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Holland Park Ward
Holland Park Ward is a Brisbane City Council Ward (electoral subdivision), ward covering Holland Park, Queensland, Holland Park, Holland Park, Queensland, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Mt Gravatt, Mt Gravatt East and Tarragindi, Queensland, Tarragindi. History Holland Park was the ward of Brisbane's only ever known Indigenous councillor, Robbie Williams (politician), Robbie Williams. Williams, a Yugambeh people, Yugambeh man and Queensland Labor Party, Labor councillor, filled the vacancy caused by Kerry Rea's resignation in October 2007. In December that year, he died of a heart attack. The seat remained vacant until the election in March 2008. Councillors for Holland Park Ward Results 2024 2020 2016 2004 References City of Brisbane wards 1985 establishments in Australia {{Brisbane-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Brisbane City Council Election
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. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia. The election saw the lord mayoralty re-established as a directly elected position, having been chosen by a vote of the aldermen since 1973, and increased the number of aldermen increased from 21 to 26. 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 Lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Liberal Party
The Queensland Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division), was the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia until 2008. It was initially formed in October 1943 as the Queensland People's Party (QPP), which then absorbed the disbanded Queensland branch of the United Australia Party in 1944. In 1945, the QPP had an agreement with the newly formed Liberal Party, where in the "federal sphere", QPP would be the Queensland division of the Liberal Party and would run its candidates under the Liberal Party banner in federal elections. However, in the "state sphere", it would continue to exist individually under its own banner. In July 1949, the QPP was renamed to reflect its status as the Queensland division of the Liberal Party. Based predominantly in Brisbane and other cities in Queensland, from 1957 it held power as the junior party in a coalition with the state Country Party, later the National Party, until 1983 when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Brisbane City Council Election
The 2016 Brisbane City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 to elect a Lord Mayor of Brisbane, lord mayor and 26 councillors to the Brisbane City Council, City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the 2016 Queensland local elections, statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia. The election resulted in the re-election of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, Liberal National Party to a majority in the chamber, with incumbent LNP Lord Mayor Graham Quirk also being returned. The Liberal Nationals 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 for Quirk was a reduction from the 69.5% result at the previous election. The main opposition party, the Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor Party was reduced to 5 wards, its lowest number in over a decade. The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election, with Jonathan Sriranganathan, Jonathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coorparoo Ward
The Coorparoo Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Coorparoo, Carina Heights, Greenslopes and parts of East Brisbane, Annerley Annerley is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Annerley is located by road south of the Brisbane CBD. In the , Annerley had a population of 11,891 people. Geography Much of the subur ... and Camp Hill. Parts of East Brisbane were added in boundary changes prior to the 2020 LGA elections. Councillors for Coorparoo Ward Results 2024 2020 2016 1931 Notes References City of Brisbane wards {{Brisbane-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LNP Placeholder
LNP may refer to: In science *Lecture Notes in Physics, a book series in the field of physics. *Linear-Nonlinear-Poisson cascade model, a model of neural responses. *Lipid nanoparticles, a drug delivery Drug delivery involves various methods and technologies designed to transport pharmaceutical compounds to their target sites helping therapeutic effect. It involves principles related to drug preparation, route of administration, site-specif ... system in pharmacology. * LNP section, a structural steel standard for a family of unequal angle steel sections. In sport *Lega Nazionale Professionisti, Italian football league. *Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras, Liga Nacional Profesional, Honduran football league. In politics and government * Liberal–National Coalition, Australia ** Liberal National Party of Queensland * Liberian National Police *Local Nature Partnership, environmental coalitions in England Others *Local number portability, of telephone num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Brisbane City Council Election
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 Councillors References {{Brisbane City Council elections 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wishart Ward
Wishart Ward was a Brisbane City Council ward covering Wishart and surrounding suburbs. It was abolished as part of the 2015 redistribution and split into Holland Park and MacGregor, with this taking affect at the 2016 election. History Although considered a safe Liberal seat, Wishart became more marginal after a 2007 redistribution. Robbie Williams, who had been appointed as a councillor for Holland Park Ward in October 2007, had been preselected by the Labor Party to contest Wishart at the 2008 election. However, he died of a heart attack in December 2007. As a result of the redistribution, Wishart councillor Graham Quirk moved to MacGregor Ward, and Krista Adams successfully ran for the Liberals in 2008. She was re-elected in 2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Australian Federal Election
The 2007 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 November 2007. All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives and 40 of the seats in the 76-member Australian Senate, Senate were up for election. The election featured a 39-day campaign, with 13.6 million Australians enrolled to vote. The centre-left Australian Labor Party opposition, led by Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard, defeated the incumbent centre-right Coalition (Australia), Coalition government, led by Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister, John Howard, and National Party of Australia, Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, by a Landslide victory, landslide. The election marked the end of the 11-year-long Howard-led Liberal–National Coalition government that had been in power since the 1996 Australian federal election, 1996 election. Howard lost his own seat, becoming the first sitting Australian Prime Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Bonner
The Division of Bonner is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, including the suburbs of Chandler, Queensland, Chandler, Carindale, Queensland, Carindale, Manly, Queensland, Manly, Mansfield, Queensland, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Mount Gravatt, Wishart, Queensland, Wishart and Wynnum, Queensland, Wynnum. The current MP is Kara Cook of the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party. Geography Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was created in 2004 and is named after Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekibin Ward
Tarragindi () is a southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is represented through the Holland Park Ward, Holland Park and Moorooka Ward councillors on the Brisbane City Council. In the , Tarragindi had a population of 11,035 people. Geography The suburb boundaries are largely defined by the Southeast Freeway (Brisbane), Southeast Freeway and Toohey Forest Conservation Park, Toohey Forest. Ekibin Road (East) and streets skirting the Tarragindi Reservoir form the western boundary. Prior Street and Mayfield Road mark the start of the southern limits of the suburb. The main part of the suburb lies in a valley running north–south, surrounded by ridges marked by Wellers Hill (the highest point) to the east and Tarragindi Hill to the west. Sandy Creek has it source in Toohey Forest to the south and flows through the major part of the suburb. The eastern flank of the Wellers Hill ridge drains into Ekibin Creek. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
