Bracken Ridge Ward

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Bracken Ridge Ward
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Created1985
MP Sandy Landers
Party Liberal National
Namesake Bracken Ridge
Electors 31,445 (2024) [1]
DemographicOuter metropolitan

The Bracken Ridge Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Bracken Ridge, Bald Hills, Carseldine, Fitzgibbon, and parts of Aspley and Zillmere. [2] It was established for the 1985 Brisbane City Council election, [3] and is one of only eight wards to have been contested at every election since 1985. [a]

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The ward has been represented by the Liberal Party, and subsequently the Liberal National Party, since its creation. [3] It has been represented by Sandy Landers of the Liberal National Party since October 2019. [2] [3]

History

The Bracken Ridge Ward was established for the 1985 Brisbane City Council election, as part of increasing the number of wards in the City of Brisbane was increased from 21 to 26. [3] [4] [5] The ward was created from the western half of the abolished Bramble Bay Ward – covering the suburbs of Bracken Ridge, Bald Hills, and Fitzgibbon – and a small part of the retained (but significantly altered) Chermside Ward – covering parts of the suburbs of Aspley, Carseldine, Zillmere. [4] [5] It has since largely maintained these boundaries; losing a small section of Zillmere and gaining the rest of Carseldine.

At the 1985 election, Keith Murray was elected for the Liberal Party, contributing to the party's defeat of the incumbent Labor Party after twenty-four years in office. [6] Murray was re-elected at the 1988, 1991, and 1994 elections. [3]

Carol Cashman succeeded Murray for the Liberal Party at the 1997 election, and was re-elected in 2000 and 2004. [7] Cashman resigned in 2007, and Amanda Cooper was appointed to the casual vacancy. [7] [8] Cooper retained the ward for the Liberal Party at the 2008 election, which merged with the Nationals to form the Liberal National Party in July of that year. [3] She was re-elected at the 2012 and 2016 elections, [3] and represented the ward until October 2019, when she resigned to (unsuccessfully) contest the District of Aspley in the 2020 Queensland state election for the Liberal National Party. [9] [10] [3]

Sandy Landers was appointed in October 2019 to fill the casual vacancy caused by Cooper's resignation. [2] [3] She retained the ward at the 2020 election, and was re-elected at the 2024 election.

Councillors for Bracken Ridge Ward

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Liberal Placeholder.png Keith Murray Liberal 30 March 1985 –
15 March 1997 		Ward established for 1985 election.
  Liberal Placeholder.png Carol Cashman Liberal 15 March 1997 –
June 2007		Resigned. [11]
  LNP Placeholder.png Amanda Cooper Liberal June 2007 –
26 July 2008		Appointed to fill vacancy. [11]
Resigned to (unsuccessfully) contest the District of Aspley at the 2020 Queensland state election. [3] [12]
  Liberal National 26 July 2008 –
14 October 2019
  LNP Placeholder.png Sandy Landers Liberal National 22 October 2019 –
present		Appointed to fill vacancy. [12]

Results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Bracken Ridge.[ edit ]
2024 Queensland local elections: Bracken Ridge Ward [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Sandy Landers14,99756.91+6.87
Labor Thomas Stephen7,83629.74−7.80
Greens John Harbison3,51913.35+0.93
Total formal votes26,35297.63+0.54
Informal votes6402.37−0.54
Turnout 26,99285.84+4.58
Two-party-preferred result [15]
Liberal National Sandy Landers15,41861.37+7.22
Labor Thomas Stephen9,70438.63−7.22
Liberal National hold Swing +7.22

2020

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § Bracken Ridge.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland local elections: Bracken Ridge Ward [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Sandy Landers11,79850.0−6.6
Labor Cath Palmer8,85037.5+2.9
Greens Kathryn Fry2,92912.4+3.6
Total formal votes23,577
Informal votes707
Turnout 24,284
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Sandy Landers12,12754.2−6.4
Labor Cath Palmer10,26745.8+6.4
Liberal National hold Swing −6.4

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Queensland local elections § Bracken Ridge.[ edit ]
2016 Queensland local elections: Bracken Ridge Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Amanda Cooper 13,66956.6−10.4
Labor Cath Palmer8,35234.6+9.3
Greens Keith Skelton2,1208.8+1.1
Total formal votes24,141-−
Informal votes688-−
Turnout 24,829-−
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Amanda Cooper 13,98960.6−11.1
Labor Cath Palmer9,10139.4+11.1
Liberal National hold Swing −11.1

2012

2012 Brisbane City Council election: Bracken Ridge Ward [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Amanda Cooper 14,78667.0+7.9
Labor Carla Pinder5,58325.3−7.3
Greens Keith Skelton1,6957.7+2.3
Total formal votes22,064-−
Informal votes5512.4+0.5
Turnout 22,615-−
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Amanda Cooper 15,02771.6+7.7
Labor Carla Pinder5,96228.4−7.7
Liberal National hold Swing +7.7

2008

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2008 Queensland local elections § Bracken Ridge.[ edit ]
2008 Queensland local elections: Bracken Ridge Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Amanda Cooper 13,32259.16−6.26
Labor Sean Waugh7,33232.56+3.99
Greens Janine Murphy1,2145.39+0.62
Informal votes4401.92−0.12
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Amanda Cooper 13,50163.88−5.31
Labor Sean Waugh7,63436.12+5.31
Liberal hold Swing −5.31

2004

This section is an excerpt from 2004 Brisbane City Council election § Bracken Ridge.[ edit ]
2004 Brisbane City Council election: Bracken Ridge Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Carol Cashman14,10365.45
Labor Steve Davey6,13728.48
Greens Mark Carey-Smith1,3086.07
Total formal votes21,54898.07
Informal votes4231.93
Turnout 21,97189.25
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Carol Cashman14,27469.19
Labor Steve Davey6,35630.81
Liberal hold Swing

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bracken Ridge Ward | Brisbane City Council". www.brisbane.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Bracken Ridge - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results". www.abc.net.au. 5 April 2024. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 Queensland Survey Office (1975). City of Brisbane (PDF) (Map). [1:63,360]. Brisbane: Queensland Survey Office. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 Department of Mapping and Surveying (1984). The North Brisbane Zone and the South Brisbane Zone (PDF) (Map). Brisbane: QueenslGovernment Printing Office. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Liberals oust ALP in Brisbane council". Canberra Times. 1 April 1985. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 "Bracken Ridge – Brisbane 2016". The Tally Room. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bracken Ridge - 2008 Brisbane City Council Election - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bracken Ridge - 2012 Brisbane City Council Election - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Bracken Ridge - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  11. 1 2 Bowe, William (11 March 2008). "Viva Brisvegas". The Poll Bludger. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  12. 1 2 Brisbane City Council (22 October 2019). "Minutes of proceedings - The 4605 meeting of the Brisbane City Council". p. 64. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Bracken Ridge - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 19 March 2024.
  14. ↑ Queensland, Electoral Commission of (6 April 2024). "Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  15. ↑ Queensland, Electoral Commission of (6 April 2024). "Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "Bracken Ridge - Brisbane City Council 2020 Election Results | ABC News". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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