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The 2010 Walter Taylor Ward by-election was held on 23 October 2010 to elect the next councillor for the Brisbane City Council ward of Walter Taylor, following the resignation of incumbent Jane Prentice.[1]
Prentice resigned from council on 24 August 2010 after winning the division of Ryan at the federal election. She had been re-elected for the Liberal Party at the 2008 Brisbane City Council election, and subsequently joined the Liberal National Party (LNP) when it was formed months later in July 2008.[2][3]
The by-election was easily won by LNP candidate Julian Simmonds, although there was a swing against of more than 6% after preferences.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Julian Simmonds | 10,192 | 58.5 | −5.1 | |
Greens | Tim Dangerfield | 3,902 | 22.4 | +7.3 | |
Labor | Louise Foley | 2,898 | 16.6 | −4.6 | |
Independent | William Borbasi | 434 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 17,426 | ||||
Informal votes | 270 | 1.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,696 | 69.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Julian Simmonds | 10,686 | 64.9 | −6.1 | |
Greens | Tim Dangerfield | 5,775 | 35.1 | +35.1 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −6.1 |