2020 Queensland mayoral elections

The 2020 Queensland mayoral elections was held on 28 March 2020 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]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kerri Tamwoy	298	55.49
	Independent	Barbara Bandicootcha	132	24.58
	Independent	Dereck Walpo	107	19.93
Turnout			543	67.04
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Kerri Tamwoy	315	68.78
	Independent	Barbara Bandicootcha	143	31.22
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Samantha O'Toole	1,294	55.56
	Independent	Richard Marsh	1,035	44.44
Turnout			2,346	80.70
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neville Ferrier	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent LNP	Sean Dillon	721	41.15
	Independent	Rob Chandler	626	35.73
	Independent	Bob O'Brien	303	17.29
	Independent Labor	Sharon Broughton	102	5.82
Turnout			1,765	85.39
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Sean Dillon	835	53.94
	Independent	Rob Chandler	713	46.06
	Independent LNP gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sally O'Neil	103	60.23
	Independent	Shane Buckley	68	39.77
Turnout			173	82.78
	Independent hold		Swing

2020 Queensland mayoral elections

Aurukun

Balonne

Banana

Barcaldine

Barcoo

Blackall-Tambo

Boulia

Brisbane

Bulloo

Bundaberg

Burdekin

Burke

Cairns

Carpentaria

Gold Coast

Ipswich

Townsville

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent LNP	Andrew Martin	794	64.92
	Independent	Peter Skewes	429	35.08
Turnout			1,230	86.62
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Britton	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	292,895	47.74	−5.64
	Labor	Pat Condren	189,832	30.94	−1.02
	Greens	Kath Angus	94,481	15.40	+5.0
	Animal Justice	Karagh-Mae Kelly	19,022	3.10	+3.10
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Jeff Hodges	5,502	0.90	−1.20
	Independent	Frank Jordan	4,008	0.65	+0.65
	Independent	John Dobinson	3,461	0.56	+0.56
	Independent	Ben Gorringe	2,270	0.37	+0.37
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	2,065	0.34	−0.16
Total formal votes			613,536
Informal votes			16,425
Turnout			629,961
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	306,905	56.32	−2.99
	Labor	Pat Condren	237,988	43.68	+2.99
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John (Tractor) Ferguson	115	65.34
	Independent	Daryl (Byrnesy) Byrne	54	30.68
	Independent	Brett Williams	7	3.98
Turnout			177	88.06
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	John (Tractor) Ferguson	115	67.25
	Independent	Daryl (Byrnesy) Byrne	56	32.75
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jack Dempsey	35,552	65.16
	Independent	Helen Blackburn	17,275	31.66
	Independent	Kirt Anthony	1,733	3.18
Turnout			56,127	81.47
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Jack Dempsey	35,853	67.00
	Independent	Helen Blackburn	17,659	33.00
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lyn McLaughlan	4,888	48.92
	Independent	Pierina Dalle Cort	3,229	32.32
	Independent	Larry Bradford	1,875	18.77
Turnout			10,157	84.63
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Lyn McLaughlan	5,145	58.06
	Independent	Pierina Dalle Cort	3,717	41.94
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ernest Camp	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Cairns Unity	Bob Manning	47,171	66.97
	Independent	Georgia Babatsikos	8,161	11.59
	Independent LNP	Ian Lydiard	7,837	11.13
	Cairns N.Q.S.A. Team	Jen Sackley	7,266	10.32
Turnout			73,850	70.56
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Cairns Unity	Bob Manning	49,048	81.25
	Independent	Georgia Babatsikos	11,320	18.75
	Cairns Unity hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jack Bawden	533	70.78
	Independent	Fred Pascoe	220	29.22
Turnout			756	71.52
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Tate	151,579	55.73	−8.13
	Independent	Mona Hecke	67,117	24.68	+24.68
	Independent	Brett Lambert	17,083	6.28	+3.22
	Independent	Virginia Freebody	15,260	5.61	+5.61
	Independent	Kris Bourban	9,115	3.35	+3.35
	Independent	Gary Pead	6,843	2.52	+2.52
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Suphakan Somsriruen	2,545	0.94	+0.94
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	2,429	0.89	+0.89
Turnout			287,531	74.12
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Tate	154,054	66.93	−6.21
	Independent	Mona Hecke	76,126	33.07	+33.07
	Independent hold		Swing	−6.21

2020 Queensland mayoral elections: Ipswich^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	40,026	41.11	+41.11
	Independent	David Martin	23,037	23.66	+23.66
	Greens	Pat Walsh	14,411	14.80	+8.07
	Independent Labor	Mark Williams	7,035	7.23	+7.23
	Independent	Chris Smith	6,102	6.27	+6.27
	Independent Labor	Ursula Monsiegneur	5,276	5.42	+5.42
	Independent	Karakan Kochardy	1,466	1.51	+1.51
Turnout			104,879	78.64
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	42,542	62.98	+62.98
	Independent	David Martin	25,003	37.02	+37.02
	Independent LNP gain from Independent Labor		Swing	N/A

