Results of the 2008 Queensland local elections
Appearance
This is a list of local government area results for the 2008 Queensland local elections.[1]
Brisbane
[edit]Bracken Ridge
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
Walter Taylor
[edit]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
[edit]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 | ![]() | |||
Labor | 1 | ||||
Independent | 0 | ||||
Community Voices | 0 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "2008 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023.
- ^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Central - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Chandler - Ward Summary".
- ^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Deagon - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Northgate - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Parkinson - Ward Summary".
- ^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Election Summary".
- ^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - the Gabba - Ward Summary".
- ^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Walter Taylor - Ward Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "2008 Townsville City Council - Councillor Election - Townsville City - Undivided Council Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
- ^ "Hill moves closer to securing Townsville council spot". ABC News. 25 March 2008.