Lord Mayor of Brisbane

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Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Flag of Brisbane.svg
Flag of the City of Brisbane
Lord Mayor Portraits 13 04 2019676CROP (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Adrian Schrinner
since 8 April 2019
Style The Right Honourable
Member ofCivic Cabinet
Seat Brisbane City Hall
Term length 4 years
Inaugural holder William Jolly
Formation1 October 1925;98 years ago (1 October 1925)
Salary A$377,394 (not including allowance) [1]
Website www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the City of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and the head of the Brisbane City Council. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party was sworn in on 8 April 2019, following the resignation of Graham Quirk. [2]

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The Lord Mayor serves a four-year term running concurrently with that of the City Council, and is elected by optional preferential voting. As Brisbane is by far the largest local government area in Australia, the Lord Mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in the Commonwealth.

Like all mayors in Queensland, the Lord Mayor has broad executive powers and additional civic and ceremonial duties. [3] [4] The Lord Mayor is responsible for policy development, implementing policies enacted by the council, leading and controlling the business of council, preparing the budget and directing the chief executive and senior managers. [4] [5] [6] The Lord Mayor also chairs the council's Civic Cabinet and is an ex officio member of all council committees. [2]

In August 2023, Greens mayoral candidate Jonathan Sriranganathan proposed that the word "Lord" should be removed from the title of the city's chief executive. [7]

Mayors of the Brisbane Municipal Council (1859–1903)

The Town of Brisbane, established in 1859, was led by a mayor. [8] [9] [10]

MayorTerm
John Petrie 1859–1862
Thomas Blacket Stephens [11] 1862
George Edmondstone 1863
Joshua Jeays 1864
Albert John Hockings (1st term)1865
Richard Symes Warry 1866
Albert John Hockings (2nd term)1867
John Hardgrave 1868–1869
William Pettigrew 1870
Francis Murray 1871
Edward Joseph Baines 1872
James Swan 1873–1875
Richard Ash Kingsford 1876
Alfred Hubbard 1877–1878
John Daniel Heal 1879
John Sinclair 1880–1881
Robert Porter 1882
Abram Robertson Byram 1883
John McMaster (1st term)1884
Benjamin Harris Babbidge 1885
James Hipwood 1886–1887
Richard Southall 1888
William McNaughton Galloway 1889
John McMaster (2nd term)1890
John Allworth Clark 1891
George Watson 1892
John McMaster (3rd term)1893
Robert Fraser 1894–1895
Robert Woods Thurlow 1896
John McMaster (4th term)1897
William Thorne 1898
William Andrew Seal 1899
James Nicol Robinson 1900
Thomas Proe (1st term)1901
Leslie Corrie 1902–1903

Mayors of the Brisbane City Council (1903–1925)

The City of Brisbane, established in 1903, replaced the Town of Brisbane and was led by a mayor. [12]

MayorTermParty
Leslie Corrie 1903
Thomas Rees 1904
Thomas Proe (2nd term)1905
John Crase 1906
William Murray Thompson 1907
Charles Packenham Buchanan (1st term)1908
Thomas Wilson 1909
John Hetherington (1st term)1910
Harry Diddams (1st term)1911
Alfred John Raymond 1912
Harry Doggett 1913
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson 1914
George Down 1915
John Hetherington (2nd term)1916–1917
John McMaster (5th term)1918–1919
Charles Packenham Buchanan (2nd term)1919–1919
James Francis Maxwell 1920–1921  National
Harry Diddams (2nd term)1921–1924
Maurice Barry 1924–1925 Labor
Thomas Wilson (2nd term) [13] 1925

Lord Mayors of the Brisbane City Council

The new City of Brisbane, established in 1925, replaced the former City of Brisbane and is led by the Lord Mayor.

1925–present

No.PortraitMayorPartyTerm startTerm endCouncil control
(term)
1 StateLibQld 1 105548 William Alfred Jolly.jpg William Jolly
(1881−1955)		 United 192524 February 1931
2 Archibald Watson - Mayor of Brisbane.jpg Archibald Watson
(1874−1941)		 Nationalist Civic 24 February 193111 May 1931
3 Jwgreene.jpg John William Greene
(1876−1959)		Progressive11 May 19311934
4 BCC-B120-32639.jpg Alfred James Jones
(1871−1945)		 Labor 19341940
5 John Beals Chandler, 1945 (cropped) 2.jpg John Beals Chandler
(1887−1962)		 Citizens' Municipal Organisation 19401952
6 Frank Edwards Roberts - Mayor of Brisbane.jpg Frank Roberts
(1913−1992)		 Labor 19521955
7 Sir Reginald Groom - Lord Mayor of Brisbane.jpg Reg Groom
(1906−1987)		 Citizens' Municipal Organisation 19551961
8 Dr Clem Jones AO.jpg Clem Jones
(1918−2007)		 Labor 19611975
9 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Bryan Walsh
Labor 19751976
10 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Frank Sleeman
(1915−2000)		 Labor 19761982
11 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Roy Harvey
(1921−2006)		 Labor 19821985
12 SallyanneAtkinsoncropped.png Sallyanne Atkinson
(b. 1942)		 Liberal 19851991
13 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Jim Soorley
(b. 1951)		 Labor 19912003
14 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Tim Quinn
(b. 1949)		 Labor 2003 27 March 2004
15 Campbell Newman, 2010 (cropped Newman).jpg Campbell Newman
(b. 1963)		 Liberal 27 March 2004 15 March 2008 Labor majority
(2004–2008)
15 March 2008 26 July 2008 Liberal majority
(2008)
(15) Liberal National 26 July 2008 3 April 2011 LNP majority
(2008–present)
16 Graham Quirk (cropped).jpg Graham Quirk
(b. c. 1958)		 Liberal National 3 April 20118 April 2019
17 Lord Mayor Portraits 13 04 2019676CROP (cropped).jpg Adrian Schrinner
(b. 1977)		 Liberal National 8 April 2019incumbent

