2004 Brisbane City Council election

2004 Brisbane City Council election

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26 wards in the Brisbane City Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Campbell Newman Tim Quinn
Party Liberal Labor
Leader since 2004
Last election 8 wards 18 wards
Seats won 9 wards 17 wards
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 246,563 212,265
Percentage 47.13% 40.57%
TPP 52.50% 47.50%

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.