2016 Gold Coast City Council election

The 2016 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]

2016 Gold Coast City Council election

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Turnout
  First party Second party Third party
 
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IND
IND
Candidate Tom Tate Penny Toland Jim Wilson
Party Independent LNP Independent Independent
Popular vote 172,735 53,081 25,181
Percentage 63.86% 19.62% 9.31%
2CP 73.14% 26.86%

Mayor before election

Tom Tate
Independent LNP

Subsequent Mayor

Tom Tate
Independent LNP


All 15 members on the City Council (including the mayor)
8 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Independents N/A 9
Independent LNP N/A 5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

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Mayor

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2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Tate 172,735 63.86
Independent Penny Toland 53,081 19.62
Independent Jim Wilson 25,181 9.31
Independent Brett Lambert 8,151 3.01
Independent Andrew Middleton 5,978 2.21
Independent John Abbott 5,369 1.98
Total formal votes 270,495 94.73
Informal votes 15,050 5.27
Turnout 285,545
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Tate 176,538 73.14
Independent Penny Toland 64,826 26.86
Independent hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2016 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commissionof Queensland.
  2. ^ "2016 Gold Coast City - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.