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The 2004 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 27 March 2004 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia. [1]
Incumbent mayor Gary Baildon was defeated by former Olympian Ron Clarke.
Shortly before the election, prominent developer Brian Ray revealed he was the "kingmaker" who − along with several other prominent business figures − had contributed funding to a trust fund available to certain candidates, including Roxanne Scott, Brian Rowe, Greg Betts and Grant Pforr (the latter two were successful). [2]
On the day before the election, nightclub operators spent more than $16,000 to send SMS messages to more than 75,000 people in a campaign against Gary Baildon because of a decision to reduce nightclub opening hours. [2]
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This is a list of local government area results for the 2020 Queensland local elections.
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