Roy Harvey Labor Sallyanne Atkinson Liberal The 1985 Brisbane City Council election was held on 30 March 1985 to elect a lord mayor and 26 aldermen to the City of Brisbane.

Liberal candidate Sallyanne Atkinson defeated Roy Harvey in the lord mayoral election.

[2] As of 2024, Atkinson is the first and only female Lord Mayor of Brisbane.

The party contested the lord mayorship and four wards, but did not have any victories.

[4] Future lord mayor Graham Quirk was elected in Rochedale Ward at this election.