 2016

Brisbane City Council elections, 2016
Australia
March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)
26 wards in the Brisbane City Council Chambers

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Graham Quirk Rod Harding no leader
Party Liberal National Labor Greens
Leader since 2011
Last election 18 wards 7 wards 0 wards
Seats won 19 wards 5 wards 1 ward
Seat change Increase1 Decrease2 Increase1
Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Graham Quirk
Liberal National

 Subsequent Lord Mayor

Graham Quirk
Liberal National

Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on March 19, 2016. The Liberal National Party remained in power after winning 19 of the 26 wards.

Results

Mayoral election

Brisbane City Council mayoral election, 2016[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Graham Quirk 325,714 53.4 -8.6
Labor Rod Harding 195,055 32 +6.8
Greens Ben Pennings 63,483 10.4 -0.3
Consumer Rights Jeffrey Hodges 12,960 2.1 +2.1
Independent Karel Boele 5,195 0.9 +0.9
Independent Jim Eldridge 4,764 0.8 +0.8
Independent Jarrod Wirth 3,063 0.5 +0.5
Other - - - -2.2
Total formal votes 610,234 - -
Informal votes 15,287 - -
Turnout 625,521 - -
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Graham Quirk 336,450 59.3 -9.2
Labor Rod Harding 230,841 40.7 +9.2
Liberal National hold Swing

Ward elections

Ward[2] Party Councillor Margin (%)
Bracken Ridge LNP Amanda Cooper 21.6
Calamvale LNP Angela Owen-Taylor 18.1
Central LNP Vicki Howard 9.4
Chandler LNP Adrian Schrinner 27.5
Coorparoo LNP Ian McKenzie 12.1
Deagon Labor Jared Cassidy 5.2
Doboy LNP Ryan Murphy 3.5
Enoggera LNP Andrew Wines 14.1
Forest Lake Labor Charles Strunk 5.3
Hamilton LNP David McLachlan 24.8
Holland Park LNP Krista Adams 8.8
Jamboree LNP Matthew Bourke 21.1
Macgregor LNP Steven Huang 25.1
Marchant LNP Fiona King 16.5
McDowall LNP Norm Wyndham 23.5
Moorooka Labor Steve Griffiths 10.7
Morningside Labor Shayne Sutton 6
Northgate LNP Adam Allan 0.4
Paddington LNP Peter Matic 11.9
Pullenvale LNP Kate Richards 31
Runcorn LNP Kim Marx 18.2
Tennyson Independent Nicole Johnston 5.8
The Gabba Greens Jonathan Sri 8.3
The Gap LNP Steven Toomey 21
Walter Taylor LNP Julian Simmonds 20.9
Wynnum Manly Labor Peter Cumming 0.7

References

  1. ↑ "Lord Mayor Election - ABC News". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wards - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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