2008 Brisbane City Council election

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2008 Brisbane City Council election
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  2004 15 March 2008 2012  

26 wards of Brisbane City Council
 First partySecond party
  Campbell Newman, 2010 (cropped Newman).jpg Labor Placeholder.png
Leader Campbell Newman Greg Rowell
Party Liberal Labor
Leader since2004
Last election11 wards15 wards
Seats won16 wards10 wards
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote335,076161,845
Percentage60.1%29.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 12.9ppDecrease2.svg 11.6pp
2PP 66.1%33.9%
2PP swingIncrease2.svg 13.7ppDecrease2.svg 13.7pp

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Campbell Newman
Liberal

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Campbell Newman
Liberal

The 2008 Brisbane City Council election was held on 15 March 2008 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.

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The election resulted in the re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell in a landslide with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote. The Liberals also won control of the council chambers, taking 5 wards from Labor for a total of 16 to Labor's 10. This was also the final BCC election contested by the Queensland Liberals, as they merged with the Queensland Nationals to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland a few months later in July.

Results

Mayoral election

Brisbane City Council mayoral election, 2008 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Campbell Newman 335,07660.1+12.9
Labor Greg Rowell 161,84529.0-11.6
Greens Jo-Anne Bragg46,7338.4-1.8
Independent Robert Campbell8,4391.5+1.5
Independent Louise Day1,8010.3+0.3
Independent Bryan Crawford1,3310.2+0.2
Independent David Alan Couper9520.2+0.2
Independent James Patrick Sinnamon8560.2+0.2
Independent Derek Rosborough7730.1+0.1
Total formal votes557,806
Informal votes9,618
Turnout 567,424
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Campbell Newman66.1+13.7
Labor Greg Rowell33.9-13.7
Liberal hold Swing +13.7

Councillor elections

Ward [2] PartyCouncillorMargin (%)
Bracken Ridge Liberal Amanda Cooper
Central Labor David Hinchliffe
Chandler Liberal Adrian Schrinner
Deagon Labor Victoria Newton
Doboy Labor John Campbell
Enoggera Liberal Andrew Wines
Hamilton Liberal David McLachlan
Holland Park Liberal Ian McKenzie
Jamboree Liberal Matthew Bourke
Karawatha Labor Gail Macpherson
MacGregor Liberal Graham Quirk
Marchant Liberal Fiona King
McDowall Liberal Norm Wyndham
Moorooka Labor Steve Griffiths
Morningside Labor Shayne Sutton
Northgate Labor Kim Flesser
Parkinson Liberal Angela Owen-Taylor
Pullenvale Liberal Margaret De Wit
Richlands Labor Milton Dick
Tennyson Liberal Nicole Johnston
The Gabba Labor Helen Abrahams
The Gap Liberal Geraldine Knapp
Toowong Liberal Peter Matic
Walter Taylor Liberal Jane Prentice
Wishart Liberal Krista Adams
Wynnum Manly Labor Peter Cumming

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