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The 1928 Brisbane City Council election was held on 18 February 1928 to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. [1]
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20 seats on the Brisbane City Council | |||
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The 1928 Brisbane City Council election was held on 18 February 1928 to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. [1]
The ruling United Party changed its name to Nationalist Civic Party during the preceding term. [2]
| Ward [1] | Party | Councillor | |
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| Brisbane | Labor | William Thomas King [3] | |
| Bulimba | |||
| Buranda | Labor | A. Laurie | |
| Enoggera | |||
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | J. P. Keogh | |
| Ithaca | Nationalist Civic Party | Wm. Robert Warmington [3] | |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | J. Tait | |
| Kurilpa | Nationalist Civic Party | Ernest Barstow [3] | |
| Logan | Nationalist Civic Party | J. Soden | |
| Maree | Nationalist Civic Party | Lewis Wills Luckins [3] | |
| Merthyr | Nationalist Civic Party | A. M. Oxlade | |
| Nundah | Independent | F. W. Bradbury | |
| Oxley | Nationalist Civic Party | Frederick Arthur Stimpson [3] | |
| Paddington | Labor | John Fihelly | |
| Sandgate | Independent | William Frederick Schulz [3] | |
| South Brisbane | Nationalist Civic Party | Robert William Henry Long [3] | |
| Toombul | Nationalist Civic Party | C. W. Campbell | |
| Toowong | Nationalist Civic Party | Archibald Watson | |
| Windsor | Nationalist Civic Party | Thomas Prentice [3] | |
| Wynnum | Nationalist Civic Party | William Logan Dart | |
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