The 2016 Brisbane City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 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.
The election resulted in the re-election of the Liberal National Party to a majority in the chamber, with incumbent LNP Lord Mayor Graham Quirk also being returned. The Liberal Nationals increased their representation by one ward to a total of 19 of 26. The Lord Mayoral result of 59.3% of the two-party-preferred vote for Quirk was a reduction from the 69.5% result at the previous election.
The main opposition party, the Labor Party was reduced to 5 wards, its lowest number in over a decade.
The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election, with Jonathan Sri being elected in The Gabba Ward.
Results Mayor
Councillors
Ward summary WardPartyCouncillorMargin (%)Bracken RidgeLNPAmanda Cooper10.6CalamvaleLNPAngela Owen-Taylor14.7CentralLNPVicki Howard8.2ChandlerLNPAdrian Schrinner24.6CoorparooLNPIan McKenzie3.0Deagon LaborJared Cassidy3.7DoboyLNPRyan Murphy4.3EnoggeraLNPAndrew Wines4.8Forest Lake LaborCharles Strunk5.3HamiltonLNPDavid McLachlan17.6Holland ParkLNPKrista Adams4.8JamboreeLNPMatthew Bourke19.1MacGregorLNPSteven Huang13.7MarchantLNPFiona King8.3McDowallLNPNorm Wyndham15.2Moorooka LaborSteve Griffiths13.7Morningside LaborShayne Sutton6.6NorthgateLNPAdam Allan1.7PaddingtonLNPPeter Matic5.8PullenvaleLNPKate Richards18.1RuncornLNPKim Marx8.0TennysonIndependentNicole Johnston26.3The GabbaGreensJonathan Sri5.0The GapLNPSteven Toomey5.7Walter TaylorLNPJulian Simmonds16.5Wynnum ManlyLaborPeter Cumming11.6
References
External links
Peter Fischmann 2016 Brisbane City Council Pre-election Q&A Photographs 17 Feb 2016, State Library of Queensland Peter Fischmann 2016 Brisbane City Council Local Election Photographs 19 March 2016, State Library of Queensland Hamish Cairns 2016 Brisbane City Council Local Election Photographs Sat 19 March 2016, State Library of Queensland