1985 Brisbane City Council election

Australian local election April 2024 1985 Brisbane City Council election Brisbane 1982 Brisbane City Council election 1982 30 March 1985 1988 Brisbane City Council election 1988 475,299 415,883 (87.5%) Lord Mayor yes parliamentary no 170x170px Sallyanne Atkinson Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) 209,651 51.76% 170x170px Roy Harvey Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) 179,968 44.43% Lord Mayor Subsequent Lord Mayor Roy Harvey Labor Sallyanne Atkinson Liberal yes no All 26 wards on the City Council13 wards needed for a majority Sallyanne Atkinson Liberal 15 Roy Harvey Labor 11 The 1985 Brisbane City Council election was held on 30 March 1985 to elect a lord mayor and 26 aldermen to the City of Brisbane.1985-04-01 Liberals oust ALP in Brisbane council http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122470280 2024-04-14 Canberra Times The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.Legislative Assembly WEDNESDAY, 3 APRIL 1985 https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/1985/1985_04_03.pdf Parliament of Queensland 8 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240408062220/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/1985/1985_04_03.pdf 8 April 2024 The election saw the lord mayoralty re-established as a directly elected position,Hensley Melissa Mateo-Babiano Derlie Minnery John Pojani Dorina 2020-05-01 How Diverging Interests in Public Health and Urban Planning Can Lead to Less Healthy Cities https://doi.org/10.1177/1538513219873591 Journal of Planning History EN 19 2 71–89 10.1177/1538513219873591 1538-5132 having been chosen by a vote of the aldermen since 1973, and increased the number of aldermen increased from 21 to 26.2 April 1973 ALP wins council election http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136968412 23 July 2025 The Canberra Times Australian Capital Territory, Australia 3 National Library of Australia 47 13,398Queensland Survey Office 1975 City of Brisbane https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-brisbane-1975/original PDF [1:63,360] Brisbane Queensland Survey Office 2024-10-04 2024-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20241007105339/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-brisbane-1975/original liveDepartment of Mapping and Surveying 1984 The North Brisbane Zone and the South Brisbane Zone https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-brisbane-electoral-wards-1984/original PDF Brisbane QueenslGovernment Printing Office 2025-07-23 2025-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20251212080953/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-brisbane-electoral-wards-1984/original live This reversed changes made by the former Country Party state government that had targeted the council's Labor administration. The election also saw a significant redistribution of wards to accommodate the additional aldermen, with most of the city's wards being abolished. The incumbent Labor Party had controlled both the mayoralty and a majority of wards since the 1961 election. The party was led by Lord Mayor Roy Harvey, who sought a ninth consecutive term for the party and a second term as Lord Mayor. The election resulted in the election of the Liberal Party under Sallyanne Atkinson. The party gaining a majority of wards and more than 50% of the mayoral vote. This was in part helped by the National Party, who had contested the 1982 election, choosing to not contest this election to avoid splitting the conservative vote from the Liberal party. In the mayoral election, Liberal candidate Sallyanne Atkinson defeated Roy Harvey. As of 2024, Atkinson is the first and only female Lord Mayor of Brisbane.The team that helped Sallyanne Atkinson make history https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/the-team-that-helped-sallyanne-atkinson-make-history-20140824-107th7.html Brisbane Times 8 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240408071647/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/the-team-that-helped-sallyanne-atkinson-make-history-20140824-107th7.html 8 April 2024 24 August 2014 This was the first and only election contested by the Brisbane Green Party, the predecessor to the Queensland Greens. The party contested the lord mayorship and four wards, but did not have any victories.https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:198857 The green movement in Southeast Queensland: The environment, institutional failure, and social conflict, p.235 Eddy Elizabeth espace.library.uq.edu.au en 2018-10-14 Future lord mayor Graham Quirk was elected in Rochedale Ward at this election.Graham Quirk joins Racing Queensland board https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/graham-quirk-joins-racing-queensland-board-20190704-p5248q.html Brisbane Times 4 July 2019 He joined the council in 1985 as councillor for the Rochedale Ward, rising to become deputy mayor under Campbell Newman before holding the lord mayoralty. 8 April 2024 8 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240408072918/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/graham-quirk-joins-racing-queensland-board-20190704-p5248q.html live Results Ward summary WardPartyAlderman Between Ourselves May-June 1985 https://brisbane.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/38034 2025-11-03 Brisbane City Archives en 2025-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20251103060444/https://brisbane.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/38034 live Margin (%)Stockwell S. E. Rhetoric and democracy : deliberative opportunities in current electoral processes 1997 Thesis https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/19998 en 2024-10-09 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083017/https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/19998 live Bracken Ridge LiberalKeith Murray2024-04-02 Bracken Ridge - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/brac 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083017/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/brac live 1.5Breakfast Creek LiberalG. G. Clay6.9Camp Hill LiberalS. R. Jeffreys2.7Carina LaborB. V. Walsh3.4Chermside LiberalL. B. Barnes1.3Coopers Plains LaborJ. R. Wheeler2.4Deagon LaborKen Leese2024-04-02 Deagon (Key seat) - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/deag 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083024/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/deag live 8.2Doboy LaborJohn Campbell2024-04-02 Doboy (Key seat) - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/dobo 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083022/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/dobo live 11.2Eagle Farm LaborPatricia Vaughan10.8Ekibin LiberalO. L. Olsen7.3Enoggera LaborBrian Mellifont2024-04-02 Enoggera (Key seat) - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/enog 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083016/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/enog live 5.7Fairfield LiberalNorman Rose5.2Holland Park LiberalGail Chiconi2024-04-02 Holland Park - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/holl 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083020/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/holl live 2.4Inala LaborClive Wells10.8Jamboree LiberalPhil Denman2024-04-03 Jamboree (Key seat) - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/jamb 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083026/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/jamb live 18.7Kalinga LiberalD. A. Turnbull7.7Kianawah LaborDon Randall12.1McDowall LiberalJohn Goss2024-04-02 McDowall - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/mcdo 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083021/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/mcdo live 11.1Paddington LaborJoe St Ledger6.0Pullenvale LiberalBob MillsCityLink - Issue 12 - April 1994 https://brisbane.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/38084 2025-11-03 Brisbane City Archives en 2025-12-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20251210003432/https://brisbane.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/38084 live 27.2Rochedale LiberalGraham Quirk12.3Runcorn LiberalBob Ward2024-04-04 Runcorn - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/runc 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083023/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/runc live 5.1Spring Hill LaborIan Brusasco4.9Taringa LiberalDenver BeanlandDenver Edward Beanland http://beanland.net.au/FamilyTree/denver.htm The Family of Thomas and Lydia Emma Kinton Beanland Denver Beanland 2024-10-09 2014-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140214191409/http://beanland.net.au/FamilyTree/denver.htm live23.0The Gabba LaborK. O. T. Quinn4.5The Gap LiberalBrian Hallinan2024-04-02 The Gap (Key seat) - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/tgap 2024-10-09 abc.net.au en-AU 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009083019/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/tgap live 11.5 References 1985 Brisbane City Council election, 1985 Brisbane City Council election