Moorooka – Brisbane 2016

Council margin – ALP 9.9%
Mayoral margin – LNP 7.3%

Incumbent councillor
Steve Griffiths, since 2003.

Geography
Southern Brisbane. Moorooka covers the suburbs of Acacia Ridge, Archerfield, Coopers Plains, Moorooka, Nathan, Pallara, Rocklea and Salisbury.

Map of Moorooka's 2012 and 2016 boundaries. 2012 boundaries marked as red lines, 2016 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.
Map of Moorooka’s 2012 and 2016 boundaries. 2012 boundaries marked as red lines, 2016 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.

Redistribution
Moorooka shifted south, losing Tarragindi to Holland Park and gaining parts of Parkinson and Richlands, along with an unpopulated part of Tennyson. These changed increased the Labor council margin from 59% to 59.9% and cut the LNP margin from 58.5% to 57.3%.

History
Moorooka was held by Labor in 2000 with a 13.4% margin.

Labor councillor Steve Griffiths joined the council in 2003 filling a casual vacancy, and was re-elected in 2004 with a reduced 6.6% margin. His margin was cut further to 4% in 2008, but he rebounded to 9% in 2012.

Candidates

Assessment
Moorooka is Labor’s safest ward and they should be able to hold on.

2012 council result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Steve Griffiths Labor 10,602 50.6 +2.5 53.6
Yasmin Khan Liberal National 7,767 37.0 -5.3 37.1
Barry Stark Greens 2,600 12.4 +2.8 9.3
Informal 534 2.5

2012 council two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Steve Griffiths Labor 11,484 59.0 +5.0 59.9
Yasmin Khan Liberal National 7,983 41.0 -5.0 40.1
Exhausted 1,545

2012 mayoral result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Graham Quirk Liberal National 10,937 52.2 +0.4 51.5
Ray Smith Labor 6,906 33.0 -3.8 34.8
Andrew Bartlett Greens 2,587 12.4 +4.0 11.1
Rory Killen Independent 317 1.5 +1.5 1.7
Chris Carson Independent 195 0.9 +0.9 1.0
Informal 506 2.4

2012 mayoral two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Graham Quirk Liberal National 11,219 58.5 +1.3 57.3
Ray Smith Labor 7,949 41.5 -1.3 42.7
Exhausted 1,774
Polling places in Moorooka at the 2012 Brisbane City Council election. North in green, South-East in blue, South-West in orange. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Moorooka at the 2012 Brisbane City Council election. North in green, South-East in blue, South-West in orange. Click to enlarge.

Booth breakdown
Booths in Moorooka have been split into three parts: north, south-east and south-west.

The ALP’s council two-party-preferred vote ranged from 57.3% in the south-east to 65.9% in the south-west.

The Greens polled 12.6% in the north, but their council primary vote was lower in the south-east due to the Greens not polling any votes in one booth transferred from Parkinson, where the Greens didn’t run. In the south-west, all three booths were transferred from Richlands, where the Greens also didn’t run.

In the mayoral election, the Greens polled 13.6% in the north and 8-9% in the south-east and south-west.

Voter group GRN council ALP council 2PP Total votes % of votes
North 13.6 64.2 7,130 36.5
South-East 8.9 57.3 5,016 25.7
South-West 8.5 65.9 2,892 14.8
Other votes 11.1 52.0 4,508 23.1
Two-party-preferred votes for councillor in Moorooka at the 2012 Brisbane City Council election.
Two-party-preferred votes for councillor in Moorooka at the 2012 Brisbane City Council election.
Greens primary votes for mayor in Moorooka at the 2012 Brisbane City Council election.
Greens primary votes for mayor in Moorooka at the 2012 Brisbane City Council election.

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