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Lord Mayor of Brisbane

Head of the Brisbane City Council

Summary

Head of the Brisbane City Council

FieldValue
postLord Mayor
bodyBrisbane
flagFlag of Brisbane.svg
flagcaptionFlag of Brisbane
insigniaCoA of Brisbane.svg
insigniacaptionCoat of Arms of Brisbane
imageLord Mayor Portraits 13 04 2019676CROP (cropped).jpg
incumbentAdrian Schrinner
incumbentsince8 April 2019
styleThe Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor
member_ofCivic Cabinet
seatBrisbane City Hall
appointerDirectly elected (optional preferential voting)
termlength4 years (renewable)
formation
inauguralWilliam Jolly
salaryA$377,394 (not including allowance)
websitewww.brisbane.qld.gov.au

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the City of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and the head of the Brisbane City Council. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party was sworn in on 8 April 2019, following the resignation of Graham Quirk.

The Lord Mayor serves a four-year term running concurrently with that of the City Council, and is elected by optional preferential voting. As Brisbane is by far the largest local government area in Australia, the Lord Mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in the Australia.

Like all mayors in Queensland, the Lord Mayor has broad executive powers and additional civic and ceremonial duties. The Lord Mayor is responsible for policy development, implementing policies enacted by the council, leading and controlling the business of council, preparing the budget and directing the chief executive and senior managers. The Lord Mayor also chairs the council's Civic Cabinet and is an ex officio member of all council committees.

Mayors of the Brisbane Municipal Council (1859–1903)

The Town of Brisbane, established in 1859, was led by a mayor.

MayorTerm
John Petrie1859–1862
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George Edmondstone1863
Joshua Jeays1864
Albert John Hockings (1st term)1865
Richard Symes Warry1866
Albert John Hockings (2nd term)1867
John Hardgrave1868–1869
William Pettigrew1870
Francis Murray1871
Edward Joseph Baines1872
James Swan1873–1875
Richard Ash Kingsford1876
Alfred Hubbard1877–1878
John Daniel Heal1879
John Sinclair1880–1881
Robert Porter1882
Abram Robertson Byram1883
John McMaster (1st term)1884
Benjamin Harris Babbidge1885
James Hipwood1886–1887
Richard Southall1888
William McNaughton Galloway1889
John McMaster (2nd term)1890
John Allworth Clark1891
George Watson1892
John McMaster (3rd term)1893
Robert Fraser1894–1895
Robert Woods Thurlow1896
John McMaster (4th term)1897
William Thorne1898
William Andrew Seal1899
James Nicol Robinson1900
Thomas Proe (1st term)1901
Leslie Corrie1902–1903

Mayors of the Brisbane City Council (1903–1925)

The City of Brisbane, established in 1903, replaced the Town of Brisbane and was led by a mayor.

MayorTermParty
Leslie Corrie1903
Thomas Rees1904
Thomas Proe (2nd term)1905
John Crase1906
William Murray Thompson1907
Charles Packenham Buchanan (1st term)1908
Thomas Wilson1909
John Hetherington (1st term)1910
Harry Diddams (1st term)1911
Alfred John Raymond1912
Harry Doggett1913
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson1914
George Down1915
John Hetherington (2nd term)1916–1917
John McMaster (5th term)1918–1919
Charles Packenham Buchanan (2nd term)1919–1919
James Francis Maxwell1920–1921
Harry Diddams (2nd term)1921–1924
Maurice Barry1924–1925
Thomas Wilson (2nd term)1925

Lord Mayors of the Brisbane City Council

The new City of Brisbane, established in 1925, replaced the former City of Brisbane and is led by the Lord Mayor.

1925–present

No.PortraitMayorPartyTerm startTerm endCouncil control
(term)123456789101112131415Labor majority
(2004–2008)Liberal majority
(2008)(15)LNP majority
(2008–present)1617
[[File:StateLibQld 1 105548 William Alfred Jolly.jpg100px]]William Jolly
(1881−1955)United192524 February 1931
[[File:Archibald Watson - Mayor of Brisbane.jpg100px]]Archibald Watson
(1874−1941)Nationalist Civic24 February 193111 May 1931
[[File:Jwgreene.jpg100px]]John William Greene
(1876−1959)Progressive11 May 19311934
[[File:BCC-B120-32639.jpg100px]]Alfred James Jones
(1871−1945)Labor19341940
[[File:John Beals Chandler, 1945 (cropped) 2.jpg100px]]John Beals Chandler
(1887−1962)Citizens' Municipal Organisation19401952
[[File:Frank Edwards Roberts - Mayor of Brisbane.jpg100px]]Frank Roberts
(1913−1992)Labor19521955
[[File:Sir Reginald Groom - Lord Mayor of Brisbane.jpg100px]]Reg Groom
(1906−1987)Citizens' Municipal Organisation19551961
Clem Jones
(1918−2007)Labor19611975
[[File:Labor Placeholder.png100px]]Bryan Walsh
Labor19751976
[[File:Labor Placeholder.png100px]]Frank Sleeman
(1915−2000)Labor19761982
[[File:Labor Placeholder.png100px]]Roy Harvey
(1921−2006)Labor19821985
[[File:SallyanneAtkinsoncropped.png100px]]Sallyanne Atkinson
(b. 1942)Liberal19851991
[[File:Labor Placeholder.png100px]]Jim Soorley
(b. 1951)Labor19912003
[[File:Labor Placeholder.png100px]]Tim Quinn
(b. 1949)Labor200327 March 2004
[[File:Campbell Newman, 2010 (cropped Newman).jpg100px]]Campbell Newman
(b. 1963)Liberal27 March 200415 March 2008
15 March 200826 July 2008
Liberal National26 July 20083 April 2011
[[File:Graham Quirk.png100px]]Graham Quirk
(b. c. 1958)Liberal National3 April 20118 April 2019
[[File:Lord Mayor Portraits 13 04 2019676CROP (cropped).jpg100px]]Adrian Schrinner
(b. 1977)Liberal National8 April 2019incumbent

Historical party names

Prior to 1976, conservative councillors stood on a variety of different platforms: the United Party, Nationalist Citizens Party, Civic Reform League, the Citizens' Municipal Organisation, the Liberal Civic Party and the Brisbane Civic Party.

The United Party and its successor the Nationalist Citizens Party were created as the vehicle for conservative candidates to campaign against Labor candidates in the newly formed Brisbane City Council, without formally acknowledging their links to the main conservative party of the time. The Nationalist Citizens Party was doomed when the very conservative Civic Reform League was created on 12 December 1930. That saw most of the conservative councillors from the Nationalist Citizens Party, led by Acting Mayor Watson, defect to the Civic Reform League, which failed to win the subsequent elections. The Progress Party was created at the same time and, in the 1931 election, saw only three of its candidates win, including John Greene, who became Lord Mayor as a compromise candidate amongst the 20 alderman.

The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) was ostensibly a non-partisan grouping, but was informally aligned with the United Australian Party and then, after 1944, the newly formed Liberal Party. The CMO was formed on 23 June 1936 and was the platform for the election campaigns of Sir John Chandler and Sir Reg Groom. Finally, in the 1976 election, the Liberal Party began to contest Brisbane municipal elections under its own name.

Electoral results

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2020

2016

2012

2008

References

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