2012 Brisbane City Council election

2012 Brisbane City Council election

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First party Second party Third party   Leader Graham Quirk Ray Smith Andrew Bartlett Party Liberal National Labor Greens Popular vote 333,637 135,534 57,641 Percentage 61.9% 25.2% 10.7% Swing 1.9pp 3.9pp 2.3pp TPP 68.5% 31.5% TPP swing 2.4pp 2.4pp

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election Graham Quirk Liberal National Subsequent Lord Mayor Graham Quirk Liberal National

All 26 wards on the City Council 13 wards needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Liberal National Graham Quirk 57.1 18 +2 Labor Ray Smith 32.0 7 −3 Independents — 2.42 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by ward

The 2012 Brisbane City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 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.^[1]

The election resulted in a landslide re-election of the Liberal National Party (previously represented in Queensland as the Liberal Party), increasing their representation by two wards. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Graham Quirk, was elected to his first full-term with a substantial 68.3% of the two-party-preferred vote.