2012 Queensland mayoral elections

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2012 Queensland mayoral elections
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  2008 28 April 2012 2016  

The 2012 Queensland mayoral elections were held on 28 April 2012 to elect the mayors of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections. [1]

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Results

Brisbane

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane [2] [3]
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

Gold Coast

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Tom Tate 83,87637.05
Independent Eddy Sarroff40,95818.09
Independent Susie Douglas35,41715.65
Independent Peter Young26,97711.92
Independent Dean Vegas 20,8689.22
Independent Keith Douglas14,7026.49
Independent John Abbott3,5681.58
Total formal votes226,36695.48
Informal votes10,7244.52
Turnout 237,090
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent LNP Tom Tate 90,93564.34
Independent Eddy Sarroff50,39935.66
Independent LNP gain from Independent Swing

Redland

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Redland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Karen Williams52,24969.51
Independent Melva Hobson22,91430.49
Turnout 78,28383.81
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Townsville

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 28,50833.74+33.74
Townsville First Dale Last26,89831.83+31.83
Independent Jeff Jimmieson15,30118.11+18.11
Independent Brendan Porter12,27714.53+14.53
Independent Harry Patel1,5161.79+1.79
Total formal votes84,50096.34−2.37
Informal votes3,2073.66+2.37
Turnout 87,70780.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 32,94651.58+51.58
Townsville First Dale Last30,92848.42+48.42
Team Jenny Hill gain from Team Tyrell Swing

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References

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