2004 Brisbane City Council election

Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday, 27 March 2004 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.

2004 Brisbane City Council elections
March 27, 2004 (2004-03-27)
26 wards in the Brisbane City Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Campbell Newman Tim Quinn
Party Liberal Labor
Leader since 2004
Last election 8 wards 18 wards
Seats won 9 wards 17 wards
Seat change 1 1
Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Tim Quinn
Labor

 Subsequent Lord Mayor

Campbell Newman
Liberal Party

The election resulted in the election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating the Labor Party incumbent, Tim Quinn, by 2.5% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote. The Liberals won 9 wards to Labor's 17. Newman became the first Liberal Lord Mayor since Sallyanne Atkinson narrow defeat in 1991.

Results

Mayoral election
Brisbane City Council mayoral election, 2004[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Campbell Newman 246,563 47.13
Labor Tim Quinn 212,265 40.57
Greens Drew Hutton 52,995 10.13
Independent Russell Hall 5,815 1.11
Independent Derek Rosborough 3,464 0.66
Independent Nick Kapsis 2,100 0.4
Total formal votes 523,202 - -
Informal votes 10,387 - -
Turnout 533,589 - -
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Campbell Newman 255,586 52.5
Labor Tim Quinn 231,288 47.5
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Councillor elections
Ward Party Councillor Margin (%)[2]
Acacia Ridge Labor Kevin Bianchi 7.6
Bracken Ridge Liberal Carol Cashman 38.4
Central Labor David Hinchliffe 24.0
Chandler Liberal Michael Caltabiano 35.8
Deagon Labor Victoria Newton 22.0
Doboy Labor John Campbell 10.0
Dutton Park Labor Helen Abrahams 19.4
East Brisbane Labor Catherine Bermingham 2.2
Enoggera Labor Ann Bennison 19.0
Grange Labor Maureen Hayes 10.2
Hamilton Liberal Tim Nicholls 32.6
Holland Park Labor Kerry Rea 11.2
Jamboree Labor Felicity Farmer 13.0
Marchant Labor Faith Hopkins 7.6
McDowall Liberal Norm Wyndham 8.0
Moorooka Labor Steve Griffiths 13.2
Morningside Labor Shayne Sutton 8.4
Northgate Labor Kim Flesser 11.8
Pullenvale Liberal Margaret De Wit 58.0
Richlands Labor Les Bryant 31.6
Runcorn Labor Gail Macpherson 4.4
The Gap Liberal Geraldine Knapp 34.0
Toowong Liberal Judy Magub 25.4
Walter Taylor Liberal Jane Prentice 37.8
Wishart Liberal Graham Quirk 31.2
Wynnum Manly Labor Peter Cumming 11.6

References
  1. "Report on the 2004 Brisbane City Council Quadrennial Elections" (PDF). ABC News. Tally Room. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. "Report on the 2004 Brisbane City Council Quadrennial Elections" (PDF). The Tally Room. 27 March 2004.
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