2016 Queensland local elections

2016 Queensland local elections

19 March 2016

First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Liberal National Labor Last election 18 9 Seats before 18 9 Seats won 19 7 Seat change 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party   PD Leader No leader No leader Party Greens People Decide Last election 0 Did not exist Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1

The 2016 Queensland local elections were held on 19 March 2016 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia.

The Queensland Greens had their first-ever local election victory, with Jonathan Sri being elected in The Gabba Ward in Brisbane.

Lockyer Valley mayor Steve Jones died on 20 February 2016 after a brain bleed saw him collapse during a media interview. As a result, the election in that LGA for both mayor and councillors was postponed to 16 April.

Results

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independents
	Liberal National				19	1
	Labor				7	2
	Independent Liberal National				20
	Independent Labor				9
	Greens				1	1
	Team Jenny Hill
	Cairns Unity
	Team COGHLAN
	Team McCulloch
	Locals United - Back to Basics				0
	People Decide				0
Total
Registered voters / turnout

See also

• 2016 Brisbane City Council election
• 2016 Gold Coast City Council election
• 2016 Townsville City Council election