2012 Brisbane City Council election

The 2012 Brisbane City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 to elect a lord mayor and 26 councillors to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.

2012 Brisbane City Council election
28 April 2012 (2012-04-28)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Graham Quirk Ray Smith Andrew Bartlett
Party Liberal National Labor Greens
Popular vote 333,637 135,534 57,641
Percentage 61.9% 25.2% 10.7%
Swing 1.9pp 3.9pp 2.3pp
TPP 68.5% 31.5%
TPP swing 2.4pp 2.4pp
Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Graham Quirk
Liberal National

 Subsequent Lord Mayor

Graham Quirk
Liberal National

All 26 wards on the City Council
13 wards needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Liberal National Graham Quirk 57.1 18 +2
Labor Ray Smith 32.0 7 −3
Independents — 2.42 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by ward

The election resulted in a landslide re-election of the Liberal National Party (previously represented in Queensland as the Liberal Party), increasing their representation by two wards. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Graham Quirk, was elected to his first full-term with a substantial 68.3% of the two-party-preferred vote.

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