Council margin – LNP 5.0%
Mayoral margin – LNP 5.0%
Incumbent councillor
Danita Perry, since 2023.
Geography
Northern Brisbane, Marchant covers the mid-northern suburbs of Chermside, Stafford and Gordon Park.
History
Labor’s Terry Hampson won Marchant in 1994. He was re-elected in 1997 and 2000.
In 2004, Hampson was succeeded by Labor candidate Faith Hopkins, who held the seat with a 3.8% margin, which was cut to 3% in the 2008 redistribution.
At the 2008 election, Liberal candidate Fiona King (now Fiona Hammond) defeated Hopkins with an 11% swing. Hammond was re-elected in 2012, 2016 and 2020.
Hammond retired from council in late 2023, and was replaced by Danita Parry to finish her term.
- Danita Parry (Liberal National)
- Darren Mitchell (Labor)
- Mekayla Anog (Greens)
Assessment
Marchant is a marginal seat, and the new councillor may struggle without the incumbency advantage of her predecessor.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Fiona Hammond | Liberal National | 11,870 | 49.4 | -3.1 |
| Susan Lynch | Labor | 7,842 | 32.6 | -1.0 |
| John Meyer | Greens | 4,331 | 18.0 | +4.1 |
| Informal | 676 | 2.7 |
2020 council two-candidate-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Fiona Hammond | Liberal National | 12,315 | 55.0 | -3.3 |
| Susan Lynch | Labor | 10,083 | 45.0 | +3.3 |
| Exhausted | 1,645 | 6.8 |
2020 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 11,940 | 47.1 | -4.0 |
| Pat Condren | Labor | 8,173 | 32.3 | -2.6 |
| Kath Angus | Greens | 3,846 | 15.2 | +5.3 |
| Karagh-Mae Kelly | Animal Justice | 752 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Jeff Hodges | Motorists Party | 228 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Frank Jordan | Independent | 135 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| John Dobinson | Independent | 99 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Jarrod Wirth | Independent | 81 | 0.3 | -0.2 |
| Ben Gorringe | Independent | 76 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Informal | 672 | 2.6 |
2020 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 12,497 | 55.0 | -10.4 |
| Pat Condren | Labor | 10,210 | 45.0 | +10.4 |
| Exhausted | -2,609 | -13.0 |
Booths in Marchant have been divided into three parts: central, north and south.
The Liberal National Party won the two-party-preferred vote in every area, ranging from 50.7% in the north to 53.9% in the south.
The Greens primary vote peaked at 21.9% in the south.
| Voter group | GRN prim council | LNP 2PP council | LNP 2PP mayoral | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 18.4 | 50.7 | 51.2 | 2,811 | 11.7 |
| Central | 20.6 | 51.0 | 49.6 | 2,112 | 8.8 |
| South | 21.9 | 53.9 | 55.5 | 1,857 | 7.7 |
| Pre-poll | 16.0 | 55.7 | 55.6 | 6,661 | 27.7 |
| Postal | 16.7 | 59.1 | 58.8 | 5,619 | 23.4 |
| Other votes | 19.5 | 53.8 | 45.3 | 4,983 | 20.7 |
Council election results in Marchant at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal National Party, Labor and the Greens.
Mayoral election results in Marchant at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal National Party, Labor and the Greens.
The flip side of the comments on the Stafford page – Fiona Hammond is the retiring Councillor here. No doubt the LNP will have someone replacing her shortly.
@AlexJ – this has now been confirmed as Danita Parry. Fiona should have given her replacement more time as 4 months before the election is a very short time to build up any sort of incumbency advantage.
Full article here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-14/new-lnp-councillor-appointed-to-marchant-ward/103100232