2012 Queensland mayoral elections

2012 Queensland mayoral elections

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The 2012 Queensland mayoral elections were held on 28 April 2012 to elect the mayors of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections. ^[1]

Results

Brisbane

Main article: 2012 Brisbane City Council election

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	333,637	61.94	+1.87
	Labor	Ray Smith	135,534	25.16	−3.85
	Greens	Andrew Bartlett	57,641	10.70	+2.32
	Sex Party	Rory Killen	7,125	1.32	+1.32
	Independent	Chris Carson	4,733	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			538,670
Informal votes			11,778
Turnout			550,448
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	340,464	68.53	+2.43
	Labor	Ray Smith	156,357	31.47	−2.43
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.43

Gold Coast

Main article: 2012 Gold Coast City Council election

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	83,876	37.05
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	40,958	18.09
	Independent	Susie Douglas	35,417	15.65
	Independent	Peter Young	26,977	11.92
	Independent	Dean Vegas	20,868	9.22
	Independent	Keith Douglas	14,702	6.49
	Independent	John Abbott	3,568	1.58
Total formal votes			226,366	95.48
Informal votes			10,724	4.52
Turnout			237,090
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	90,935	64.34
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	50,399	35.66
	Independent LNP gain from Independent		Swing

Redland

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Redland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Karen Williams	52,249	69.51
	Independent	Melva Hobson	22,914	30.49
Turnout			78,283	83.81
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Townsville

Main article: 2012 Townsville City Council election

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	28,508	33.74	+33.74
	Townsville First	Dale Last	26,898	31.83	+31.83
	Independent	Jeff Jimmieson	15,301	18.11	+18.11
	Independent	Brendan Porter	12,277	14.53	+14.53
	Independent	Harry Patel	1,516	1.79	+1.79
Total formal votes			84,500	96.34	−2.37
Informal votes			3,207	3.66	+2.37
Turnout			87,707	80.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	32,946	51.58	+51.58
	Townsville First	Dale Last	30,928	48.42	+48.42
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Team Tyrell		Swing

• Incumbent mayor Les Tyrell (Team Tyrell) did not recontest

References

1. "2012 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024.
2. "2012 Brisbane City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
3. "BCC2012_Results". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
4. "2012 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
5. "2012 Townsville City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.