2016 Brisbane City Council election

Graham Quirk Liberal National Graham Quirk Liberal National The 2016 Brisbane City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 to elect a lord mayor and 26 councillors to the City of Brisbane.

The election resulted in the re-election of the Liberal National Party to a majority in the chamber, with incumbent LNP Lord Mayor Graham Quirk also being returned.

The Liberal Nationals increased their representation by one ward to a total of 19 of 26.

The Lord Mayoral result of 59.3% of the two-party-preferred vote for Quirk was a reduction from the 69.5% result at the previous election.

The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election, with Jonathan Sri being elected in The Gabba Ward.