2012 Gold Coast City Council election

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2012 Gold Coast City Council election
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  2008 28 April 2012 (2012-04-28) 2016  
Turnout
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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IND
IND
Candidate Tom Tate Eddy SarroffSusie Douglas
Party Independent LNP Independent Independent
Popular vote83,87640,95835,417
Percentage37.05%18.09%15.65%
2CP 64.34%35.66%

Mayor before election

Ron Clarke
Independent

Subsequent Mayor

Tom Tate
Independent LNP


All 15 members on the City Council (including the mayor)
8 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Independents N/A
Independent LNP N/A
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2012 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 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]

Contents

Results

Mayor

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom Tate 83,87637.05
Independent Eddy Sarroff40,95818.09
Independent Susie Douglas35,41715.65
Independent Peter Young26,97711.92
Independent Dean Vegas 20,8689.22
Independent Keith Douglas14,7026.49
Independent John Abbott3,5681.58
Total formal votes226,36695.48
Informal votes10,7244.52
Turnout 237,090
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Tate 90,93564.34
Independent Eddy Sarroff50,39935.66
Independent gain from Independent Swing

See also

References

  1. "2012 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  2. "2012 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.