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2016 Queensland mayoral elections

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2016 Queensland mayoral elections

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The 2016 Queensland mayoral elections were held on 19 March 2016 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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2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Graham Quirk 325,714 53.4 −8.6
Labor Rod Harding 195,055 32.0 +6.8
Greens Ben Pennings 63,483 10.4 −0.3
Consumer Rights Jeffrey Hodges 12,960 2.1 +2.1
People Decide 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
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

Gold Coast

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2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Tate 172,735 63.86
Independent Penny Toland 53,081 19.62
Independent Jim Wilson 25,181 9.31
Independent Brett Lambert 8,151 3.01
Independent Andrew Middleton 5,978 2.21
Independent John Abbott 5,369 1.98
Total formal votes 270,495 94.73
Informal votes 15,050 5.27
Turnout 285,545
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Tate 176,538 73.14
Independent Penny Toland 64,826 26.86
Independent hold Swing

Townsville

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2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 58,862 59.51 +25.77
Jayne Arlett's Team Jayne Arlett 34,849 35.23 +35.23
Independent William Hankin 3,237 3.27 +3.27
Independent Harry Patel 1,970 1.99 +0.20
Total formal votes 98,918 97.01 +0.67
Informal votes 3,207 2.99 −0.67
Turnout 101,965 80.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 59,881 62.69 +11.11
Jayne Arlett's Team Jayne Arlett 35,639 37.31 +37.31
Team Jenny Hill hold Swing +11.11

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Lord Mayor Election - ABC News". ABC News. ABC. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ "2016 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  4. ^ "2016 Townsville City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.