Harding concedes defeat to Quirk

A few moments ago Rod Harding phoned Graham Quirk to congratulate him on his win as Lord Mayor of Brisbane.

Mr Harding said: “While the result is not the one we hoped for, we can be safe in the knowledge that everything we could have done, we did”.

Mr Harding achieved a double-digit swing against Graham Quirk.

With 52.62% of the booths counted on first preferences, Graham Quirk is on 52.59% and Rod Harding on 33.11%.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
QUIRK, Graham	LNP	207,789	52.59
HARDING, Rod	ALP	130,808	33.11
PENNINGS, Ben	GRN	40,879	10.35
HODGES, Jeffrey		8,031	2.03
BOELE, Karel		3,275	0.83
ELDRIDGE, Jim		2,317	0.59
WIRTH, Jarrod		1,983	0.50