Historical party names

Prior to 1976, conservative councillors stood on a variety of different platforms: the United Party, Nationalist Citizens Party, Civic Reform League, the Citizens' Municipal Organisation, the Liberal Civic Party and the Brisbane Civic Party. [14]

The United Party and its successor the Nationalist Citizens Party were created as the vehicle for conservative candidates to campaign against Labor candidates in the newly formed Brisbane City Council. The Nationalist Citizens Party was doomed when the very conservative Civic Reform League was created on 12 December 1930. This saw most of the conservative councillors from the Nationalist Citizens Party - led by Acting Mayor Watson - defect to the Civic Reform League, which failed to win the subsequent elections. [15] The Progress Party was created at the same time and for the 1931 election saw only three of its candidates win, including John Greene, who became Lord Mayor as a compromise candidate amongst the 20 alderman. [16]

The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) was ostensibly a nonpartisan grouping, but was informally aligned with firstly the United Australian Party, then the Liberal Party (after 1944). The CMO was formed on 23 June 1936 and was the platform for the election campaigns of Sir John Chandler and Sir Reg Groom. Finally in the 1976 election, the Liberal Party began to contest the elections directly. [17]

Electoral results

2024

This section is an excerpt from 2024 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[ edit ]
2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Adrian Schrinner 303,70248.33+0.59
Labor Tracey Price 166,05126.42−4.52
Greens Jonathan Sriranganathan 123,38019.63+4.23
Legalise Cannabis Clive Brazier20,5963.28+3.28
Independent Bruce Tanti9,1221.45+1.45
Independent Gilbert Holmes5,5550.88+0.88
Total formal votes628,40697.81+0.50
Informal votes14,0512.19-0.50
Turnout 642,457
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Adrian Schrinner 257,25355.2−1.2
Labor Tracey Price 209,08744.8+1.2
Liberal National hold Swing −1.2

2020

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Adrian Schrinner292,89547.7-5.7
Labor Pat Condren189,83230.9-1.1
Greens Kath Angus94,48115.4+5.0
Animal Justice Karagh-Mae Kelly19,0223.1+3.1
Civil Liberties & Motorists Jeff Hodges5,5020.9-1.2
Independent Frank Jordan4,0080.7+0.7
Independent John Dobinson3,4610.6+0.6
Independent Ben Gorringe2,2700.4+0.4
Independent Jarrod Wirth2,0650.3-0.2
Total formal votes613,536
Informal votes16,425
Turnout 629,961
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Adrian Schrinner306,90556.3-3.0
Labor Pat Condren237,98843.7+3.0
Liberal National hold Swing

2016

This section is an excerpt from 2016 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[ edit ]
2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Graham Quirk 325,71453.4-8.6
Labor Rod Harding195,05532.0+6.8
Greens Ben Pennings63,48310.4-0.3
Consumer Rights Jeffrey Hodges12,9602.1+2.1
People DecideKarel Boele5,1950.9+0.9
Independent Jim Eldridge4,7640.8+0.8
Independent Jarrod Wirth3,0630.5+0.5
Total formal votes610,234
Informal votes15,287
Turnout 625,521
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Graham Quirk336,45059.3-9.2
Labor Rod Harding230,84140.7+9.2
Liberal National hold Swing

2012

This section is an excerpt from 2012 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[ edit ]
2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Graham Quirk 333,63761.9+1.9
Labor Ray Smith135,53425.2−3.9
Greens Andrew Bartlett 57,64110.7+2.3
Sex Party Rory Killen7,1251.3+1.3
Independent Chris Carson4,7330.9+0.9
Total formal votes538,670
Informal votes11,778
Turnout 550,448
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Graham Quirk340,46468.5
Labor Ray Smith156,35731.5
Liberal National hold Swing +2.4

2008

This section is an excerpt from 2008 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[ edit ]
2008 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Campbell Newman 335,07660.1+12.9
Labor Greg Rowell 161,84529.0-11.6
Greens Jo-Anne Bragg46,7338.4-1.8
Independent Robert Campbell8,4391.5+1.5
Independent Louise Day1,8010.3+0.3
Independent Bryan Crawford1,3310.2+0.2
Independent David Alan Couper9520.2+0.2
Independent James Patrick Sinnamon8560.2+0.2
Independent Derek Rosborough7730.1+0.1
Total formal votes557,806
Informal votes9,618
Turnout 567,424
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Campbell Newman66.1+13.7
Labor Greg Rowell33.9-13.7
Liberal hold Swing +13.7

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