Holland Park Ward

Holland Park Ward
MP	Krista Adams
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Holland Park
Electors	23,740 (2016)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan

The Holland Park Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mt Gravatt, Mt Gravatt East and Tarragindi.

History

Holland Park was the ward of Brisbane's only ever known Indigenous councillor, Robbie Williams. Williams, a Yugambeh man and Labor councillor, filled the vacancy caused by Kerry Rea's resignation in October 2007. In December that year, he died of a heart attack. The seat remained vacant until the election in March 2008.

Councillors for Holland Park Ward

Member		Party	Term
	Gail Chiconi	Liberal	1985–1997
	Kerry Rea	Labor	1997–2007
	Robbie Williams	Labor	2007
	Ian McKenzie	Liberal	2008
		Liberal National	2008–2016
	Krista Adams	Liberal National	2016–present

Results

2020 Brisbane City Council election: Holland Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,553	48.4	-0.8
	Labor	Karleigh Auguston	7,323	30.7	-5.5
	Greens	Jenny Gamble	4,975	20.9	+6.8
Total formal votes			23,851	-	-
Informal votes			580	-	-
Turnout			24,431	-	-
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,992	54.7	+0.3
	Labor	Karleigh Auguston	9,924	45.3	-0.3
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.3

2016 Brisbane City Council election: Holland Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,476	49.6	-4.1
	Labor	Adam Obeid	8,246	35.6	+0.9
	Greens	Karen Anderson	3,409	14.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			23,131	-	-
Informal votes			609	-	-
Turnout			23,740	-	-
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Krista Adams	11,897	54.8	-4.0
	Labor	Adam Obeid	9,820	45.2	+4.0
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-4.0