Council margin – ALP 9.9%
Mayoral margin – LNP 7.3%
Incumbent councillor
Steve Griffiths, since 2003.
Geography
Southern Brisbane. Moorooka covers the suburbs of Acacia Ridge, Archerfield, Coopers Plains, Moorooka, Nathan, Pallara, Rocklea and Salisbury.
Redistribution
Moorooka shifted south, losing Tarragindi to Holland Park and gaining parts of Parkinson and Richlands, along with an unpopulated part of Tennyson. These changed increased the Labor council margin from 59% to 59.9% and cut the LNP margin from 58.5% to 57.3%.
History
Moorooka was held by Labor in 2000 with a 13.4% margin.
Labor councillor Steve Griffiths joined the council in 2003 filling a casual vacancy, and was re-elected in 2004 with a reduced 6.6% margin. His margin was cut further to 4% in 2008, but he rebounded to 9% in 2012.
Candidates
- Steve Griffiths (Labor)
- Leo Campbell (Greens)
- Brett Gillespie (Liberal National)
Assessment
Moorooka is Labor’s safest ward and they should be able to hold on.
2012 council result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Steve Griffiths | Labor | 10,602 | 50.6 | +2.5 | 53.6 |
| Yasmin Khan | Liberal National | 7,767 | 37.0 | -5.3 | 37.1 |
| Barry Stark | Greens | 2,600 | 12.4 | +2.8 | 9.3 |
| Informal | 534 | 2.5 |
2012 council two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Steve Griffiths | Labor | 11,484 | 59.0 | +5.0 | 59.9 |
| Yasmin Khan | Liberal National | 7,983 | 41.0 | -5.0 | 40.1 |
| Exhausted | 1,545 |
2012 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 10,937 | 52.2 | +0.4 | 51.5 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 6,906 | 33.0 | -3.8 | 34.8 |
| Andrew Bartlett | Greens | 2,587 | 12.4 | +4.0 | 11.1 |
| Rory Killen | Independent | 317 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 1.7 |
| Chris Carson | Independent | 195 | 0.9 | +0.9 | 1.0 |
| Informal | 506 | 2.4 |
2012 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 11,219 | 58.5 | +1.3 | 57.3 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 7,949 | 41.5 | -1.3 | 42.7 |
| Exhausted | 1,774 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Moorooka have been split into three parts: north, south-east and south-west.
The ALP’s council two-party-preferred vote ranged from 57.3% in the south-east to 65.9% in the south-west.
The Greens polled 12.6% in the north, but their council primary vote was lower in the south-east due to the Greens not polling any votes in one booth transferred from Parkinson, where the Greens didn’t run. In the south-west, all three booths were transferred from Richlands, where the Greens also didn’t run.
In the mayoral election, the Greens polled 13.6% in the north and 8-9% in the south-east and south-west.
| Voter group | GRN council | ALP council 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 13.6 | 64.2 | 7,130 | 36.5 |
| South-East | 8.9 | 57.3 | 5,016 | 25.7 |
| South-West | 8.5 | 65.9 | 2,892 | 14.8 |
| Other votes | 11.1 | 52.0 | 4,508 | 23.1 |
