Английская Википедия:2012 Brisbane City Council election
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Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday, 28 April 2012 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.[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
Mayoral election
Campbell Newman was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane in 2008 as the Liberal Party candidate. In 2011 he resigned as Lord Mayor to be the Liberal National Party's candidate for Premier of Queensland. Graham Quirk was elected as Lord Mayor by the Councillors on 7 April 2011.[2]
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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.
| Ward | 2008 election | Swing | 2012 election | ||||||
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| Party | Councillor | Margin | Margin | Councillor | Party | ||||
| Bracken Ridge | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Amanda Cooper | 13.88% | 7.39 | 21.27% | Amanda Cooper | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Central | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | David Hinchliffe | 0.28% | -9.63 | 9.35% | Vicki Howard | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Chandler | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Adrian Schrinner | 21.19% | 6.42 | 27.61% | Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Deagon | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Victoria Newton | 7.92% | -1.62 | 6.30% | Victoria Newton | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Doboy | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | John Campbell | 0.97% | -5.36 | 4.39% | Ryan Murphy | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Enoggera | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Andrew Wines | 0.82% | 14.73 | 15.55% | Andrew Wines | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Hamilton | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | David McLachlan | 20.38% | 4.82 | 25.20% | David McLachlan | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Holland Park | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Ian McKenzie | 5.61% | 4.36 | 9.97% | Ian McKenzie | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Jamboree | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Matthew Bourke | 1.50% | 25.64 | 27.14% | Matthew Bourke | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Karawatha | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Gail Macpherson | 1.51% | -17.71 | 16.20% | Kim Marx | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| MacGregor | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Graham Quirk1 | 21.13% | 3.09 | 24.22% | Steven Huang | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Marchant | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Fiona King | 7.99% | 8.79 | 16.78% | Fiona King | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| McDowall | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Norm Wyndham | 21.60% | 2.07 | 23.67% | Norm Wyndham | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Moorooka | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Steve Griffiths | 4.03% | 7.03 | 11.06% | Steve Griffiths | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Morningside | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Shayne Sutton | 11.63% | -5.05 | 6.58% | Shayne Sutton | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Northgate | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Kim Flesser | 1.55% | -0.73 | 0.82% | Kim Flesser | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Parkinson | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Angela Owen-Taylor | 6.27% | 10.59 | 16.86% | Angela Owen-Taylor | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Pullenvale | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Margaret De Wit | 30.61% | 1.25 | 31.86% | Margaret De Wit | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Richlands | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Milton Dick | 4.02% | 15.84 | 20.18% | Milton Dick | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Tennyson | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Nicole Johnston | 13.32% | N/A | 8.25% | Nicole Johnston2 | Independent | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| The Gabba | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Helen Abrahams | 2.73% | 6.13 | 8.86% | Helen Abrahams | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| The Gap | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Geraldine Knapp | 18.68% | 4.10 | 22.78% | Geraldine Knapp | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Toowong | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Peter Matic | 11.76% | 0.27 | 12.03% | Peter Matic | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Walter Taylor | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Jane Prentice3 | 21.02% | 4.88 | 25.90% | Julian Simmonds | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Wishart | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal National | Krista Adams | 13.31% | 8.15 | 21.46% | Krista Adams | Liberal National | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
| Wynnum Manly | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Peter Cumming | 9.06% | -7.42 | 1.64% | Peter Cumming | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
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.
References
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