Results of the 2008 Queensland local elections

For results of mayoral elections, see 2008 Queensland mayoral elections § Results.

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

Brisbane

Main article: 2008 Brisbane City Council election

Bracken Ridge

2008 Queensland local elections: Bracken Ridge Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Amanda Cooper 13,322 59.16 −6.26
Labor Sean Waugh 7,332 32.56 +3.99
Greens Janine Murphy 1,214 5.39 +0.62
Informal votes 440 1.92 −0.12
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Amanda Cooper 13,501 63.88 −5.31
Labor Sean Waugh 7,634 36.12 +5.31
Liberal hold Swing −5.31

Central

2008 Queensland local elections: Central Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vicki Howard 8,709 41.96 +10.89
Labor David Hinchliffe 8,219 39.60 –8.08
Greens Anne Boccabella 3,450 16.61 –1.13
Independent David White 379 1.83 +1.83
Total formal votes 20,757 98.39 +0.31
Informal votes 340 1.61 –0.31
Turnout 21,097 77.60 −
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Hinchliffe 9,173 50.28 –11.76
Liberal Vicki Howard 9,071 49.72 +11.76
Labor hold Swing –11.76

Chandler

2008 Queensland local elections: Chandler Ward[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Adrian Schrinner 15,796 71.19 +3.25
Labor Peter Lovegrove 6,393 28.81 –3.25
Informal votes 414 1.83 –0.37
Liberal hold Swing +5.59

Deagon

2008 Brisbane City Council election: Deagon Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Victoria Newton 11,305 51.66 −1.36
Liberal Tony Feagan 8,315 38.00 +3.81
Greens Peter Fagan 1,657 7.57 −5.22
Independent John Harbison 368 1.68 +1.68
Independent Jennifer Singfield 238 1.09 +1.09
Total formal votes 21,883 98.18 +0.38
Informal votes 405 1.82 −0.38
Turnout 22,288 87.54 −0.02
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Victoria Newton 11,725 57.92 −3.07
Liberal Tony Feagan 8,520 42.08 +3.07
Labor hold Swing −3.07

Northgate

2008 Queensland local elections: Northgate Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Flesser 10,149 46.90 −2.21
Liberal Kevin Parer 9,752 45.07 +5.84
Greens Rory Dobson 1,737 8.03 −3.63
Total formal votes 21,638 98.24 +0.13
Informal votes 388 1.76 −0.13
Turnout 22,026 87.10 +0.46
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Flesser 10,611 51.55 −4.33
Liberal Kevin Parer 9,972 48.45 +4.33
Labor hold Swing

Parkinson

2008 Queensland local elections: Parkinson Ward[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Angela Owen-Taylor 10,980 51.64 +4.87
Labor Linda Paton 8,364 39.34 −13.89
Greens Robert Scott 1,919 9.03 +9.03
Informal votes 444 2.05 −0.92
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Angela Owen-Taylor 11,192 56.27 +9.50
Labor Linda Paton 8,698 43.73 −9.50
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.50

The Gabba

2008 Queensland local elections: The Gabba Ward[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Matthew Myers 7,275 37.15 +8.04
Labor Helen Abrahams 7,008 35.79 –4.32
Greens Drew Hutton 5,021 25.64 –0.12
Independent David Norton 279 1.42 +1.42
Informal votes 347 1.74 –0.44
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Helen Abrahams 8,641 52.73 –6.97
Liberal Matthew Myers 7,746 47.27 +6.97
Labor notional hold Swing –6.97

Toowong Ward

2008 Brisbane City Council election: Toowong Ward[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Peter Matic 10,197 52.08 −1.94
Greens Stuart Skabo 4,213 21.52 +2.45
Labor Yvonne Li 4,582 26.40 −0.52
Total formal votes 18,114 98.71 +0.24
Informal votes 256 1.29 −0.24
Turnout 19,579 79.79
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Peter Matic 10,502 61.76 −0.95
Labor Yvonne Li 6,502 38.24 +0.95
Liberal National hold Swing −0.95

Walter Taylor

2008 Queensland local elections: Walter Taylor Ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jane Prentice 13,164 63.7 +1.8
Labor Ryan Ginard 4,386 21.2 −2.6
Greens Daniel Crute 3,133 15.2 +0.9
Total formal votes 20,683 - −
Informal votes 268 1.3 −0.1
Turnout 20,951 - −
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jane Prentice 13,519 71.0 +2.2
Labor Ryan Ginard 5,517 29.0 −2.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.2

Townsville

Main article: 2008 Townsville City Council election
2008 Queensland local elections: Townsville[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Tyrell David Crisafulli (elected) 47,040 4.87
Team Tyrell Jenny Lane (elected) 42,716 4.42
Team Tyrell Dale Last (elected) 38,865 4.02
Team Tyrell Rob McCahill (elected) 38,490 3.98
Team Tyrell Ray Gartrell (elected) 37,449 3.88
Team Tyrell Deanne Bell (elected) 37,474 3.88
Team Tyrell Sue Blom (elected) 37,362 3.87
Team Tyrell Brian Hewett (elected) 35,781 3.70
Team Tyrell Vern Veitch (elected) 35,152 3.64
Labor Jenny Hill (elected) 34,544 3.58
Team Tyrell Tony Parsons (elected) 33,951 3.51
Team Tyrell Natalie Marr (elected) 33,538 3.47
Team Tyrell Brenda-Anne Parfitt 30,466 3.15
Labor Terry Goldsworthy 27,494 2.85
Labor Jack Wilson 27,148 2.81
Labor Les Walker 26,423 2.74
Labor David Mather 26,142 2.71
Labor Peter Whalley-Thompson 25,625 2.65
Labor Mandy Johnstone 25,449 2.63
Labor John Robertson 25,409 2.63
Sandra Chesney 23,761 2.46
Joanne Keune 20,041 2.07
Jeff Jimmieson 19,188 1.99
David Moyle 19,093 1.98
Ken Turner 18,248 1.89
Community Voices Lindy Collins 17,095 1.77
Doug Kingston 16,820 1.74
Community Voices Gail Hamilton 14,336 1.48
Community Voices Sam Reuben 13,012 1.35
Mark McGregor 11,521 1.19
Jim Gleeson 11,142 1.15
Sue Rush 10,336 1.07
Adrienne Isnard 9,774 1.01
Dianne Rogers 9,126 0.94
Brian Bensley 7,498 0.78
Paul Lynham 7,096 0.73
Peter Hanley 7,040 0.73
Kenneth Stark 6,743 0.70
Gaye Newey 6,682 0.69
David Kault 6,587 0.68
Leeanne Hanna-McGuffie 6,071 0.63
Dave Robinson 5,981 0.62
Norm Petrie 5,726 0.59
Michael Collins 5,364 0.56
John Waszkiewicz 5,328 0.55
Peter Newey 5,038 0.52
Russell Bowe 4,335 0.45
Kevin Cameron 3,432 0.36
Harrison H. Duncan 3,164 0.33
Total formal votes 966,096 100.0
Total formal ballots 88,920 99.14
Informal ballots 8,412 0.86
Turnout 974,508 84.68
Party total seats Seats ±
Team Tyrell 11 Increase 11
Labor 1
Independent 0
Community Voices 0 Steady

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. ^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Toowong - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Walter Taylor - Ward Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  11. ^ "2008 Townsville City Council - Councillor Election - Townsville City - Undivided Council Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  12. ^ "Hill moves closer to securing Townsville council spot". ABC News. 25 March 2008.
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