Results of the 2008 Queensland local elections

This is a list of local government area results for the 2008 Queensland local elections.^[1]

Brisbane

Bracken Ridge

2008 Queensland local elections: Bracken Ridge Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Amanda Cooper	13,322	59.16	−6.26
	Labor	Sean Waugh	7,332	32.56	+3.99
	Greens	Janine Murphy	1,214	5.39	+0.62
Informal votes			440	1.92	−0.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Amanda Cooper	13,501	63.88	−5.31
	Labor	Sean Waugh	7,634	36.12	+5.31
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.31

Central

2008 Queensland local elections: Central Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vicki Howard	8,709	41.96	+10.89
	Labor	David Hinchliffe	8,219	39.60	–8.08
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	3,450	16.61	–1.13
	Independent	David White	379	1.83	+1.83
Total formal votes			20,757	98.39	+0.31
Informal votes			340	1.61	–0.31
Turnout			21,097	77.60	−
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Hinchliffe	9,173	50.28	–11.76
	Liberal	Vicki Howard	9,071	49.72	+11.76
	Labor hold		Swing	–11.76

Chandler

2008 Queensland local elections: Chandler Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adrian Schrinner	15,796	71.19	+3.25
	Labor	Peter Lovegrove	6,393	28.81	–3.25
Informal votes			414	1.83	–0.37
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.59

Deagon

2008 Brisbane City Council election: Deagon Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Victoria Newton	11,305	51.66	−1.36
	Liberal	Tony Feagan	8,315	38.00	+3.81
	Greens	Peter Fagan	1,657	7.57	−5.22
	Independent	John Harbison	368	1.68	+1.68
	Independent	Jennifer Singfield	238	1.09	+1.09
Total formal votes			21,883	98.18	+0.38
Informal votes			405	1.82	−0.38
Turnout			22,288	87.54	−0.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Victoria Newton	11,725	57.92	−3.07
	Liberal	Tony Feagan	8,520	42.08	+3.07
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.07

Northgate

2008 Queensland local elections: Northgate Ward^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Flesser	10,149	46.90	−2.21
	Liberal	Kevin Parer	9,752	45.07	+5.84
	Greens	Rory Dobson	1,737	8.03	−3.63
Total formal votes			21,638	98.24	+0.13
Informal votes			388	1.76	−0.13
Turnout			22,026	87.10	+0.46
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Flesser	10,611	51.55	−4.33
	Liberal	Kevin Parer	9,972	48.45	+4.33
	Labor hold		Swing

Parkinson

2008 Queensland local elections: Parkinson Ward^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Angela Owen-Taylor	10,980	51.64	+4.87
	Labor	Linda Paton	8,364	39.34	−13.89
	Greens	Robert Scott	1,919	9.03	+9.03
Informal votes			444	2.05	−0.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Angela Owen-Taylor	11,192	56.27	+9.50
	Labor	Linda Paton	8,698	43.73	−9.50
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.50

The Gabba

2008 Queensland local elections: The Gabba Ward^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matthew Myers	7,275	37.15	+8.04
	Labor	Helen Abrahams	7,008	35.79	–4.32
	Greens	Drew Hutton	5,021	25.64	–0.12
	Independent	David Norton	279	1.42	+1.42
Informal votes			347	1.74	–0.44
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Helen Abrahams	8,641	52.73	–6.97
	Liberal	Matthew Myers	7,746	47.27	+6.97
	Labor notional hold		Swing	–6.97

Walter Taylor

2008 Queensland local elections: Walter Taylor Ward^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jane Prentice	13,164	63.7	+1.8
	Labor	Ryan Ginard	4,386	21.2	−2.6
	Greens	Daniel Crute	3,133	15.2	+0.9
Total formal votes			20,683	-	−
Informal votes			268	1.3	−0.1
Turnout			20,951	-	−
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jane Prentice	13,519	71.0	+2.2
	Labor	Ryan Ginard	5,517	29.0	−2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

