The Bracken Ridge Ward is a

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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, Fitzgibbon, and parts of Aspley and

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. 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 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 ...

. Cashman resigned in 2007, and Amanda Cooper was appointed to the

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. Cooper has since been re-elected in

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

and

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

Results

2020

2016

2012

External links

Bracken Ridge Ward Map
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References

{{Reflist City of Brisbane wards