2008 Brisbane City Council election

2008 Brisbane City Council election

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26 wards of Brisbane City Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Campbell Newman Greg Rowell
Party Liberal Labor
Leader since 2004
Last election 11 wards 15 wards
Seats won 16 wards 10 wards
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 5
Popular vote 335,076 161,845
Percentage 60.1% 29.0%
Swing Increase 12.9pp Decrease 11.6pp
2PP 66.1% 33.9%
2PP swing Increase 13.7pp Decrease 13.7pp

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Campbell Newman
Liberal

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Campbell Newman
Liberal

The 2008 Brisbane City Council election was held on 15 March 2008 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 re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell in a landslide with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote. The Liberals also won control of the council chambers, taking 5 wards from Labor for a total of 16 to Labor's 10. This was also the final BCC election contested by the Queensland Liberals, as they merged with the Queensland Nationals to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland a few months later in July.