Townsville

2008 Queensland local elections: Townsville^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Tyrell	David Crisafulli (elected)	47,040	4.87
	Team Tyrell	Jenny Lane (elected)	42,716	4.42
	Team Tyrell	Dale Last (elected)	38,865	4.02
	Team Tyrell	Rob McCahill (elected)	38,490	3.98
	Team Tyrell	Ray Gartrell (elected)	37,449	3.88
	Team Tyrell	Deanne Bell (elected)	37,474	3.88
	Team Tyrell	Sue Blom (elected)	37,362	3.87
	Team Tyrell	Brian Hewett (elected)	35,781	3.70
	Team Tyrell	Vern Veitch (elected)	35,152	3.64
	Labor	Jenny Hill (elected)	34,544	3.58
	Team Tyrell	Tony Parsons (elected)	33,951	3.51
	Team Tyrell	Natalie Marr (elected)	33,538	3.47
	Team Tyrell	Brenda-Anne Parfitt	30,466	3.15
	Labor	Terry Goldsworthy	27,494	2.85
	Labor	Jack Wilson	27,148	2.81
	Labor	Les Walker	26,423	2.74
	Labor	David Mather	26,142	2.71
	Labor	Peter Whalley-Thompson	25,625	2.65
	Labor	Mandy Johnstone	25,449	2.63
	Labor	John Robertson	25,409	2.63
		Sandra Chesney	23,761	2.46
		Joanne Keune	20,041	2.07
		Jeff Jimmieson	19,188	1.99
		David Moyle	19,093	1.98
		Ken Turner	18,248	1.89
	Community Voices	Lindy Collins	17,095	1.77
		Doug Kingston	16,820	1.74
	Community Voices	Gail Hamilton	14,336	1.48
	Community Voices	Sam Reuben	13,012	1.35
		Mark McGregor	11,521	1.19
		Jim Gleeson	11,142	1.15
		Sue Rush	10,336	1.07
		Adrienne Isnard	9,774	1.01
		Dianne Rogers	9,126	0.94
		Brian Bensley	7,498	0.78
		Paul Lynham	7,096	0.73
		Peter Hanley	7,040	0.73
		Kenneth Stark	6,743	0.70
		Gaye Newey	6,682	0.69
		David Kault	6,587	0.68
		Leeanne Hanna-McGuffie	6,071	0.63
		Dave Robinson	5,981	0.62
		Norm Petrie	5,726	0.59
		Michael Collins	5,364	0.56
		John Waszkiewicz	5,328	0.55
		Peter Newey	5,038	0.52
		Russell Bowe	4,335	0.45
		Kevin Cameron	3,432	0.36
		Harrison H. Duncan	3,164	0.33
Total formal votes			966,096	100.0
Total formal ballots			88,920	99.14
Informal ballots			8,412	0.86
Turnout			974,508	84.68
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Team Tyrell			11	11
	Labor			1
	Independent			0
	Community Voices			0

References

^ "2008 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023.
^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Central - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Chandler - Ward Summary".
^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Deagon - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Northgate - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Parkinson - Ward Summary".
^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Election Summary".
^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - the Gabba - Ward Summary".
^ "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Walter Taylor - Ward Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
^ "2008 Townsville City Council - Councillor Election - Townsville City - Undivided Council Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
^ "Hill moves closer to securing Townsville council spot". ABC News. 25 March 2008.

[1] "2008 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023.

[2] "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Central - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

[3] "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Chandler - Ward Summary".

[4] "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Deagon - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[5] "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Northgate - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

[6] "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Parkinson - Ward Summary".

[7] "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Election Summary".

[8] "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - the Gabba - Ward Summary".

[9] "Elections - 2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Walter Taylor - Ward Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-08.

[10] "2008 Townsville City Council - Councillor Election - Townsville City - Undivided Council Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.

[11] "Hill moves closer to securing Townsville council spot". ABC News. 25 March 2008.

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