Brisbane City Council election, 2012

Brisbane City Council elections, 2012

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April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28)

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26 wards in the Brisbane City Council Chambers

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Graham Quirk	Ray Smith	Andrew Bartlett
Party	Liberal National	Labor	Greens
Leader since	2011
Last election	16 wards	10 wards	0 wards
Seats won	18 wards	7 wards	0 wards
Seat change	2	3	0

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Graham Quirk
Liberal National

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Graham Quirk
Liberal National

The 2012 Brisbane City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 to elect the Lord Mayor, and councillors for each of the 26 wards of the City of Brisbane.

Campbell Newman was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane in 2008 as the Liberal Party candidate. In 2011 he resigned as Lord Mayor to be the Liberal National Party's candidate for Premier of Queensland. Graham Quirk was elected as Lord Mayor by the Councillors on 7 April 2011.

* Incumbent

¹ Rory Killen was the candidate for the Australian Sex Party, but his party affiliation was not listed on the ballot paper

Wards with names listed in bold changed hands from Labor to Liberal National in the 2012 election

Councillors whose names are in italics did not stand in the 2012 election for the seat they won in 2008.

¹ Graham Quirk was appointed Lord Mayor after the resignation of Campbell Newman in 2011. Steven Huang was appointed Councillor for Macgregor Ward in his place.

² Nicole Johnston was elected as a member of the LNP in 2008 but resigned from the party to sit as an Independent.

³ Jane Prentice resigned from Council in 2010 to contest the Federal electorate of Ryan for the LNP. Julian Simmonds of the LNP was elected Councillor at a by-election in October that year.

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