[1] Les Bryant won Richlands at the 1994 election, and was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004.
[2] Bryant nominated for Labor preselection for the 2008 election, but withdrew after then-Labor state secretary Milton Dick chose to contest the seat.
[2] Dick was not a resident of the ward at the time he announced his candidacy, but announced he would relocate from his home in Clayfield, and was endorsed by prime minister Kevin Rudd.
[2] Dick was deputy leader of the opposition on council until 2012.
At the election in March of that year, he substantially increased the Labor majority with a 13.7% swing in his favour, and he was subsequently made leader of the opposition, serving in that role until 2016.