2012 Gold Coast City Council election

2012 Gold Coast City Council election
28 April 2012 (2012-04-28)
Turnout
  First party Second party Third party
 
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IND
IND
Candidate Tom Tate Eddy Sarroff Susie Douglas
Party Independent LNP Independent Independent
Popular vote 83,876 40,958 35,417
Percentage 37.05% 18.09% 15.65%
2CP 64.34% 35.66%
Mayor before election

Ron Clarke
Independent

Subsequent Mayor

Tom Tate
Independent LNP

All 15 members on the City Council (including the mayor)
8 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Independents N/A
Independent LNP N/A
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2012 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]

Results

Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2012 Queensland mayoral elections § Gold Coast.[edit]
2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent LNP Tom Tate 83,876 37.05
Independent Eddy Sarroff 40,958 18.09
Independent Susie Douglas 35,417 15.65
Independent Peter Young 26,977 11.92
Independent Dean Vegas 20,868 9.22
Independent Keith Douglas 14,702 6.49
Independent John Abbott 3,568 1.58
Total formal votes 226,366 95.48
Informal votes 10,724 4.52
Turnout 237,090
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent LNP Tom Tate 90,935 64.34
Independent Eddy Sarroff 50,399 35.66
Independent LNP gain from Independent Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "2012 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  2. ^ "2012 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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