2008 Brisbane City Council election
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26 wards of Brisbane City Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Campbell Newman Greg Rowell
Party Liberal Labor
Leader since 2004
Last election 11 wards 15 wards
Seats won 16 wards 10 wards
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 5
Popular vote 335,076 161,845
Percentage 60.1% 29.0%
Swing Increase 12.9pp Decrease 11.6pp
2PP 66.1% 33.9%
2PP swing Increase 13.7pp Decrease 13.7pp
Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Campbell Newman
Liberal

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Campbell Newman
Liberal

The 2008 Brisbane City Council election was held on 15 March 2008 to elect a lord mayor and 26 councillors to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.

The election resulted in the re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell in a landslide with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote. The Liberals also won control of the council chambers, taking 5 wards from Labor for a total of 16 to Labor's 10. This was also the final BCC election contested by the Queensland Liberals, as they merged with the Queensland Nationals to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland a few months later in July.

Results

Mayoral election

Brisbane City Council mayoral election, 2008[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Campbell Newman 335,076 60.1 +12.9
Labor Greg Rowell 161,845 29.0 -11.6
Greens Jo-Anne Bragg 46,733 8.4 -1.8
Independent Robert Campbell 8,439 1.5 +1.5
Independent Louise Day 1,801 0.3 +0.3
Independent Bryan Crawford 1,331 0.2 +0.2
Independent David Alan Couper 952 0.2 +0.2
Independent James Patrick Sinnamon 856 0.2 +0.2
Independent Derek Rosborough 773 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 557,806
Informal votes 9,618
Turnout 567,424
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Campbell Newman 66.1 +13.7
Labor Greg Rowell 33.9 -13.7
Liberal hold Swing +13.7

Councillor elections

Ward[2] Party Councillor Margin (%)
Bracken Ridge Liberal Amanda Cooper
Central Labor David Hinchliffe
Chandler Liberal Adrian Schrinner
Deagon Labor Victoria Newton
Doboy Labor John Campbell
Enoggera Liberal Andrew Wines
Hamilton Liberal David McLachlan
Holland Park Liberal Ian McKenzie
Jamboree Liberal Matthew Bourke
Karawatha Labor Gail Macpherson
MacGregor Liberal Graham Quirk
Marchant Liberal Fiona King
McDowall Liberal Norm Wyndham
Moorooka Labor Steve Griffiths
Morningside Labor Shayne Sutton
Northgate Labor Kim Flesser
Parkinson Liberal Angela Owen-Taylor
Pullenvale Liberal Margaret De Wit
Richlands Labor Milton Dick
Tennyson Liberal Nicole Johnston
The Gabba Labor Helen Abrahams
The Gap Liberal Geraldine Knapp
Toowong Liberal Peter Matic
Walter Taylor Liberal Jane Prentice
Wishart Liberal Krista Adams
Wynnum Manly Labor Peter Cumming

References

  1. ^ "Mayoral Election - ABC News". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Electorates - 2008 Brisbane City Council Elections". ABC News. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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