Tennyson_Ward

Tennyson Ward

A ward of Brisbane.

Tennyson Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Tennyson, Chelmer, Corinda, Fairfield, Graceville, Sherwood, Yeerongpilly and Yeronga, and parts of Annerley and Oxley.^[3]

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Tennyson Ward Queensland — Brisbane City Council

Created	2008^[1]
Councillor	Nicole Johnston
Party	Independent
Namesake	Tennyson
Electors	30,371 (2024)^[2]
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

Councillors for Tennyson Ward

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Member	Party	Term	Notes
Nicole Johnston	Liberal	15 March 2008 – 26 July 2008	Resigned from the LNP in 2010 before she was "likely" going to be expelled; initially sat as an Independent Liberal. Incumbent^[4]^[5]
	Liberal National	26 July 2008 – 20 May 2010
	Independent Liberal	20 May 2010 – 28 April 2012
	Independent	28 April 2012 – present

Results

2024

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2024 Queensland local elections: Tennyson Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	13,675	54.85	+3.79
	Liberal National	Henry Swindon	4,750	19.05	-0.34
	Greens	River Kearns	3,743	15.01	+1.52
	Labor	Kane Hart	2,765	11.09	-3.08
Total formal votes			24,933	98.45	+0.09
Informal votes			393	1.55	-0.09
Turnout			25,326	83.39	+4.22
Two-candidate-preferred result^[7]
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	15,627	74.3	+0.9
	Liberal National	Henry Swindon	5,401	25.7	-0.9
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.9

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Tennyson.[edit]

Two-party-preferred result is an estimate and is not final. Last updated on 26 March 2024.

2020

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2020 Queensland local elections: Tennyson Ward^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	11,571	51.1	-0.1
	Liberal National	Maurice Lane	4,394	19.4	+0.4
	Labor	Jackie Schneider	3,212	14.2	-2.5
	Greens	Patsy O'Brien	3,058	13.5	+0.3
	Animal Justice	Darryl Prout	428	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			22,663	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			383	1.7	-0.5
Turnout			23,046	79.2
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal National	Maurice Lane	8,756	58.1	+3.4
	Labor	Jackie Schneider	6,307	41.9	-3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	14,253	73.4	+0.4
	Liberal National	Maurice Lane	5,155	26.6	+26.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § Tennyson.[edit]

2016

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2016 Queensland local elections: Tennyson Ward^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	12,572	55.4	+14.3
	Liberal National	Ashley Higgins	3,794	16.7	-20.3
	Labor	Stephen Harvey	3,335	14.7	+2.4
	Greens	Gillian Marshall-Pierce	2,985	13.2	+3.5
Total formal votes			22,686	-	-
Informal votes			484	-	-
Turnout			23,170	-	-
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Stephen Harvey		53.2
	Liberal National	Ashley Higgins		46.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	14,150	76.3	+20.5
	Labor	Stephen Harvey	4,404	23.7	+23.7
	Independent hold		Swing	+20.5

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Queensland local elections § Tennyson.[edit]

References

[1]
"Electorate: Tennyson". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
[2]
"Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
[3]
"Tennyson Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
[4]
"Controversial councillor Nicole Johnston quits LNP". The Courier Mail. 20 May 2010.
[5]
"Rebel councillor claims human rights violation". Brisbane Times. 30 March 2011. Cr Johnston, who now sits as an "independent liberal" since she split from Lord Mayor Campbell Newman's LNP administration, said it was ridiculous that she was asked to share the ALP's party room.
[6]
"Electoral Commission of Queensland". 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
[7]
https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/tenn
[8]
"Electorate: Tennyson". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
[9]
"Electorate: Tennyson". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

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