The Gabba Ward

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The Gabba Ward
Queensland — Brisbane City Council
The Gabba Ward, Brisbane.jpg
Created 2008 [1]
Councillor Trina Massey
Party Greens
Namesake Woolloongabba
Electors 32,754 (2024) [2]
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Gabba Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Woolloongabba, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Highgate Hill, Kangaroo Point, South Brisbane and West End. [3]

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This was the first ward ever won by the Queensland Greens. It is currently held by Trina Massey, who succeeded Jonathan Sriranganathan in 2023 and was elected in her own right in 2024.

History

Greens candidate Jonathan Sriranganathan (then known as Sri) won the ward in 2016, with a 14% gain in primary votes. The ward was retained by the Greens at the 2020 election, with a swing towards Sriranganathan of 12.4% in first preference votes, achieving a total of 62.3% of two-party preferred votes. [4]

Councillors for The Gabba Ward

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Helen Abrahams Labor 15 March 2008 –
19 March 2016 		Councillor for Paddington Ward from 1991–1994. Retired
  Jonno Sriranganathan 1.png Jonathan Sriranganathan Greens 19 March 2016 –
21 April 2023		Known as Jonathan Sri until 2022. First-ever Queensland Greens councillor. Resigned to run for Lord Mayor at 2024 election
  Trina Massey portrait (cropped).png Trina Massey Greens 21 April 2023 –
present		Incumbent

Results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § The Gabba.[ edit ]
2024 Queensland local elections: The Gabba Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Greens Trina Massey11,46345.12-0.48
Liberal National Laura Wong7,89931.09+1.69
Labor Rebecca McIntosh6,04323.79-1.21
Total formal votes25,40598.28
Informal votes4441.72
Turnout 25,84978.92
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Trina Massey13,55460.84-1.46
Liberal National Laura Wong8,99539.16+1.46
Greens hold Swing -1.46

2020

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § The Gabba.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland local elections: The Gabba Ward [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Greens Jonathan Sri 9,38345.6+12.4
Liberal National Nathaniel Jones6,06029.4–4.8
Labor Rachel Gallagher5,13625.0–5.2
Total formal votes20,57997.7+0.6
Informal votes4952.3–0.6
Turnout 21,074––
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Rachel Gallagher9,75358.4N/A
Liberal National Nathaniel Jones6,95941.6N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Greens Jonathan Sri 11,41862.3+5.3
Liberal National Nathaniel Jones6,89937.7–5.3
Greens hold Swing +5.3

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Queensland local elections § The Gabba.[ edit ]
2016 Queensland local elections: The Gabba Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Sean Jacobs7,71235.9–1.1
Greens Jonathan Sri 6,82331.7+13.8
Labor Nicole Lessio6,45730.0–15.1
People DecideLeon Lechner5162.4+2.4
Total formal votes21,50897.1–1.1
Informal votes6492.9+1.1
Turnout 22,157100–
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Nicole Lessio58.4–1.4
Liberal National Sean Jacobs41.6+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Greens Jonathan Sri 10,19455.0+55.0
Liberal National Sean Jacobs8,33645.0+3.3
Greens gain from Labor Swing +55.0

2012

2012 Brisbane City Council election: The Gabba Ward [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Helen Abrahams8,63745.12+9.33
Liberal National Francis Quinlivan7,11737.18+0.03
Greens Gary Kane3,38717.70–7.94
Informal votes3561.83+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Helen Abrahams7,75359.76+7.03
Liberal National Francis Quinlivan5,22040.24–7.03
Labor hold Swing +7.03

2008

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2008 Queensland local elections § The Gabba.[ edit ]
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

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References

  1. ↑ "The Gabba – Brisbane 2016". The Tally Room. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Gabba Ward". Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Gabba (Key seat) – Brisbane City Council 2020 Electorate, Candidates, Results | BCC Votes – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Electorate: The Gabba". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Electorate: The Gabba". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Elections - 2012 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - the Gabba - Ward Summary".
  8. ↑ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - the Gabba - Ward Summary".


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