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The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the City of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and the head of the Brisbane City Council. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party was sworn in on 8 April 2019, following the resignation of Graham Quirk .
Adrian Jurgen Schrinner (born 1977) is the current Lord Mayor of Brisbane. He was first elected as the Councillor for Chandler Ward in 2005 and became a member of Civic Cabinet three years later. [4] Schrinner became Deputy Mayor in 2011, and succeeded Graham Quirk as Lord Mayor in 2019, following his retirement from the council. [5]
James Gerard Soorley (born 8 April 1951) is an Australian lobbyist and former politician.He served as Labor Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1991 to 2003. [1] A laicised Catholic priest, [2] Soorley has a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in psychology, from Macquarie University, and a Master of Arts in organisational psychology from Loyola University Chicago.
Brisbane City Council (BCC, also known as Council) is the local government of the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland.The largest local government in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisdiction includes 26 wards and 27 elected councillors covering 1,338 km 2 (517 sq mi).
As incumbent Lord Mayor, Adrian Schrinner was the Liberal National candidate, confirming in February 2023 that he would seek re-election. [18] North Brisbane lawyer and small business owner Tracey Price [19] was announced as the ALP candidate for Lord Mayor of Brisbane on 4 August 2023. [20] [21]
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has quit the inter-governmental committee charged with organizing the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games, calling it a “pointless talkfest” and “dysfunctional ...
This Category contains articles about Mayors of Brisbane, Queensland. Pages in category "Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total.
Sallyanne Atkinson was elected Lord Mayor in 1985, after defeating the Labor incumbent Roy Harvey. She became the first female Lord Mayor of Brisbane, as well as the first from the Liberal Party. [8] She was eventually defeated in 1991 in a narrow upset election win by Jim Soorley, who received preferences from the Greens candidate Drew Hutton. [8]