2024 Queensland mayoral elections

The 2024 Queensland mayoral elections was held on 16 March 2024 to elect the mayors of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections.^[1]

2024 Queensland mayoral elections

← 2020 16 March 2024 2028 →
63 of the 77 mayors in Queensland (14 elected unopposed)
First party Second party Third party   IND Party Independents Liberal National Labor Last election 69 mayors 1 mayor 0 mayors Seats won 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   LCQ AJP Party Greens Legalise Cannabis Animal Justice Last election 0 mayors Did not contest 0 mayors Seats won 0 0 0 Seat change
Results by local government area

14 mayors were elected unopposed.^[2]

Background

Karen Williams, the mayor of Redland, joined the Liberal National Party in 2021.^[3]

Scenic Rim mayor Greg Christensen resigned from the LNP on 26 April 2023.^[4]

Bob Manning, the mayor of Cairns, announced his retirement as mayor on 17 November 2023.^[5] Councillor Terry James was elected as mayor by a vote of fellow councillors on 22 November 2023 to serve the remainder of Manning's term.^[6]

Results

See also: Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections

Aurukun

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Aurukun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Barbara Sue Bandicootcha
	Independent	Keri Tamwoy
	Independent	Dereck Walpo
Turnout
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Balonne

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Balonne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Samantha O'Toole	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Banana

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Banana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neville Ferrier	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Barcaldine

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Barcaldine^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Sharon Broughton
	Independent	Rob Chandler
	Independent	Gary Peoples
Turnout

Barcoo

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sally O'Neil	123	71.93
	Independent	Steve Sigler	48	28.07
Turnout			173	74.89
	Independent hold		Swing

Blackall-Tambo

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Blackall-Tambo^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Andrew Martin	976	81.13
	Independent	Michael Ellison	227	18.87
Turnout			1,211	81.60
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Boulia

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Boulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric (Rick) Britton	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Brisbane

Main article: 2024 Brisbane City Council election

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	343,330	48.59	+0.85
	Labor	Tracey Price	186,250	26.36	−4.58
	Greens	Jonathan Sriranganathan	137,454	19.45	+4.05
	Legalise Cannabis	Clive Brazier	23,580	3.34	+3.34
	Independent	Bruce Tanti	10,070	1.43	+1.43
	Independent	Gilbert Holmes	5,958	0.84	+0.84
Total formal votes			706,642	97.97	+0.66
Informal votes			14,656	2.03	−0.66
Turnout			721,298	85.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	362,411	56.35	+0.03
	Labor	Tracey Price	280,696	43.65	−0.03
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.03

Bulloo

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Bulloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John (Tractor) Ferguson	82	44.32
	Independent	Jimmy Abbot	43	23.24
	Independent	Shirley Girdler	31	16.76
	Independent	Vaughan Collins	29	15.68
Turnout			187	84.23
	Independent hold		Swing

Bundaberg

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Helen Blackburn	37,527	58.07
	Independent	Jack Dempsey	20,839	32.25
	Independent	Levi Horvath	6,260	9.69
Turnout			66,625	85.72
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Burdekin

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Burdekin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pierina Dalle Cort	5,533	52.77
	Independent	Lyn McLaughlin	4,953	47.23
Turnout			10,692	87.30
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Burke

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ernie Camp	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Cairns

Main article: 2024 Cairns Regional Council election

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Eden	Amy Eden	25,782	30.70	+30.70
	Cairns Unity	Terry James	20,187	24.04	−42.93
	Independent	Paul Taylor	19,532	23.26	+23.26
	Community First	Denis Walls	10,745	12.79	+12.79
	Independent	John Kel	3,854	4.59	+4.59
	Independent	Leah Potter	2,747	3.27	+3.27
	Independent	Warren Binda	1,139	1.36	+1.36
Turnout			88,650	75.39	+4.83
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Eden	Amy Eden	30,364	56.64	+56.64
	Cairns Unity	Terry James	23,242	43.36	−37.89
	Team Eden gain from Cairns Unity		Swing	N/A

Carpentaria

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Carpentaria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jack Bawden
	Independent	Ashley Gallagher
Turnout

Cassowary Coast

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Cassowary Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Teresa Millwood	9,965	61.54	+61.54
	Independent	Mark Nolan	6,228	38.46	−12.76
Total formal votes			16,193	96.35	+0.91
Informal votes			613	3.65	−0.91
Turnout			16,806	77.79	−0.09
	Independent gain from Independent

