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2008 Queensland mayoral elections

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The 2008 Queensland mayoral elections were held on 15 March 2008 to elect the mayors of the 77 local government areasinQueensland, Australia. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections.^[1]

Results[edit]

2008 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Campbell Newman	335,076	60.1	+12.9
	Labor	Greg Rowell	161,845	29.0	-11.6
	Greens	Jo-Anne Bragg	46,733	8.4	-1.8
	Independent	Robert Campbell	8,439	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Louise Day	1,801	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Bryan Crawford	1,331	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	David Alan Couper	952	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	James Patrick Sinnamon	856	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	773	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			557,806
Informal votes			9,618
Turnout			567,424
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Campbell Newman		66.1	+13.7
	Labor	Greg Rowell		33.9	-13.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.7

2008 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Clarke	79,463	35.62
	Liberal	Tom Tate	59,585	26.71	+26.71
	Unite GC	Rob Molhoek	57,605	25.82	+25.82
	Independent	John Bradford	20,754	9.30
	Independent	Ray Schearer	5,704	2.56
Total formal votes			223,111	95.71
Informal votes			10,005	4.29
Turnout			233,116
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ron Clarke	90,418	53.99
	Liberal	Tom Tate	77,039	46.01	+46.01
	Independent hold		Swing

2008 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Tyrell	Les Tyrell	47,956	54.64	+54.64
	Labor	Tony Mooney	31,524	35.91	−37.65
	Community Voices	Jenny Stirling	6,343	7.23
	Independent	Rolando Taviani	1,292	1.47
	Independent	Francis Pauler	660	0.75
Total formal votes			87,775	98.71
Informal votes			1,145	1.29
Turnout			88,920
	Team Tyrell gain from Labor		Swing

^ "2008 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023.

^ "Mayoral Election - ABC News". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

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