2016 Brisbane City Council election
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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
| 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
- ^ "Lord Mayor Election - ABC News". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ "Wards - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved March 4, 2017.