Forest Lake Ward

Forest Lake Ward Queensland — Brisbane City Council
Created	2015
Councillor	Charles Strunk
Party	Labor
Namesake	Forest Lake
Electors	34,192 (2024) [1]
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan

Forest Lake Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Doolandella, Inala, Richlands, and parts of Forest Lake and Durack. ^[2] It was created in 2015 to replace Richlands Ward ahead of the 2016 election. ^[3]

Councillors for Forest Lake Ward

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Charles Strunk	Labor	19 March 2016 – present	Incumbent

Results

2024

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

2024 Queensland local elections: Forest Lake Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Strunk	10,654	39.71	−13.09
	Liberal National	Kylie Gates	9,237	34.43	+3.53
	Greens	Vi Phuong Nguyen	6,941	25.87	+9.57
Total formal votes			26,832	97.35
Informal votes			731	2.65
Turnout			27,563	80.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Strunk	12,800	55.33	−8.07
	Liberal National	Kylie Gates	10,333	44.67	+8.07
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.07

2020

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § Forest Lake.[ edit ]

2020 Queensland local elections: Forest Lake Ward ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Strunk	12,667	52.8	+3.6
	Liberal National	Roger Hooper	7,399	30.8	−9.8
	Greens	Jenny Mulkearns	3,920	16.3	+6.2
Total formal votes			23,986
Informal votes			1,044
Turnout			25,030
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Strunk	13,971	63.4	+7.9
	Liberal National	Roger Hooper	8,072	36.6	−7.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.9

2016

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

2016 Queensland local elections: Forest Lake Ward ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Strunk	11,553	49.2	−6.2
	Liberal National	Leanne McFarlane	9,560	40.7	−4
	Greens	Jenny Mulkearns	2,386	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			23,499	-	−
Informal votes			962	-	−
Turnout			24,461	-	−
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Strunk	12,235	55.3	0
	Liberal National	Leanne McFarlane	9,886	44.7	0
	Labor hold		Swing	0

References

1. "Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
2. "Forest Lake Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
3. "Forest Lake - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
4. "Electorate: Forest Lake". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
5. "Electorate: Forest Lake". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 11 March 2017.