Elections of the

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, Australia, were held on Saturday, 27 March 2004 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the

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of the

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. The election resulted in the election of

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of the

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as Lord Mayor, defeating the Labor Party incumbent,

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, by 2.5% of the mayoral

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. The Liberals won 9 wards to Labor's 17. Newman became the first Liberal Lord Mayor since

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's narrow defeat in 1991.

Results

Mayoral election

Councillor elections

References

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