Central Highlands

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Central Highlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janice Moriarty	7,666	59.11
	Independent	Kerry Hayes	5,302	40.89
Total formal votes			12,968	96.67
Informal votes			447	3.33
Turnout			13,415
	Independent gain from Independent

Diamantina

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Diamantina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Murray	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Etheridge

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Etheridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Barry Hughes	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Gladstone

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Gladstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Matt Burnett	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Gold Coast

Main article: 2024 Gold Coast City Council election

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	170,150	51.82	−3.91
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	68,061	20.73
	Independent	Danielle Dunsmore	25,983	7.91
	Animal Justice	Jennifer Horsburgh	18,130	5.52
	Independent	Rosie Foster	14,642	4.46
	Independent	Lavinia Rampino	9,137	2.78
	Independent LNP	Virginia Freebody	7,800	2.38	−3.23
	Independent	Brett Lambert	7,581	2.31
	Independent	Gary Pead	6,846	2.09
Total formal votes			328,330	95.45
Informal votes			15,641	4.55
Turnout			343,971	79.94
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	177,666	66.32	−0.61
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	90,218	33.68	+33.68
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Goondiwindi

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Goondiwindi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Lawrence Springborg	unopposed
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	N/A

Hinchinbrook

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Hinchinbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ramon Jayo	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Ipswich

Main article: 2024 Ipswich City Council election

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	54,721	45.62	+4.51
	Independent	David Martin	38,029	31.70	+8.04
	Team Sheila Ireland	Sheila Ireland	12,857	10.72	+10.72
	Independent	Peter Robinson	8,338	6.95	+6.95
	Independent	Ken Salter	3,428	2.86	+2.86
	Independent	Karakan Kochardy	2,576	2.15	+0.64
Turnout			126,812	81.42
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	58,413	57.73	−5.25
	Independent	David Martin	42,771	42.27	+5.25
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Isaac

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Isaac^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Kelly Vea Vea	unopposed
	Independent Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

• Incumbent mayor Anne Baker (Independent) did not recontest^[14]

Logan

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Logan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Jon Raven	92,858	55.58	+55.58
	Independent	Brett Raguse	49,997	29.92	+11.01
	Independent	James Reid	24,221	14.50	+14.50
Total formal votes			167,076	93.57	+1.73
Informal votes			11,486	6.43	−1.73
Turnout			178,562
	Independent Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

• Incumbent mayor Darren Power (Independent) did not recontest^[15]

Longreach

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Longreach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Rayner	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Mackay

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Mackay^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Greg Williamson	Greg Williamson	29,637	41.88	−58.12
	Mackay First	Steve Jackson	27,368	38.68	+38.68
	Independent	Laurence Bonaventura	13,756	19.44	+19.44
Turnout			73,111	82.28
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Greg Williamson	Greg Williamson	32,701	51.56	+51.56
	Mackay First	Steve Jackson	30,722	48.44	+48.44
	Team Greg Williamson hold		Swing	N/A

Mareeba

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Mareeba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Angela Toppin	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Moreton Bay

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Moreton Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Flannery	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Murweh

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Murweh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shaun Radnedge	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Noosa

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Noosa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Wilkie	12,220	39.89
	Independent	Ingrid Jackson	7,226	23.59
	Independent	Nick Hluszko	6,430	20.99
	Independent	John Morrall	4,757	15.53
Turnout			32,419
	Independent gain from Independent LNP		Swing	N/A

• Incumbent mayor Clare Stewart (Independent LNP) did not recontest^[17]

Redland

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Redland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Leading Change	Jos Mitchell	52,599	52.20
	Independent	Andrew Laming	25,966	25.77
	Independent	Cindy Corrie	22,191	22.02
Turnout			104,564	86.98
	Leading Change gain from Independent LNP		Swing

• Incumbent mayor Karen Williams (Independent, later Independent LNP) did not recontest^[18]

Richmond

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Wharton	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Rockhampton

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Tony Williams	31,271	67.55
	Independent	Brett Williams	15,023	32.45
Total formal votes			46,294	94.65
Informal votes			2,615	5.35
Turnout			48,909
	Independent Labor hold		Swing

Townsville

Main article: 2024 Townsville City Council election

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Troy Thompson	50,167	46.60	+46.60
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	47,415	43.86	−6.78
	Independent	Harry Patel	10,529	9.74	+9.74
Turnout			112,020	79.21	+4.94
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Troy Thompson	53,956	52.62	+52.62
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	48,575	47.38	−14.15
	Independent gain from Team Jenny Hill		Swing	N/A

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