Council margin – LNP 14.9%
Mayoral margin – LNP 18.5%
Incumbent councillor
Steven Huang, since 2011.
Geography
South-eastern Brisbane. Macgregor covers the suburbs of Eight Mile Plains, Macgregor, Robertson, Upper Mount Gravatt and Wishart.
Redistribution
Macgregor expanded to the east, taking in Rochedale and surrounding areas from Chandler. Macgregor’s southern boundary with Runcorn was adjusted, with Runcorn taking in a larger area. These changes increased the LNP margin from 13.7% to 14.9%.
History
Labor candidate Gail MacPherson won Runcorn ward in 1994. She was re-elected in Runcorn in 1997, 2000 and 2004. Her margin at the 2004 election was a very slim 2.2%.
The 2008 redistribution split the Runcorn ward between the new wards of Karawatha and Macgregor.
The new Macgregor took in parts of Wishart, and sitting Wishart Liberal councillor Graham Quirk shifted to Macgregor. Quirk had been sitting on the council since 1995.
Quirk increased the Liberal margin from 7.9% to 21.1% at the 2008 election, and became deputy mayor as part of the Liberal Party gaining a majority on the council.
Graham Quirk became Lord Mayor in early 2011, after Campbell Newman resigned from the mayoralty to take up the state leadership of the Liberal National Party. Quirk was re-elected in 2012 and 2016, before retiring in 2019.
Quirk was replaced as councillor for Macgregor by the LNP’s Steven Huang in April 2011, and Huang was re-elected in 2012 with a further 3.4% swing. Huang won a second full term in 2016 despite an 11% swing to Labor.
Candidates
- Sean Womersley (Greens)
- Trent McTiernan (Labor)
- Steven Huang (Liberal National)
Assessment
Macgregor is a safe LNP ward.
2016 council result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Steven Huang | Liberal National | 13,017 | 57.6 | -10.4 | 59.0 |
| Tom Huang | Labor | 6,748 | 29.9 | +9.2 | 28.9 |
| Patsy O’Brien | Greens | 2,831 | 12.5 | +5.0 | 12.1 |
| Informal | 636 | 2.7 |
2016 council two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Steven Huang | Liberal National | 13,392 | 63.7 | -10.9 | 64.9 |
| Tom Huang | Labor | 7,626 | 36.3 | +10.9 | 35.1 |
| Exhausted | 1,578 | 7.0 |
2016 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 14,129 | 62.5 | -10.2 | 63.1 |
| Rod Harding | Labor | 6,104 | 27.0 | +8.7 | 26.5 |
| Ben Pennings | Greens | 1,528 | 6.8 | +0.1 | 6.7 |
| Jeffrey Hodges | Independent | 466 | 2.1 | +2.1 | 2.0 |
| Karel Boele | People Decide | 143 | 0.6 | +0.6 | 0.6 |
| Jim Eldridge | Independent | 139 | 0.6 | +0.6 | 0.6 |
| Jarrod Wirth | Independent | 101 | 0.5 | +0.5 | 0.5 |
| Informal | 557 | 2.4 |
2016 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 14,445 | 67.9 | -8.5 | 68.5 |
| Rod Harding | Labor | 6,845 | 32.2 | +8.5 | 31.5 |
| Exhausted | 1,320 | 5.8 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Macgregor have been divided into three parts: north, south and west.
The LNP’s two-party-preferred vote was lowest in the north (60% for council, 64% for mayor) and highest in the south (71% for council and mayor).
| Voter group | GRN council prim | LNP council 2PP | LNP mayoral 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 14.0 | 60.0 | 63.7 | 7,032 | 30.4 |
| West | 11.5 | 63.9 | 69.4 | 3,518 | 15.2 |
| South | 10.1 | 71.0 | 71.3 | 2,725 | 11.8 |
| Other votes | 12.4 | 68.2 | 71.5 | 6,643 | 28.8 |
| Pre-poll | 9.8 | 64.9 | 69.3 | 3,185 | 13.8 |
Election results in Macgregor at the 2016 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes for council and lord mayor, and Greens primary votes for council.
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Graham Quirk had been sitting on Council since 1985…