The 2016 Queensland local elections were held on 19 March 2016 to elect the
mayors
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities ...
and councils of the 77
local government areas in
Queensland, Australia.
The
Queensland Greens had their first-ever local election victory, with
Jonathan Sri being elected in
The Gabba Ward in
Brisbane.
Lockyer Valley mayor Steve Jones died on 20 February 2016 after a
brain bleed
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...
saw him collapse during a media interview. As a result, the election in that LGA for both mayor and councillors was postponed to 16 April.
Results
Council elections
See also
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2016 Brisbane City Council election
Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday, 19 March 2016 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
The election resulted in the comprehensive re- ...
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2016 Gold Coast City Council election
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2016 Townsville City Council election
Notes
References
{{Queensland elections
Local elections in Queensland
2016 elections in Australia
March 2016 events in Australia