The 1985 Brisbane City Council election was held on 30 March 1985 to elect a
lord mayor and 26 aldermen to the
City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the
statewide local government elections in
Queensland, Australia.
The incumbent
Labor Party administration was defeated, with the
Liberal Party winning more than 50% of the vote. Liberal candidate
Sallyanne Atkinson
Sallyanne Atkinson AO (born 23 July 1942) was Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council ...
defeated
Roy Harvey
William Charles Roy Harvey (6 January 1921 – 23 April 2006), was Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1982 until 1985. A member of the Labor Party, he spent a total of 27 years on the Council.
History
Harvey was elected for ...
in the lord mayoral election.
As of 2024, Atkinson is the first and only female
Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
This was the first and only election contested by the
Brisbane Green Party, the predecessor to the
Queensland Greens. The party contested the lord mayorship and four wards, but did not have any victories.
Future lord mayor
Graham Quirk
Graham Quirk (born c. 1958) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th Lord Mayor of Brisbane. From 2008 until 2011, he was Deputy Lord Mayor under Campbell Newman, succeeding the latter when Newman became the Premier of Queenslan ...
was elected in
Rochedale Ward at this election.
References
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Brisbane
City Council election, 1985
Brisbane City Council election