2020 Queensland mayoral elections: Townsville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	46,911	50.64	−8.87
	Independent	Sam Cox	25,076	27.07	+27.07
	It's Time for Townsville	Greg Dowling	16,155	17.44	+17.44
	NQ State Alliance	Chris Eastaughffe	4,498	4.86	+4.86
Turnout			95,509	74.27	−5.78
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Jenny Hill	Jenny Hill	49,255	61.53	−1.16
	Independent	Sam Cox	30,791	38.47	+38.47
	Team Jenny Hill hold		Swing	−1.16

Council	Before			Result after preference distribution
Council	Mayor	Party		Party		Candidate	%	Result
Aurukun	Derek Walpo		Independent		Independent	Keri Tamwoy	68.78		Independent gain
Aurukun	Derek Walpo		Independent		Independent	Barbara Bandicootcha	31.22		Independent gain
Balonne	Richard Marsh		Independent		Independent	Samantha O'Toole	55.56		Independent gain
Balonne	Richard Marsh		Independent		Independent	Richard Marsh	44.44		Independent gain
Banana	Neville Ferrier		Independent		Independent	Neville Ferrier	N/A		Independent hold
Banana	Neville Ferrier		Independent		Elected unopposed				Independent hold
Barcaldine	Rob Chandler		Independent		Independent	Sean Dillon	53.94		Independent gain
Barcaldine	Rob Chandler		Independent		Independent	Rob Chandler	46.04		Independent gain
Barcoo	Bruce Scott		Independent		Independent	Sally O'Neil	60.23		Independent gain
Barcoo	Bruce Scott		Independent		Independent	Shane Buckley	39.77		Independent gain
Blackall-Tambo	Andrew Martin		Independent		Independent	Andrew Martin	64.92		Independent hold
Blackall-Tambo	Andrew Martin		Independent		Independent	Peter Skewes	35.08		Independent hold
Boulia	Eric Britton		Independent		Independent	Eric Britton	N/A		Independent hold
Boulia	Eric Britton		Independent		Elected unopposed				Independent hold
Brisbane	Adrian Schrinner		Liberal National		LNP	Adrian Schrinner	56.30		Liberal National hold
Brisbane	Adrian Schrinner		Liberal National		Labor	Pat Condren	43.70		Liberal National hold
Bulloo	John Ferguson		Independent		Independent	John Ferguson	67.25		Independent hold
Bulloo	John Ferguson		Independent		Independent	Daryl Byrne	32.75		Independent hold
Bundaberg	Jack Dempsey		Independent		Independent	Jack Dempsey	67.00		Independent hold
Bundaberg	Jack Dempsey		Independent		Independent	Helen Blackburn	33.00		Independent hold
Burdekin	Lyn McLaughlan		Independent		Independent	Lyn McLaughlan	58.06		Independent hold
Burdekin	Lyn McLaughlan		Independent		Independent	Pierina Dalle Cort	41.94		Independent hold
Burke	Ernest Camp		Independent		Independent	Ernest Camp	N/A		Independent hold
Burke	Ernest Camp		Independent		Elected unopposed				Independent hold
Cairns	Bob Manning		Cairns Unity		Cairns Unity	Bob Manning	81.25		Cairns Unity hold
Cairns	Bob Manning		Cairns Unity		Independent	Georgia Babatsikos	18.75		Cairns Unity hold
Carpentaria	Lyall Bawden		Independent		Independent	Lyall Bawden	70.78		Independent hold
Carpentaria	Lyall Bawden		Independent		Independent	Fred Pascoe	29.22		Independent hold
Cassowary Coast	John Kremastos		Independent		Independent	Mark Nolan	51.22		Independent gain
Cassowary Coast	John Kremastos		Independent		Independent	Bryce Macdonald	48.78		Independent gain
Central Highlands	Kerry Hayes		Independent		Independent	Kerry Hayes	N/A		Independent hold
Central Highlands	Kerry Hayes		Independent		Elected unopposed				Independent hold
Charters Towers	Liz Schmidt		Independent		Independent	Frank Beveridge	52.51		Independent gain
Charters Towers	Liz Schmidt		Independent		Independent	Liz Schmidt	47.49		Independent gain
Cherbourg	Murray Arnold		Independent		Independent	Elvie Sandow	56.91		Independent gain
Cherbourg	Murray Arnold		Independent		Independent	Max Conlon	43.09		Independent gain
Cloncurry	Gregory Campbell		Independent		Independent	Gregory Campbell	N/A		Independent hold
Cloncurry	Gregory Campbell		Independent		Elected unopposed				Independent hold
Cook	Peter Scott		Independent		Independent	Peter Scott	54.16		Independent hold

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See also: State by-elections