2004 Brisbane City Council election

2004 Brisbane City Council election
	27 March 2004
26 wards in the Brisbane City Council
Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election; Tim Quinn; Labor	Subsequent Lord Mayor ; Campbell Newman; Liberal Party

The 2004 Brisbane City Council election was held on 27 March 2004 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 election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating the Labor Party incumbent, Tim Quinn, by 2.5% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote. The Liberals won 9 wards to Labor's 17. Newman became the first Liberal Lord Mayor since Sallyanne Atkinson's narrow defeat in 1991.

Results

Mayoral election

2004 Brisbane City Council election: Mayor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Campbell Newman	246,563	47.13
	Labor	Tim Quinn	212,265	40.57
	Greens	Drew Hutton	52,995	10.13
	Independent	Russell Hall	5,815	1.11
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	3,464	0.66
	Independent	Nick Kapsis	2,100	0.4
Total formal votes			523,202
Informal votes			10,387
Turnout			533,589
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Campbell Newman	255,586	52.5
	Labor	Tim Quinn	231,288	47.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Councillor elections

Ward		Councillor	Margin (%)^[2]
Acacia Ridge	Labor	Kevin Bianchi	7.6
Bracken Ridge	Liberal	Carol Cashman	38.4
Central	Labor	David Hinchliffe	24.0
Chandler	Liberal	Michael Caltabiano	35.8
Deagon	Labor	Victoria Newton	22.0
Doboy	Labor	John Campbell	10.0
Dutton Park	Labor	Helen Abrahams	19.4
East Brisbane	Labor	Catherine Bermingham	2.2
Enoggera	Labor	Ann Bennison	19.0
Grange	Labor	Maureen Hayes	10.2
Hamilton	Liberal	Tim Nicholls	32.6
Holland Park	Labor	Kerry Rea	11.2
Jamboree	Labor	Felicity Farmer	13.0
Marchant	Labor	Faith Hopkins	7.6
McDowall	Liberal	Norm Wyndham	8.0
Moorooka	Labor	Steve Griffiths	13.2
Morningside	Labor	Shayne Sutton	8.4
Northgate	Labor	Kim Flesser	11.8
Pullenvale	Liberal	Margaret De Wit	58.0
Richlands	Labor	Les Bryant	31.6
Runcorn	Labor	Gail Macpherson	4.4
The Gap	Liberal	Geraldine Knapp	34.0
Toowong	Liberal	Judy Magub	25.4
Walter Taylor	Liberal	Jane Prentice	37.8
Wishart	Liberal	Graham Quirk	31.2
Wynnum Manly	Labor	Peter Cumming	11.6

References

↑ "Report on the 2004 Brisbane City Council Quadrennial Elections" (PDF). ABC News. Tally Room. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
↑ "Report on the 2004 Brisbane City Council Quadrennial Elections" (PDF). The Tally Room. 27 March 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2017.

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[TallyRoom-1] "Report on the 2004 Brisbane City Council Quadrennial Elections" (PDF). ABC News. Tally Room. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[2] "Report on the 2004 Brisbane City Council Quadrennial Elections" (PDF). The Tally Room. 27 March 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2017.

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