The 2020 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.
Incumbent mayor Tom Tate was re-elected with more than 66% of the vote after preference distribution. The Queensland Greens, Civil Liberties & Motorists Party and Animal Justice Party formally endorsed candidates, while Labor and the LNP did not (although several members contested as independents).
Results Mayor
Councillors
Electoral pendulum Post-election pendulum Independent Liberal National Divisions (7)MarginalDivision 10Darren TaylorIndependent LNP0.66%Fairly safeDivision 4Cameron CaldwellIndependent LNP6.5%Division 2William Owen-JonesIndependent LNP8.8%Division 6Brooke PattersonIndependent LNP9.2%SafeDivision 8Bob La CastraIndependent LNP12.2%Very safeDivision 11Hermann VorsterIndependent LNP23.3%Division 7Ryan Bayldon-LumsdenIndependent LNP28.4%Independent Divisions (7)SafeDivision 12Pauline YoungIndependent10.8%Division 1Mark HammelIndependent12.1%Division 14Gail O’NeillIndependent12.3%Division 13Daphne McDonaldIndependent13.0%Very safeDivision 3Donna GatesIndependent26.1%Division 9Glenn TozerIndependent21.1%Division 5Peter YoungIndependentN/A
Aftermath Division 4 councillor Cameron Caldwell was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for Fadden at a by-election in July 2023.
On 22 August 2023, Division 7 councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden was charged by Queensland Police with the murder of his stepfather, 58-year-old Robert Lumsden. He was suspended as a councillor on 15 September 2023 until the 2024 election.
See also 2020 Queensland local elections 2020 Brisbane City Council election
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