Holland Park Ward

Holland Park Ward Queensland — Brisbane City Council
Created	1985
Councillor	Krista Adams
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Holland Park
Electors	32,242 (2024)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan

Holland Park Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mt Gravatt, Mt Gravatt East and Tarragindi.

History

Holland Park was the ward of Brisbane's only ever known Indigenous councillor, Robbie Williams. Williams, a Yugambeh man and Labor councillor, filled the vacancy caused by Kerry Rea's resignation in October 2007. In December that year, he died of a heart attack. The seat remained vacant until the election in March 2008.

Councillors for Holland Park Ward

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Gail Chiconi	Liberal	1985 – 1997
		Kerry Rea	Labor	1997 – October 2007	Councillor for Ekibin Ward from 1991–1997. Resigned to run for Bonner at 2007 federal election
		Robbie Williams	Labor	October 2007 – 20 December 2007	Died in office. Had been preselected by Labor to contest Wishart Ward at the 2008 election
		Ian McKenzie	Liberal	15 March 2008 – 26 July 2008	Moved to Coorparoo Ward
			Liberal National	26 July 2008 – 19 March 2016
		Krista Adams	Liberal National	19 March 2016 – present	Councillor for Wishart Ward from 2008–2016. Incumbent

Results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Holland Park.[edit]

2024 Queensland local elections: Holland Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	13,121	47.76	−0.64
	Labor	Shane Warren	7,543	27.46	−3.24
	Greens	David Ford	6,807	24.78	+3.88
Total formal votes			27,421	98.01
Informal votes			558	1.99
Turnout			28,029	86.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	13,794	53.72	−1.08
	Labor	Shane Warren	11,882	46.28	+1.08
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−1.08

2020

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § Holland Park.[edit]

2020 Queensland local elections: Holland Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,553	48.4	−0.8
	Labor	Karleigh Auguston	7,323	30.7	−5.5
	Greens	Jenny Gamble	4,975	20.9	+6.8
Total formal votes			23,851
Informal votes			580
Turnout			24,431
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,992	54.7	+0.3
	Labor	Karleigh Auguston	9,924	45.3	−0.3
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.3

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Queensland local elections § Holland Park.[edit]

2016 Queensland local elections: Holland Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,476	49.6	−4.1
	Labor	Adam Obeid	8,246	35.6	+0.9
	Greens	Karen Anderson	3,409	14.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			23,131	-	−
Informal votes			609	-	−
Turnout			23,740	-	−
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,897	54.8	−4.0
	Labor	Adam Obeid	9,820	45.2	+4.0
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−4.0

2004

This section is an excerpt from 2004 Brisbane City Council election § Holland Park.[edit]

2004 Brisbane City Council election: Holland Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Rea	11,185	55.58
	Liberal	Ian McKenzie	8,939	44.42
Total formal votes			20,124	97.74
Informal votes			465	2.26
Turnout			20,589	87.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kerry Rea	11,185	55.58
	Liberal	Ian McKenzie	8,939	44.42
	Labor hold		Swing