Holland Park Ward

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Holland Park Ward
QueenslandBrisbane City Council
Holland Park Ward, Brisbane.jpg
Created 1985 [1]
Councillor Krista Adams
Party Liberal National
Namesake Holland Park
Electors 32,242 (2024) [2]
DemographicInner-metropolitan

Holland Park Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mt Gravatt, Mt Gravatt East and Tarragindi. [3]

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History

Holland Park was the ward of Brisbane's only ever known Indigenous councillor, Robbie Williams. Williams, a Yugambeh man and Labor councillor, filled the vacancy caused by Kerry Rea's resignation in October 2007. [4] In December that year, he died of a heart attack. The seat remained vacant until the election in March 2008. [5]

Councillors for Holland Park Ward

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Liberal Placeholder.png Gail Chiconi Liberal 1985
1997
  KerryRea.png Kerry Rea Labor 1997
October 2007
Councillor for Ekibin Ward from 1991–1997. Resigned to run for Bonner at 2007 federal election
  Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Robbie Williams Labor October 2007 –
20 December 2007
Died in office. Had been preselected by Labor to contest Wishart Ward at the 2008 election
  LNP Placeholder.png Ian McKenzie Liberal 15 March 2008
26 July 2008
Moved to Coorparoo Ward
  Liberal National 26 July 2008 –
19 March 2016
  LNP Placeholder.png Krista Adams Liberal National 19 March 2016
present
Councillor for Wishart Ward from 2008–2016. Incumbent

Results

2024

2024 Queensland local elections: Holland Park Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Krista Adams12,25447.7-0.7
Labor Shane Warren7,08627.6-3.1
Greens David Ford6,33424.7+3.8
Total formal votes98.0
Informal votes5282.0
Turnout 26,202
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Krista Adams12,87753.3-1.5
Labor Shane Warren11,29946.7+1.5
Liberal National hold Swing -1.5
Results are not final. Last updated on 20 March 2024.

2020

2020 Queensland local elections: Holland Park Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Krista Adams11,55348.4-0.8
Labor Karleigh Auguston7,32330.7-5.5
Greens Jenny Gamble4,97520.9+6.8
Total formal votes23,851
Informal votes580
Turnout 24,431
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Krista Adams11,99254.7+0.3
Labor Karleigh Auguston9,92445.3-0.3
Liberal National hold Swing +0.3

2016

2016 Queensland local elections: Holland Park Ward [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Krista Adams11,47649.6-4.1
Labor Adam Obeid8,24635.6+0.9
Greens Karen Anderson3,40914.7+3.2
Total formal votes23,131--
Informal votes609--
Turnout 23,740--
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Krista Adams11,89754.8-4.0
Labor Adam Obeid9,82045.2+4.0
Liberal National hold Swing -4.0

2004

2004 Brisbane City Council election: Holland Park Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kerry Rea 11,18555.58
Liberal Ian McKenzie8,93944.42
Total formal votes20,12497.74
Informal votes4652.26
Turnout 20,58987.69
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Rea 11,18555.58
Liberal Ian McKenzie8,93944.42
Labor hold Swing

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