2016 Queensland mayoral elections

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2016 Queensland mayoral elections
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  2012 19 March 2016 2020  

The 2016 Queensland mayoral elections were held on 19 March 2016 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]

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Results

Brisbane

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Graham Quirk 325,71453.38−8.56
Labor Rod Harding195,05531.96+6.80
Greens Ben Pennings63,48310.40−0.30
Consumer Rights Jeffrey Hodges12,9602.12+2.12
People DecideKarel Boele5,1950.85+0.85
Independent Jim Eldridge4,7640.78+0.78
Independent Jarrod Wirth3,0630.50+0.50
Total formal votes610,234
Informal votes15,287
Turnout 625,521
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Graham Quirk336,45059.31−9.19
Labor Rod Harding230,84140.69+9.19
Liberal National hold Swing

Gold Coast

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP 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 LNP Tom Tate 176,53873.14
Independent Penny Toland64,82626.86
Independent LNP hold Swing

Townsville

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 58,86259.51+25.77
Jayne Arlett's Team Jayne Arlett34,84935.23+35.23
Independent William Hankin3,2373.27+3.27
Independent Harry Patel1,9701.99+0.20
Total formal votes98,91897.01+0.67
Informal votes3,2072.99−0.67
Turnout 101,96580.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 59,88162.69+11.11
Jayne Arlett's Team Jayne Arlett35,63937.31+37.31
Team Jenny Hill hold Swing +11.11

References

  1. "2016 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
  2. "Lord Mayor Election - ABC News". ABC News . ABC . Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. "2016 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  4. "2016 Townsville City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.