2024 Brisbane City Council election

The next Brisbane City Council elections are set to be held on Saturday, 16 March 2024[1][4] to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards, along with the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane. The current Lord Mayor, former Deputy Adrian Schrinner (Liberal National), has served since 8 April 2019,[5] taking over the rains from Graham Quirk. In terms of local government politics within Australia, the Brisbane City elections are the most significant as both the population and the managing budget is the largest.[2][6][7]

2024 Lord Mayoral election
16 March 2024[lower-alpha 1]
Registered819,396[lower-alpha 2]
 
ALP
Candidate Adrian Schrinner TBD[lower-alpha 3] TBD
Party Liberal National Labor Greens
Incumbent Lord Mayor

Adrian Schrinner
Liberal National


2024 Brisbane City Council election
All 26 seats in the Brisbane City Council
14 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Liberal National Adrian Schrinner
Labor TBD[lower-alpha 3]
Greens TBD
Independent —
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Background

In April 2023, new legislation passed by the Parliament of Queensland would have an effect on all of Queensland's local government areas (LGAs) in future elections. The bill, Local Government Electoral and Other Legislation (Expenditure Caps) Amendment Bill 2022, sets caps on electoral expenditure for all local governments across the state.[8] The main takeaways vis-à-vis the Brisbane City Council elections are:[9][10]

  • The caps are tiered to take into consideration the number of electors in local government areas.
  • For Mayoral candidates, caps range from $30,000 in council areas with 30,000 or fewer electors through to $1.3 million for the Brisbane City Council.
  • Expenditure caps for Councillor candidates range from $15,000 for council areas with 20,000 or fewer electors up to $55,000 for Brisbane City Council wards.
  • The scheme applies for the seven months prior to a quadrennial election, and from the day a by-election notice is published, through to polling day.

Pendulum

Notes
  1. The original scheduled date for the election of 30 March 2024 was moved ahead to 16 March 2024 to avoid Easter holidays.[1]
  2. Expected figure.[2]
  3. The Labor Party has not announced a candidate for Lord Mayor in 2024, however the Party's leader in Brisbane City Council is Jared Cassidy, who holds the post of "Leader of the Opposition in Council".[3]
  4. Lucy Collier succeeded Kara Cook as Councillor for Morningside Ward in May 2023.
  5. Trina Massey succeeded Jonathan Sriranganathan as Councillor for The Gabba Ward in May 2023.

References
  1. Kerr, Judith; McCormack, Madura (1 April 2023). "Council election moved to new date in March before Easter holidays in 2024". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. "Review of Ward Boundaries – 2019 Final Determination Brisbane City Council" (PDF). ecq.qld.gov.au. Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ). 2019.
  3. "Councillor Jared Cassidy". jaredcassidy.com.au.
  4. Miles, Stephen (21 April 2023). "Statement regarding the 2024 Local Government election". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. Stone, Lucy (6 April 2019). "The Brisbane of tomorrow: Adrian Schrinner prepares to be lord mayor". Brisbane Times. On Monday [8 April 2019], Cr Schrinner, 41, will be sworn in at a special council meeting as one of the youngest mayors the city has seen, ready to lay out his own long-term vision.
  6. "Facts and figures: Australia". lgiu.org. Local Government Information Unit (LGIU).
  7. "Brisbane – Council of Capital City Lord Mayors". lordmayors.org. Brisbane City Council manages Australia's biggest local government budget at $3.1billion for 2018/2019.
  8. "Changes to rent increases to give Queenslanders who rent a fair go". statements.qld.gov.au. 18 April 2023.
  9. "Local government elections". statedevelopment.qld.gov.au. Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning.
  10. "Changes to rent increases to give Queenslanders who rent a fair go". nationaltribune.com.au. The National Tribune. 18 April 2023.


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