2008 Townsville City Council election

2008 Townsville City Council election
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Mayor
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Les Tyrell Tony Mooney
Party Team Tyrell Labor
Popular vote 47,956 31,524
Percentage 54.64% 35.91%
Swing Increase 54.64 Decrease 37.65
Mayor before election

Tony Mooney
Labor

Subsequent Mayor

Les Tyrell
Team Tyrell

Councillors
All 13 members on the City Council (including the Mayor)
7 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Team Tyrell Les Tyrell 11 +11
Labor Tony Mooney 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2008 Townsville City Council election was held on 15 March 2008 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the City of Townsville. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]

The election saw the Australian Labor Party, which had controlled the council for 32 years − the longest-serving Labor administration in Australia − defeated in a landslide by the conservative Team Tyrell, which won all but one of the councillor positions. Incumbent mayor Tony Mooney was among the ALP members defeated.[2]

As of 2024, this was the last time the ALP contested a Townsville City Council election.[3]

  1. ^ "2008 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ "How it happened: a defining moment in politics". Townsville Bulletin. 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Labor to run partisan ticket in 2020 Townsville City Council election". Townsville Bulletin. 6 June 2018.