2016 Queensland local elections

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First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Liberal National Labor Last election 18 9 Seats before 18 9 Seats won 19 7 Seat change 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party   PD Leader No leader No leader Party Greens People Decide Last election 0 Did not exist Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1

The2016 Queensland local elections were held on 19 March 2016 to elect themayors and councils of the 77local government areas inQueensland, Australia.^[1]

TheQueensland Greens had their first-ever local election victory, withJonathan Sri being elected inThe Gabba Ward inBrisbane.^[2]

Lockyer Valley mayor Steve Jones died on 20 February 2016 after abrain 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.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independents
	Liberal National				19	1
	Labor				7	2
	Independent Liberal National				20
	Independent Labor				9
	Greens				1	1
	Team Jenny Hill
	Cairns Unity
	Team COGHLAN
	Team McCulloch
	Locals United - Back to Basics				0
	People Decide				0
Total[b]
Registered voters / turnout

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