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.

2016 Gold Coast City Council election

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)
Turnout
First party Second party Third party   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

Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2016 Queensland mayoral elections § Gold Coast.[edit]

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast

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

• 2016 Queensland local elections
• 2016 Brisbane City Council election