2008 Brisbane City Council election

none June 2020 June 2020 2008 Brisbane City Council election Brisbane parliamentary no 2004 Brisbane City Council election 2004 15 March 2008 2012 Brisbane City Council election 2012 26 wards of Brisbane City Council 140x140px Campbell Newman Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) 2004 11 wards 16 wards 5 335,076 60.1% 12.9pp 140x140px Greg Rowell Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) 15 wards 10 wards 5 161,845 29.0% 11.6pp 2PP 2PP swing 66.1% 13.7pp 33.9% 13.7pp Lord Mayor of Brisbane Campbell Newman Liberal Subsequent Lord Mayor Campbell Newman Liberal The 2008 Brisbane City Council election was held on 15 March 2008 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. The election resulted in the re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell in a landslide with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote. The Liberals also won control of the council chambers, taking 5 wards from Labor for a total of 16 to Labor's 10. This was also the final BCC election contested by the Queensland Liberals, as they merged with the Queensland Nationals to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland a few months later in July. Results Mayor 2008 Queensland mayoral elections Brisbane Councillors Wardhttp://www.abc.net.au/elections/brisbane/2008/guide/electorateindex.htm Electorates - 2008 Brisbane City Council Elections ABC News en-AU 2017-03-04 4 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170304195849/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/brisbane/2008/guide/electorateindex.htm livePartyCouncillorMargin (%)Bracken RidgeLiberalAmanda CooperCentralLaborDavid HinchliffeChandlerLiberalAdrian SchrinnerDeagonLaborVictoria NewtonDoboyLaborJohn CampbellEnoggeraLiberalAndrew WinesHamiltonLiberalDavid McLachlanHolland ParkLiberalIan McKenzieJamboreeLiberalMatthew BourkeKarawathaLaborGail MacphersonMacGregorLiberalGraham QuirkMarchantLiberalFiona KingMcDowallLiberalNorm WyndhamMoorookaLaborSteve GriffithsMorningsideLaborShayne SuttonNorthgateLaborKim FlesserParkinsonLiberalAngela Owen-TaylorPullenvaleLiberalMargaret De WitRichlandsLaborMilton DickTennysonLiberalNicole JohnstonThe GabbaLaborHelen AbrahamsThe GapLiberalGeraldine KnappToowongLiberalPeter MaticWalter TaylorLiberalJane PrenticeWishartLiberalKrista AdamsWynnum ManlyLaborPeter Cumming References 2008 Category:Mayoral elections in Brisbane Category:2008 elections in Australia Category:2008 in Brisbane Category:March 2008 in Australia