Council margin – ALP 19.5%
Mayoral margin – ALP 5.4%
Incumbent councillor
Steve Griffiths, since 2003.
Geography
Southern Brisbane. Moorooka covers the suburbs of Acacia Ridge, Archerfield, Coopers Plains, Moorooka, Nathan, Rocklea and Salisbury.
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, and further to 14% in 2016 and almost 20% in 2020.
- Steve Griffiths (Labor)
- Peter Zhuang (Liberal National)
- Melissa McArdle (Greens)
Assessment
Moorooka is a safe Labor ward.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Steve Griffiths | Labor | 10,416 | 49.9 | +0.1 |
| Warren Craze | Liberal National | 5,234 | 25.1 | -5.0 |
| Claire Garton | Greens | 4,209 | 20.2 | +4.4 |
| Brett Gillespie | Independent | 1,000 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Informal | 727 | 3.4 |
2020 council two-candidate-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Steve Griffiths | Labor | 12,837 | 69.6 | +5.9 |
| Warren Craze | Liberal National | 5,621 | 30.5 | -5.9 |
| Exhausted | 2,401 | 11.5 |
2020 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Pat Condren | Labor | 7,267 | 37.9 | -2.1 |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 6,815 | 35.5 | -6.1 |
| Kath Angus | Greens | 3,413 | 17.8 | +4.6 |
| Karagh-Mae Kelly | Animal Justice | 873 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| Jeff Hodges | Motorists Party | 241 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Frank Jordan | Independent | 200 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| John Dobinson | Independent | 175 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Ben Gorringe | Independent | 130 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Jarrod Wirth | Independent | 80 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| Informal | 701 | 3.5 |
2020 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Pat Condren | Labor | 9,074 | 55.4 | +3.3 |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 7,308 | 44.6 | -3.3 |
| Exhausted | 2,812 | 14.7 |
Booths in Moorooka have been divided into three areas: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the council two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 71.1% in the north to 78.1% in the south.
| Voter group | GRN prim council | ALP 2PP council | ALP 2PP mayoral | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 24.4 | 71.1 | 58.2 | 3,736 | 17.9 |
| South | 13.7 | 78.1 | 63.9 | 1,536 | 7.4 |
| Central | 18.5 | 72.8 | 58.3 | 1,467 | 7.0 |
| Other votes | 20.8 | 69.8 | 60.3 | 6,396 | 30.7 |
| Postal | 20.0 | 69.4 | 54.7 | 4,218 | 20.2 |
| Pre-poll | 18.4 | 62.5 | 51.6 | 3,506 | 16.8 |
Council election results in Moorooka at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal National Party and the Greens.
Mayoral election results in Moorooka at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal National Party and the Greens.
What’s with the northern panhandle of this ward? Or is this just the “leftover bits-and-pieces” ward?
@Nicholas probably a result of gerrymandering
Caleb, how can it possibly be gerrymandering when all boundaries are drawn independently by the Queensland state electoral commission. They might take suggestions from political parties, but ultimately make the final decision based on other factors like community of interest.
I read the recent BCC redistribution report, and it indicated that many residents of Tarragindi feel like they have a closer connection to Holland Park and Mt Gravatt on the other side of the Pacific Motorway, hence the result of that geographic ‘anomaly’.
A lot of times you end up with a few ‘bits and pieces’ when drawing boundaries.
It’s not ‘gerrymandering’, at least not in Australia. Sometimes you just have to have a seat or two with less-than-perfect community of interest.
You An I don’t know why that report said that but it’s wrong. I am a local so I know what I am talking about here Tarragindi is definitely more like Moorooka Annerley Yeronga and Salisbury. It’s on the same side of the pacific motorway it’s borders Toohey Forest along Griffith University and federally and state it’s in the electorates of Miller and Moreton. The ECQ has a bad habit of drawing some of the worse boundaries ever that don’t make sense and there reasoning dosen’t make sense. Such as splitting Camp Hill into 4 different wards and putting parts of Wooloongabba into Cooparoo not the Gabba. Even Schrinner himself saying the ECQ has got a lot to answer for after the long queues and the slow counting election fiasco. We legit had a 20 yr old who couldn’t drive properly went into count the votes. It’s ridcolous.
Mark Mulcair look I am no conspiracy theorist. But I do have a healthy level of distrust in our institutions. I know the ECQ dosen’t gerrymander but the point is if you go to Labor Wards in Brisbane every safe Labor suburb is inside them while all the marginal suburbs border into the LNP wards. Moorooka is a good example of this.
Harry, if you want to go down that road….well, Labor has been in power during the last state and council redistributions.
Are you suggesting Labor gerrymandered against themselves??
@Harry so Chandler and Hamilton are “marginal” now? I mean the LNP only wins like 70% of the TPP vote there! Yep, only 70%! Definitely not safe…
I didn’t said that anyone had gerrymandered. You are putting words into my mouth my point was the borders are written very badly and Labor wards tend to only have Labor suburbs in them perhaps with the exception of Bulimba while every other marginal suburb is in LNP wards. Which makes it harder to win wards off LNP it’s just an observation no suggestion that the ECQ deliberately did this and you know that’s what I meant.
Neither Portal when did I say Hamilton Chandler or Moorooka were marginal. If you are talking about The Greens they barely got a surge as the official preference count has them third behind the LNP.
@Harry it was sarcasm since you said all the LNP had all marginal wards. 70% is considered very safe.