1973 Brisbane City Council election

1973 Brisbane City Council election
← 1970 31 March 1973 1976 →
All 21 seats on Brisbane City Council
  First party Second party
 
BCP
Leader Clem Jones John Andrews
Party Labor Brisbane Civic
Leader's seat Mitchelton Ward
(lost seat)
Seats won 20 wards 1 ward
Lord Mayor before election

Clem Jones
Labor

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Clem Jones
Labor

The 1973 Brisbane City Council election was held on 31 March 1973 to elect 21 aldermen to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]

The Labor Party defeated the Brisbane Civic Party (BCP) in a landslide victory, winning 20 out of 21 wards. This was despite changes introduced by the Bjelke-Petersen state government before the election, which reduced the number of wards and removed the direct lord mayoral election.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "ALP wins council election". The Canberra Times. 2 April 1973.
  2. ^ "Queensland Liberals leave the sinking party". The Canberra Times. 21 July 1984.
  3. ^ Hensley, Melissa; Mateo-Babiano, Derlie; Minnery, John; Pojani, Dorina (2020). "How Diverging Interests in Public Health and Urban Planning Can Lead to Less Healthy Cities". Journal of Planning History. 19 (2): 11. doi:10.1177/1538513219873591.
  4. ^ Green, Antony (17 March 2008). "Election Preview". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17.