Morningside Ward

The Morningside Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Morningside, Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne, Norman Park, Seven Hills, and parts of Camp Hill and Cannon Hill.[1]

Morningside Ward
MPKara Cook
PartyLabor
NamesakeMorningside
Electors24,548 (2016)
DemographicInner Metropolitan

Councillors for Morningside Ward
Member Party Term
  Sharon Humphreys Labor 1994-2004[2]
  Shayne Sutton Labor 2004-2017
  Kara Cook Labor 2018–present

Results
2020 Brisbane City Council election: Morningside Ward[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kara Cook 10,677 47.9 -0.3
Liberal National Toby Moore 8,242 36.9 -4.2
Greens Rolf Kuelsen 3,390 15.2 +4.5
Total formal votes 22,309 - -
Informal votes 445 - -
Turnout 22,754 - -
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kara Cook 12,543 59.7 +3.8
Liberal National Toby Moore 8,482 40.3 -3.8
Labor hold Swing+3.8
2018 Morningside Ward by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kara Cook 10,241 50.4 +1.6
Liberal National Melina Morgan 7,561 36.95 -3.55
Greens Rolf Kuelsen 2,331 11.39 +0.69
Independent Angus Jell 331 1.62 +1.62
Total formal votes 20,464 - -
Informal votes 312 - -
Turnout 20,776 - -
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kara Cook 11,999 60.24 +3.64
Liberal National Melina Morgan 7,919 39.76 -3.64
Labor hold Swing+3.64

References
  1. "Morningside Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Morningside – Brisbane 2016". The Tally Room. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. "2020 Brisbane City Council - Morningside Ward Election". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "2018 Brisbane City Council - Morningside Councillor By-Election". ECQ. Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 11 May 2018.


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