2012 Brisbane City Council election explained

Election Name:2012 Brisbane City Council election
Country:Brisbane
Previous Election:2008 Brisbane City Council election
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:Brisbane City Council election, 2016
Next Year:2016
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Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Leader1:Graham Quirk
Party1:Liberal National Party of Queensland
Popular Vote1:333,637
Percentage1:61.9%
Swing1: 1.9pp
Leader2:Ray Smith
Party2:Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
Popular Vote2:135,534
Percentage2:25.2%
Swing2: 3.9pp
Leader3:Andrew Bartlett
Party3:Queensland Greens
Popular Vote3:57,641
Percentage3:10.7%
Swing3: 2.3pp
1Blank:TPP
2Blank:TPP swing
1Data1:68.5%
2Data1: 2.4pp
1Data2:31.5%
2Data2: 2.4pp
Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Posttitle:Subsequent Lord Mayor
Before Election:Graham Quirk
Before Party:Liberal National Party of Queensland
After Election:Graham Quirk
After Party:Liberal National Party of Queensland
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Ongoing:no
Seats For Election:All 26 wards on the City Council
13 wards needed for a majority
Leader1:Graham Quirk
Party1:Liberal National
Last Election1:16
Seats1:18
Percentage1:57.1
Leader2:Ray Smith
Party2:Labor
Last Election2:10
Seats2:7
Percentage2:32.0
Leader3:
Party3:Independents
Last Election3:0
Seats3:1
Percentage3:2.42

The 2012 Brisbane City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 to elect a lord mayor and 26 councillors to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]

The election resulted in a landslide re-election of the Liberal National Party (previously represented in Queensland as the Liberal Party), increasing their representation by two wards. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Graham Quirk, was elected to his first full-term with a substantial 68.3% of the two-party-preferred vote.

Results

Councillor elections

The Liberal National's gained the wards of Doboy and Karawatha from the Labor Party and lost the ward of Tennyson to an Independent, for a net gain of two wards and a majority of 18 wards, to their nearest competitor, Labor's at 7 wards.

Ward2008 electionSwing2012 election
PartyCouncillorMarginMarginCouncillorParty
Bracken Ridge Liberal NationalAmanda Cooper13.88%7.3921.27%Amanda CooperLiberal National 
Central LaborDavid Hinchliffe0.28%-9.639.35%Vicki HowardLiberal National 
Chandler Liberal NationalAdrian Schrinner21.19%6.4227.61%Adrian SchrinnerLiberal National 
Deagon LaborVictoria Newton7.92%-1.626.30%Victoria NewtonLabor 
Doboy LaborJohn Campbell0.97%-5.364.39%Ryan MurphyLiberal National 
Enoggera Liberal NationalAndrew Wines0.82%14.7315.55%Andrew WinesLiberal National 
Hamilton Liberal NationalDavid McLachlan20.38%4.8225.20%David McLachlanLiberal National 
Holland Park Liberal NationalIan McKenzie5.61%4.369.97%Ian McKenzieLiberal National 
Jamboree Liberal NationalMatthew Bourke1.50%25.6427.14%Matthew BourkeLiberal National 
Karawatha LaborGail Macpherson1.51%-17.7116.20%Kim MarxLiberal National 
MacGregor Liberal NationalGraham Quirk121.13%3.0924.22%Steven HuangLiberal National 
Marchant Liberal NationalFiona King7.99%8.7916.78%Fiona KingLiberal National 
McDowall Liberal NationalNorm Wyndham21.60%2.0723.67%Norm WyndhamLiberal National 
Moorooka LaborSteve Griffiths4.03%7.0311.06%Steve GriffithsLabor 
Morningside LaborShayne Sutton11.63%-5.056.58%Shayne SuttonLabor 
Northgate LaborKim Flesser1.55%-0.730.82%Kim FlesserLabor 
Parkinson Liberal NationalAngela Owen-Taylor6.27%10.5916.86%Angela Owen-TaylorLiberal National 
Pullenvale Liberal NationalMargaret De Wit30.61%1.2531.86%Margaret De WitLiberal National 
Richlands LaborMilton Dick4.02%15.8420.18%Milton DickLabor 
Tennyson Liberal NationalNicole Johnston13.32%N/A8.25%Nicole Johnston2Independent 
The Gabba LaborHelen Abrahams2.73%6.138.86%Helen AbrahamsLabor 
The Gap Liberal NationalGeraldine Knapp18.68%4.1022.78%Geraldine KnappLiberal National 
Toowong Liberal NationalPeter Matic11.76%0.2712.03%Peter MaticLiberal National 
Walter Taylor Liberal NationalJane Prentice321.02%4.8825.90%Julian SimmondsLiberal National 
Wishart Liberal NationalKrista Adams13.31%8.1521.46%Krista AdamsLiberal National 
Wynnum Manly LaborPeter Cumming9.06%-7.421.64%Peter CummingLabor 

Wards with names listed in bold changed hands from Labor to Liberal National in the 2012 election.

Councillors whose names are in italics did not stand in the 2012 election for the seat they won in 2008.

1 Graham Quirk was appointed Lord Mayor after the resignation of Campbell Newman in 2011. Steven Huang was appointed Councillor for MacGregor Ward in his place.

2 Nicole Johnston was elected as a member of the LNP in 2008 but resigned from the party to sit as an Independent.

3 Jane Prentice resigned from Council in 2010 to contest the Federal electorate of Ryan for the LNP. Julian Simmonds of the LNP was elected Councillor at a by-election in October that year.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: City of Brisbane Act 2010 S13 . Austlii . 28 April 2012 . Parliament of Queensland . https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215409/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/coba2010155/s13.html . 8 April 2014 . dead.