2024 Townsville City Council election

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2024 Townsville City Council election
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Turnout74.27% (Increase2.svg 4.94) (mayoral election)
Mayor
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
 JennyHill.jpg
IND
Candidate Troy Thompson Jenny Hill Harry Patel
Party Independent Team Jenny Hill Independent
Popular vote50,16747,41510,529
Percentage46.60%43.86%9.74%
SwingIncrease2.svg 46.60Decrease2.svg 6.78Increase2.svg 9.74
TCP 52.62%47.38%
TCP swingIncrease2.svg 52.62Decrease2.svg 14.15
Mayor before election

Jenny Hill
Team Jenny Hill

Subsequent Mayor

Troy Thompson
Independent

Councillors
All 11 members on the City Council (including the Mayor)
6 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 4−5
Independent N/A3+2
TownsvilleCHANGE Paul Jacob2+2
Independent LNP N/A1+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2024 Townsville City Council election was held on 16 March 2024 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]

Contents

Incumbent mayor Jenny Hill was defeated after 12 years in the position by independent candidate Troy Thompson. She officially conceded defeat on 27 March. [2]

Candidates

Jenny Hill, who had been serving as mayor since the 2012 election, confirmed in 2023 she would seek re-election. In August 2023, Shari Fabbro and Ben Fusco were announced as Team Hill candidates for Division 2 and Division 10 respectively (the only wards not held by Team Hill). [3] [4]

Troy Thompson contested the mayoralty as an independent candidate. He had been disendorsed as the One Nation candidate for Thuringowa at the 2020 Queensland state election because he did not disclose his legal name and directorship in a company that went insolvent. [5]

Division 10 councillor Fran O'Callaghan withdrew from the mayoral election on 2 February 2024, citing health reasons, and did not recontest her seat. [6]

Campaign

Thompson was supported by the local chapter of My Place Australia, a conspiracy theorist group with around 50 active Facebook groups in Queensland. [7] [8]

Results

Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2024 Queensland mayoral elections § Townsville.[ edit ]
2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Troy Thompson 50,16746.60+46.60
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 47,41543.86−6.78
Independent Harry Patel10,5299.74+9.74
Turnout 112,02079.21+4.94
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Troy Thompson 53,95652.62+52.62
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 48,57547.38−14.15
Independent gain from Team Jenny Hill Swing N/A

Councillors

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Townsville.[ edit ]

Division 1

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TownsvilleCHANGE Paul Jacob6,66955.99
Team Jenny Hill Margie Ryder5,32744.41
Turnout 12,46280.93
TownsvilleCHANGE gain from Team Jenny Hill Swing

Division 2

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brodie Phillips6,88862.48
Team Jenny Hill Shari Fabbro2,79725.36
TownsvilleCHANGE Jai Philpots1,34312.18
Turnout 11,40080.32
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Brodie Phillips7,34671.72
Team Jenny Hill Shari Fabbro2,89728.28
Independent hold Swing
  • Incumbent councillor Sue Blom (Independent) did not recontest

Division 3

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Jenny Hill Ann-Maree Greaney4,97147.46
Independent Alan Sheret2,80326.76
TownsvilleCHANGE Jake Farrell2,70125.79
Turnout 10,90975.04
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Jenny Hill Ann-Maree Greaney5,30558.87
Independent Alan Sheret3,70641.83
Team Jenny Hill hold Swing

Division 4

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kristian Price5,63754.78
Team Jenny Hill Mark Molachino4,65345.22
Turnout 10,71675.14
Independent gain from Team Jenny Hill Swing

Division 5

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TownsvilleCHANGE Vera Dirou5,47851.03
Team Jenny Hill Russ Cook5,25648.97
Turnout 11,11580.47
TownsvilleCHANGE gain from Team Jenny Hill Swing

Division 6

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 6
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Jenny Hill Suzy Batkovic unopposed
Registered electors
Team Jenny Hill hold Swing

Division 7

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Jenny Hill Kurt Rehbeinunopposed
Registered electors
Team Jenny Hill hold Swing

Division 8

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Jenny Hill Rachael Armstrong4,16440.45
Independent Andrew Robinson3,71736.11
TownsvilleCHANGE Guy Reece2,41223.43
Turnout 10,73277.95
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Andrew Robinson4,52450.64
Team Jenny Hill Rachael Armstrong4,40949.36
Independent gain from Team Jenny Hill Swing

Division 9

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Jenny Hill Liam Mooney3,72137.87
Independent Erica Keam2,81128.61
Independent Michael Edmonds1,84418.77
Greens Benjamin Tiley1,45014.76
Turnout 10,16275.09
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Jenny Hill Liam Mooney4,18352.62
Independent Erica Keam3,76747.38
Team Jenny Hill hold Swing

Division 10

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 10
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Brady Ellis4,77644.06
Team Jenny Hill Ben Fusco4,35540.18
Independent Kate Annetts1,70915.77
Turnout 11,10181.20
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent LNP Brady Ellis5,32353.84
Team Jenny Hill Ben Fusco4,56346.16
Independent LNP gain from NQ State Alliance Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "2024 local government elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 22 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Long-serving Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill formally concedes election defeat". ABC News. 27 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mayor Jenny Hill has revealed her team for next year's Townsville City Council election and she's closing in on the last independent seats". Facebook. 7NEWS Townsville.
  4. ↑ "'Time to give it a crack': New council candidates announced for divisions 2, 10". Townsville Bulletin.
  5. ↑ Gillespie, Eden (25 March 2024). "Backed by 5G truthers, exiled from One Nation, banned from parliament – now Troy Thompson looks set to be Townsville's mayor". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ Jackson, Blair (2 February 2024). "Townsville elections: Fran O'Callaghan not running for mayor, cites health reasons". Townsville Bulletin.
  7. ↑ "Troy Thompson linked to right-wing conspiracy group My Place Townsville". Townsville Bulletin. 23 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "My Place groups worry about 5G and chemtrails. Some are also taking an interest in Queensland's council elections". Guardian Australia. 11 April 2024.
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