Results of the 2008 Queensland local elections

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This is a list of local government area results for the 2008 Queensland local elections. [1]

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Brisbane

Bracken Ridge

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

Central

2008 Queensland local elections: Central Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Vicki Howard8,70941.96+10.89
Labor David Hinchliffe8,21939.60–8.08
Greens Anne Boccabella3,45016.61–1.13
Independent David White3791.83+1.83
Total formal votes20,75798.39+0.31
Informal votes3401.61–0.31
Turnout 21,09777.60−
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Hinchliffe9,17350.28–11.76
Liberal Vicki Howard9,07149.72+11.76
Labor hold Swing –11.76

Chandler

2008 Queensland local elections: Chandler Ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Adrian Schrinner 15,79671.19+3.25
Labor Peter Lovegrove6,39328.81–3.25
Informal votes4141.83–0.37
Liberal hold Swing +5.59

Deagon

2008 Brisbane City Council election: Deagon Ward [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Victoria Newton11,30551.66−1.36
Liberal Tony Feagan8,31538.00+3.81
Greens Peter Fagan1,6577.57−5.22
Independent John Harbison3681.68+1.68
Independent Jennifer Singfield2381.09+1.09
Total formal votes21,88398.18+0.38
Informal votes4051.82−0.38
Turnout 22,28887.54−0.02
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Victoria Newton11,72557.92−3.07
Liberal Tony Feagan8,52042.08+3.07
Labor hold Swing −3.07

Northgate

2008 Queensland local elections: Northgate Ward [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kim Flesser10,14946.90−2.21
Liberal Kevin Parer9,75245.07+5.84
Greens Rory Dobson1,7378.03−3.63
Total formal votes21,63898.24+0.13
Informal votes3881.76−0.13
Turnout 22,02687.10+0.46
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Flesser10,61151.55−4.33
Liberal Kevin Parer9,97248.45+4.33
Labor hold Swing

Parkinson

2008 Queensland local elections: Parkinson Ward [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Angela Owen-Taylor 10,98051.64+4.87
Labor Linda Paton8,36439.34−13.89
Greens Robert Scott1,9199.03+9.03
Informal votes4442.05−0.92
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Angela Owen-Taylor 11,19256.27+9.50
Labor Linda Paton8,69843.73−9.50
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.50

The Gabba

2008 Queensland local elections: The Gabba Ward [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Matthew Myers7,27537.15+8.04
Labor Helen Abrahams7,00835.79–4.32
Greens Drew Hutton 5,02125.64–0.12
Independent David Norton2791.42+1.42
Informal votes3471.74–0.44
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Helen Abrahams8,64152.73–6.97
Liberal Matthew Myers7,74647.27+6.97
Labor notional  hold Swing –6.97

Walter Taylor

2008 Queensland local elections: Walter Taylor Ward [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jane Prentice 13,16463.7+1.8
Labor Ryan Ginard4,38621.2−2.6
Greens Daniel Crute3,13315.2+0.9
Total formal votes20,683-−
Informal votes2681.3−0.1
Turnout 20,951-−
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jane Prentice 13,51971.0+2.2
Labor Ryan Ginard5,51729.0−2.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.2

Townsville

2008 Queensland local elections: Townsville [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Tyrell David Crisafulli (elected)47,0404.87
Team Tyrell Jenny Lane (elected)42,7164.42
Team Tyrell Dale Last (elected)38,8654.02
Team Tyrell Rob McCahill (elected)38,4903.98
Team Tyrell Ray Gartrell (elected)37,4493.88
Team Tyrell Deanne Bell (elected)37,4743.88
Team Tyrell Sue Blom (elected)37,3623.87
Team Tyrell Brian Hewett (elected)35,7813.70
Team Tyrell Vern Veitch (elected)35,1523.64
Labor Jenny Hill (elected)34,5443.58
Team Tyrell Tony Parsons (elected)33,9513.51
Team Tyrell Natalie Marr (elected)33,5383.47
Team Tyrell Brenda-Anne Parfitt30,4663.15
Labor Terry Goldsworthy27,4942.85
Labor Jack Wilson27,1482.81
Labor Les Walker26,4232.74
Labor David Mather26,1422.71
Labor Peter Whalley-Thompson25,6252.65
Labor Mandy Johnstone 25,4492.63
Labor John Robertson25,4092.63
Sandra Chesney23,7612.46
Joanne Keune20,0412.07
Jeff Jimmieson19,1881.99
David Moyle19,0931.98
Ken Turner18,2481.89
Community Voices Lindy Collins17,0951.77
Doug Kingston16,8201.74
Community Voices Gail Hamilton14,3361.48
Community Voices Sam Reuben13,0121.35
Mark McGregor11,5211.19
Jim Gleeson11,1421.15
Sue Rush10,3361.07
Adrienne Isnard9,7741.01
Dianne Rogers9,1260.94
Brian Bensley7,4980.78
Paul Lynham7,0960.73
Peter Hanley7,0400.73
Kenneth Stark6,7430.70
Gaye Newey6,6820.69
David Kault6,5870.68
Leeanne Hanna-McGuffie6,0710.63
Dave Robinson5,9810.62
Norm Petrie5,7260.59
Michael Collins5,3640.56
John Waszkiewicz5,3280.55
Peter Newey5,0380.52
Russell Bowe4,3350.45
Kevin Cameron3,4320.36
Harrison H. Duncan3,1640.33
Total formal votes966,096100.0
Total formal ballots88,92099.14
Informal ballots8,4120.86
Turnout 974,50884.68
Party total seatsSeats±
Team Tyrell 11Increase2.svg 11
Labor 1
Independent 0
Community Voices 0Steady2.svg

References

  1. ↑ "2008 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Central - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Chandler - Ward Summary".
  4. ↑ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Deagon - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Northgate - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Parkinson - Ward Summary".
  7. ↑ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Election Summary".
  8. ↑ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - the Gabba - Ward Summary".
  9. ↑ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Walter Taylor - Ward Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  10. ↑ "2008 Townsville City Council - Councillor Election - Townsville City - Undivided Council Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  11. ↑ "Hill moves closer to securing Townsville council spot". ABC News. 25 March 2008.
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