2016 Gold Coast City Council election

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2016 Gold Coast City Council election
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  2012 19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 2020  
Turnout
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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IND
IND
Candidate Tom Tate Penny TolandJim Wilson
Party Independent LNP Independent Independent
Popular vote172,73553,08125,181
Percentage63.86%19.62%9.31%
2CP 73.14%26.86%

Mayor before election

Tom Tate
Independent LNP

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/A9
Independent LNP N/A5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2016 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 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

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom Tate 172,73563.86
Independent Penny Toland53,08119.62
Independent Jim Wilson25,1819.31
Independent Brett Lambert8,1513.01
Independent Andrew Middleton5,9782.21
Independent John Abbott5,3691.98
Total formal votes270,49594.73
Informal votes15,0505.27
Turnout 285,545
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Tate 176,53873.14
Independent Penny Toland64,82626.86
Independent hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "2016 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commissionof Queensland.
  2. "2016 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.