The Bracken Ridge Ward is a
Brisbane City Council
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ward
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covering
Bracken Ridge
Bracken Ridge is a northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bracken Ridge had a population of 16,936 people. Geography
The suburb is located about north of the Brisbane central business district. The southern ...
,
Bald Hills,
Carseldine
Carseldine is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Carseldine had a population of 9,541 people.
Geography
Carseldine is about north and about a half-hour drive from the Central Business District of Brisbane.
The ...
,
Fitzgibbon, and parts of
Aspley and
Zillmere
Zillmere is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Zillmere had a population of 8,967 people.
Geography
As at 2008, Zillmere was approximately 60% residential and 40% industrial.
H ...
.
The ward has been represented by Amanda Cooper of the
Liberal National Party since 2007.
Amanda Cooper resigned in October 2019 to contest the
District of Aspley in the
2020 QLD Election for the LNP.
History
Liberal
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councillor Carol Cashman was elected in 1997, and re-elected in 2000 and
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
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Cashman resigned in 2007, and Amanda Cooper was appointed to the
casual vacancy
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.
Cooper has since been re-elected in
2008
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,
2012
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and
2016
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.
Results
2020
2016
2012
External links
Bracken Ridge Ward Mapat
Electoral Commission of Queensland
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References
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City of Brisbane wards