Forest Lake Ward

Forest Lake Ward
Queensland — Brisbane City Council
Forest Lake Ward; Queensland — Brisbane City Council
Created	2015
Councillor	Charles Strunk
Party	Labor
Namesake	Forest Lake
Electors	34,192 (2024)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan

Created2015

CouncillorCharles Strunk

Forest Lake Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Doolandella, Inala, Richlands, and parts of Forest Lake and Durack.^[2] It was created in 2015 to replace Richlands Ward ahead of the 2016 election.^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Strunk	10,654	39.71	−13.09
	Liberal National	Kylie Gates	9,237	34.43	+3.53
	Greens	Vi Phuong Nguyen	6,941	25.87	+9.57
Total formal votes			26,832	97.35
Informal votes			731	2.65
Turnout			27,563	80.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Strunk	12,800	55.33	−8.07
	Liberal National	Kylie Gates	10,333	44.67	+8.07
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.07

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Strunk	12,667	52.8	+3.6
	Liberal National	Roger Hooper	7,399	30.8	−9.8
	Greens	Jenny Mulkearns	3,920	16.3	+6.2
Total formal votes			23,986
Informal votes			1,044
Turnout			25,030
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Strunk	13,971	63.4	+7.9
	Liberal National	Roger Hooper	8,072	36.6	−7.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Strunk	11,553	49.2	−6.2
	Liberal National	Leanne McFarlane	9,560	40.7	−4
	Greens	Jenny Mulkearns	2,386	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			23,499	-	−
Informal votes			962	-	−
Turnout			24,461	-	−
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Strunk	12,235	55.3	0
	Liberal National	Leanne McFarlane	9,886	44.7	0
	Labor hold		Swing	0

v t e Wards of Brisbane
Liberal National (18)	Bracken Ridge Central Chandler Coorparoo Doboy Enoggera Hamilton Holland Park Jamboree MacGregor Marchant McDowall Northgate Pullenvale Runcorn The Gap Walter Taylor Wynnum Manly
Labor (5)	Calamvale Deagon Forest Lake Moorooka Morningside
Greens (2)	The Gabba Paddington
Independent (1)	Tennyson

Results