Richlands Ward

Richlands Ward was a Brisbane City Council ward covering Richlands and surrounding suburbs. The ward established for the 1994 election, partly replacing the former Inala Ward, and existed until the 2016 election where it was largely replaced by Forest Lake Ward.^[1]

Richlands Ward Queensland — Brisbane City Council
Created	1994
Abolished	2016
Namesake	Richlands

History

Les Bryant won Richlands at the 1994 election, and was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004.^[2]

Bryant nominated for Labor preselection for the 2008 election, but withdrew after then-Labor state secretary Milton Dick chose to contest the seat.^[2] Dick was not a resident of the ward at the time he announced his candidacy, but announced he would relocate from his home in Clayfield, and was endorsed by prime minister Kevin Rudd.^[2]

Dick was deputy leader of the opposition on council until 2012. At the election in March of that year, he substantially increased the Labor majority with a 13.7% swing in his favour, and he was subsequently made leader of the opposition, serving in that role until 2016.^[3]

Councillors for Richlands Ward

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Les Bryant	Labor	26 March 1994 – 15 March 2008	Councillor for Inala Ward from 1991 to 1994. Successfully contested Richlands Ward when Inala was abolished
		Milton Dick (b. 1972)	Labor	15 March 2008 – 19 March 2016	Chose not to contest Forest Lake Ward in 2016 when Richlands was abolished. Successfully contested Oxley at 2016 federal election

Results

2004

This section is an excerpt from 2004 Brisbane City Council election § Richlands.[edit]

2004 Brisbane City Council election: Richlands Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Bryant	12,106	57.26
	Liberal	Alastair Smith	5,732	27.11
	Independent	George Pugh	1,743	8.24
	Greens	Nigel David Quinlan	1,560	7.38
Total formal votes			21,141	96.87
Informal votes			684	3.13
Turnout			21,825	86.46
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les Bryant	12,627	65.82
	Liberal	Alastair Smith	6,557	34.18
	Labor hold		Swing