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
26 wards in the Brisbane City Council
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.