Council margin – LNP 18.3%
Mayoral margin – LNP 19.0%
Incumbent councillor
Ryan Murphy, since 2019. Previously councillor for Doboy 2012-2019.
Geography
Eastern suburbs of Brisbane. Chandler covers suburbs at the eastern edge of Brisbane, including Carindale, Mansfield, Mackenzie and Rochedale.
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. Schrinner was re-elected with a similarly large margin at the 2016 election.
Lord mayor Graham Quirk retired in early 2019 and Schrinner was appointed to fill the remainder of his term as lord mayor of Brisbane. Schrinner vacated his ward and fellow LNP councillor Ryan Murphy was appointed to fill the casual vacancy. Murphy had represented the ultra-marginal neighbouring ward of Doboy since 2012.
Murphy won a full term councillor for Chandler in 2020.
- Alex David (Greens)
- Tabatha Young (Labor)
- Ryan Murphy (Liberal National)
Assessment
Chandler is a safe LNP ward.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Ryan Murphy | Liberal National | 15,516 | 63.9 | -3.9 |
| Penny O’Neill | Labor | 6,167 | 25.4 | +1.9 |
| Steph Moss | Greens | 2,604 | 10.7 | +2.4 |
| Informal | 581 | 2.3 |
2020 council two-candidate-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Ryan Murphy | Liberal National | 15,764 | 68.3 | -6.3 |
| Penny O’Neill | Labor | 7,307 | 31.7 | +6.3 |
| Exhausted | 1,216 | 5.0 |
2020 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 16,197 | 62.5 | -2.5 |
| Pat Condren | Labor | 6,482 | 25.0 | -0.6 |
| Kath Angus | Greens | 2,083 | 8.0 | +2.5 |
| Karagh-Mae Kelly | Animal Justice | 554 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Jeff Hodges | Motorists Party | 195 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Frank Jordan | Independent | 124 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| John Dobinson | Independent | 106 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Ben Gorringe | Independent | 85 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Jarrod Wirth | Independent | 72 | 0.3 | -0.2 |
| Informal | 648 | 2.4 |
2020 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Adrian Schrinner | Liberal National | 16,638 | 69.0 | -1.5 |
| Pat Condren | Labor | 7,486 | 31.0 | +1.5 |
| Exhausted | 1,774 | 6.9 |
Booths in Chandler have been split between the north and south.
The Liberal National Party won the two-party-preferred vote in both areas, with 61.6% in the south and 67.1% in the north.
| Voter group | GRN prim council | LNP 2PP council | LNP 2PP mayoral | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 11.0 | 67.1 | 68.3 | 2,688 | 11.1 |
| South | 14.4 | 61.6 | 65.5 | 1,646 | 6.8 |
| Pre-poll | 9.5 | 68.2 | 66.7 | 7,071 | 29.1 |
| Postal | 9.3 | 72.4 | 75.0 | 7,036 | 29.0 |
| Other votes | 12.8 | 66.0 | 59.5 | 5,846 | 24.1 |
Council election results in Chandler at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal National Party, Labor and the Greens.
Mayoral election results in Chandler at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal National Party and Labor.
This will be LNP retain for sure. It has a huge margin.
Agree Nether Portal, this ward and the suburbs within it remind me of the northern parts of Parramatta Council and the southern Hills District – places like North Rocks, Northmead, Winston Hills and Baulkham Hills (all conservative leaning suburbs that consistently back the Liberals).
@Yoh An is Winston Hills just traditionally marginal? There was hardly a swing there in 2023 and the Liberals retained it but it was nevertheless the least conservative part of the Hills District (Castle Hill and Kellyville are safe Liberal seats). The Hills and the Sutherland Shire are the most blue-ribbon parts of Sydney nowadays.