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2024 Gold Coast City Council election

The 2024 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.

Incumbent mayor Tom Tate was re-elected to serve a record fourth term in office.

Background

Division 9 councillor Glenn Tozer, who was elected as Independent LNP, left the Liberal National Party in June 2020 to sit as an independent.

On 23 August 2023, Division 7 councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden was charged by Queensland Police with the murder of his stepfather, 58-year-old Robert Lumsden. He was suspended as a councillor on 15 September 2023, but is re-contesting his seat.

Retiring councillors

Independent

  • Pauline Young (Division 12) – announced retirement on 28 October 2023
  • Daphne McDonald (Division 13) - announced retirement on 28 January 2024

Independent LNP

  • William Owen-Jones (Division 2) - announced retirement on 9 February 2023
  • Cameron Caldwell (Division 4) – won Liberal National preselection for the federal seat of Fadden and won the 2023 Fadden by-election
  • Hermann Vorster (Division 11) – won Liberal National preselection for the state seat of Burleigh on 29 October 2023

Candidates

A total of 46 candidates ran for election. Incumbents are shown in bold text.

Results

Mayor

Councillors

See also

References