| Country: | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | parliamentary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ongoing: | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Election: | 2000 Gold Coast City Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 2008 Gold Coast City Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Election Date: | 27 March 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2004 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 27 March 2004 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]
Incumbent mayor Gary Baildon was defeated by former Olympian Ron Clarke.
Shortly before the election, prominent developer Brian Ray revealed he was the "kingmaker" who − along with several other prominent business figures − had contributed funding to a trust fund available to certain candidates, including Roxanne Scott, Brian Rowe, Greg Betts and Grant Pforr (the latter two were successful).[2]
On the day before the election, nightclub operators spent more than $16,000 to send SMS messages to more than 75,000 people in a campaign against Gary Baildon because of a decision to reduce nightclub opening hours.[2]