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2012 Queensland mayoral elections

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2012 Queensland mayoral elections

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The 2012 Queensland mayoral elections were held on 28 April 2012 to elect the mayors of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections.[1]

Results

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Brisbane

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2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Graham Quirk 333,637 61.9 +1.9
Labor Ray Smith 135,534 25.2 −3.9
Greens Andrew Bartlett 57,641 10.7 +2.3
Sex Party Rory Killen 7,125 1.3 +1.3
Independent Chris Carson 4,733 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 538,670
Informal votes 11,778
Turnout 550,448
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Graham Quirk 340,464 68.5
Labor Ray Smith 156,357 31.5
Liberal National hold Swing +2.4

Gold Coast

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2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Tate 83,876 37.05
Independent Eddy Sarroff 40,958 18.09
Independent Susie Douglas 35,417 15.65
Independent Peter Young 26,977 11.92
Independent Dean Vegas 20,868 9.22
Independent Keith Douglas 14,702 6.49
Independent John Abbott 3,568 1.58
Total formal votes 226,366 95.48
Informal votes 10,724 4.52
Turnout 237,090
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Tate 90,935 64.34
Independent Eddy Sarroff 50,399 35.66
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Redland

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2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Redland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Karen Williams 52,249 69.51
Independent Melva Hobson 22,914 30.49
Turnout 78,283 83.81
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Townsville

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2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 28,508 33.74 +33.74
Townsville First Dale Last 26,898 31.83 +31.83
Independent Jeff Jimmieson 15,301 18.11 +18.11
Independent Brendan Porter 12,277 14.53 +14.53
Independent Harry Patel 1,516 1.79 +1.79
Total formal votes 84,500 96.34 −2.37
Informal votes 3,207 3.66 +2.37
Turnout 87,707 80.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 32,946 51.58 +51.58
Townsville First Dale Last 30,928 48.42 +48.42
Team Jenny Hill gain from Team Tyrell Swing

References

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  1. ^ "2012 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2012 Brisbane City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ "BCC2012_Results". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2012 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  5. ^ "2012 Townsville City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.