Harding concedes defeat to Quirk

Source: Rod Harding – Facebook
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 |
|
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