2016 Townsville City Council election

2016 Townsville City Council election

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All 11 councillors (including the mayor) 6 seats needed for a majority
Mayor
Turnout	80.05%
First party Second party   JAT Candidate Jenny Hill Jayne Arlett Party Team Jenny Hill Jayne Arlett's Team Primary  vote 58,862 34,849 Percentage 59.51% 35.23% Swing 25.77 35.23 TCP 62.69% 37.31% TCP swing 11.11 37.31
Mayor before election Jenny Hill Team Jenny Hill Elected Mayor Jenny Hill Team Jenny Hill
Councillors
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 53.79 10 +8 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2016 Townsville City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 to elect a mayor and 10 councillors to the City of Townsville. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia. ^[1]

Team Jenny Hill defeated Jayne Arlett's Team in a landslide victory, winning every ward and retaining the mayoralty.

Background

See also: 2012 Townsville City Council election

At the previous election in 2012, councillor Team Jenny Hill narrowly won the mayoralty following the retirement of Les Tyrell. Seven Townsville First candidates were elected, while only two members of Hill's team won seats.

Candidates

On 21 October 2015, businesswoman and Townsville Fire chairwoman Jayne Arlett announced she would run for mayor. ^[2] In December 2015, she announced she would run a team of candidates in all wards, which included incumbent Townsville First councillors Ray Gartrell, Sue Blom, Gary Eddiehausen, Trevor Roberts and Tony Parsons. ^[3]

Team Hill ran candidates in all wards, including their two incumbent councillors − Colleen Doyle (Division 9) and Les Walker (Division 10).

First-term independent councillor Pat Ernst announced in November 2015 that he would not seek re-election in Division 5. ^[4]

Results

Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2016 Queensland mayoral elections § Townsville.[ edit ]

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	58,862	59.51	+25.77
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Jayne Arlett	34,849	35.23	+35.23
	Independent	William Hankin	3,237	3.27	+3.27
	Independent	Harry Patel	1,970	1.99	+0.20
Total formal votes			98,918	97.01	+0.67
Informal votes			3,207	2.99	−0.67
Turnout			101,965	80.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	59,881	62.69	+11.11
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Jayne Arlett	35,639	37.31	+37.31
	Team Jenny Hill hold		Swing	+11.11

Councillors

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Queensland local elections § Townsville.[ edit ]

2016 Queensland local elections: Townsville

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Team Jenny Hill		53,093	53.79		10	8
	Jayne Arlett's Team		38,306	38.81	+38.81	0
	Independent		7,297	7.39		0	1
Formal votes			98,696

Division 1

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Margie Ryder	5,786	58.30
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Tony Parsons	4,138	41.70
Turnout			10,281	83.10
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Jayne Arlett's Team		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Sue Blom (Townsville First, later Jayne Arlett's Team) contested Division 2

Division 2

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Paul Jacob	5,485	56.83
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Sue Blom	4,167	43.17
Turnout			10,052	80.42
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Jayne Arlett's Team		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Tony Parsons (Townsville First, later Jayne Arlett's Team) contested Division 1

Division 3

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Ann-Maree Greaney	4,292	45.68
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Gerry Maguire	2,839	30.22
	Independent	Vern Veitch	2,264	24.10
Turnout			9,726	75.21
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Jenny Hill	Ann-Maree Greaney	4,590	59.65
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Gerry Maguire	3,105	40.35
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Independent		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Vern Veitch moved from Townsville First to Independent

Division 4

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Mark Molachino	4,181	42.88
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Marcel McLeod	2,581	26.47
	Independent	Joanne Keune	1,969	20.19
	Independent	Guy Reece	1,020	10.46
Turnout			10,161	82.01
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Jenny Hill	Mark Molachino	5,023	62.35
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Marcel McLeod	3,033	37.65
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Townsville First		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Jenny Lane (Townsville First) did not recontest

Division 5

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Russ Cook	5,354	51.33
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Janelle Poole	4,281	41.04
	Independent	Craig Leonard	796	7.63
Turnout			10,870	83.45
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Jenny Hill	Russ Cook	5,453	55.32
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Janelle Poole	4,404	44.68
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Independent		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Pat Ernst (Independent) did not recontest

Division 6

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Verena Coombe	5,158	52.42
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Trevor Roberts	4,681	47.58
Turnout			10,138	79.45
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Jayne Arlett's Team		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Trevor Roberts moved from Townsville First to Jayne Arlett's Team

Division 7

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Kurt Rehbein	5,732	56.65
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Gary Eddiehausen	4,386	43.35
Turnout			10,457	84.03
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Jayne Arlett's Team		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Gary Eddiehausen moved from Townsville First to Jayne Arlett's Team

Division 8

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Maurie Soars	4,445	46.91
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Ray Gartrell	4,357	45.98
	Independent	Gregory Wright	673	7.10
Turnout			9,816	82.63
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Jenny Hill	Maurie Soars	4,532	50.27
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Ray Gartrell	4,483	49.73
	Team Jenny Hill gain from Jayne Arlett's Team		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Ray Gartrell moved from Townsville First to Jayne Arlett's Team

Division 9

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Colleen Doyle	5,910	64.13
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Muriel Bin Dol	3,306	35.87
Turnout			9,541	78.54
	Team Jenny Hill hold		Swing

Division 10

2016 Queensland local elections: Division 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Les Walker	6,750	65.41
	Jayne Arlett's Team	Michael Charge	3,570	34.49
Turnout			10,617	83.62
	Team Jenny Hill hold		Swing

References

1. "2016 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
2. "Townsville businesswoman Jayne Arlett to challenge Jenny Hill for mayoral spot". ABC News. 21 October 2015.
3. "Arlett unveils full team". Townsville Bulletin. 10 December 2015.
4. "Ernst pulls out of election race as battle heats up". Townsville Bulletin. 17 November 2015.
5. "2016 Townsville City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.