2008 Townsville City Council election

2008 Townsville City Council election

15 March 2008 (2008-03-15)
Mayor
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Les Tyrell Tony Mooney
Party Team Tyrell Labor
Popular vote 47,956 31,524
Percentage 54.64% 35.91%
Swing 54.64 37.65

Mayor before election

Tony Mooney
Labor

Subsequent Mayor

Les Tyrell
Team Tyrell

Councillors

All 13 members on the City Council (including the Mayor)
7 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Team Tyrell Les Tyrell 11 +11
Labor Tony Mooney 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2008 Townsville City Council election was held on 15 March 2008 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the City of Townsville. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.

The election saw the Australian Labor Party, which had controlled the council for 32 years − the longest-serving Labor administration in Australia − defeated in a landslide by the conservative Team Tyrell, which won all but one of the councillor positions. Incumbent mayor Tony Mooney was among the ALP members defeated.

As of 2024, this was the last time the ALP contested a Townsville City Council election.