2016 Brisbane City Council election


Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday, 19 March 2016 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
The election resulted in the comprehensive re-election of the Liberal National Party under Graham Quirk as Lord Mayor. The Liberal National's increased their representation by one ward to a total of 19 of 26. The lord mayoral result of 59.3% of the two-party-preferred vote was slightly reduced for Quirk from the result of the previous election. The main opposition party, the Labor Party was reduced to just 5 wards; its worst result in over a decade. The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election.

Results

Mayoral election

Ward elections

Disproportionality

Despite winning 54% of the votes, the Liberal Nationals gained 74% of the seats. This renewed calls for electoral reforms for Local Governments, something the Queensland Government is planning to reform before the 2020 election.