Council margin – LNP 25.4%
Mayoral margin – LNP 27.9%
Incumbent councillor
Adrian Schrinner, since 2005.
Geography
Eastern suburbs of Brisbane. Chandler covers suburbs at the eastern edge of Brisbane, including Carindale, Mansfield, Mackenzie and Rochedale.
Redistribution
Chandler lost parts of Carina to Coorparoo, gained Mansfield from Wishart and Ransome from Doboy. These changes cut the LNP council margin from 26.8% to 25.4%, and cut the mayoral margin from 27.8% to 26.8%.
History
Liberal councillor Michael Caltabiano was appointed to represent Chandler ward in 1996, replacing fellow Liberal Graeme McDougall, who resigned from council to run for the federal seat of Griffith. McDougall won the seat in 1996, defeating Labor candidate Kevin Rudd, who came back and beat him in 1998.
He was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2000 to 2002.
In 2005, Caltabiano resigned from council to run for the Chatsworth state by-election. He lost his seat at the 2006 state election.
The 2005 Chandler by-election was won by Liberal candidate Adrian Schrinner. He was re-elected in 2008 with a 21.2% margin, and re-elected again in 2012 with a 26.8% margin. Schrinner was elected deputy mayor in 2011, after sitting deputy mayor Graham Quirk was appointed as Lord Mayor.
Candidates
- Adrian Schrinner (Liberal National)
- Torryn Saker (Labor)
- Geoff Ebbs (Greens)
Assessment
Chandler is a safe Liberal ward.
2012 council result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 16,768 | 76.8 | +5.6 | 74.4 |
| Liz Starr | Labor | 5,070 | 23.2 | -5.6 | 23.8 |
| Greens | 1.8 | ||||
| Informal | 495 | 2.2 |
2012 council two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 16,768 | 76.8 | +5.6 | 75.4 |
| Liz Starr | Labor | 5,070 | 23.2 | -5.6 | 24.6 |
2012 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 15,992 | 73.0 | +2.4 | 73.1 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 4,171 | 19.1 | -3.5 | 19.3 |
| Andrew Bartlett | Greens | 1,319 | 6.0 | +1.6 | 5.8 |
| Rory Killen | Independent | 256 | 1.2 | +1.2 | 1.2 |
| Chris Carson | Independent | 159 | 0.7 | +0.7 | 0.7 |
| Informal | 451 | 2.0 |
2012 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 16,157 | 77.8 | +2.8 | 77.9 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 4,616 | 22.2 | -2.8 | 22.1 |
| Exhausted | 1,124 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Chandler have been split between the north and south. The LNP did slightly better in the south for the council election, but did slightly better in the north for the mayoral election.
| Voter group | LNP council 2PP | LNP mayoral 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 76.8 | 79.5 | 10,237 | 46.9 |
| South | 77.8 | 79.1 | 5,501 | 25.2 |
| Other votes | 71.1 | 73.9 | 6,101 | 27.9 |
