- Source: 2020 Townsville City Council election
The 2020 Townsville City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 to elect a mayor and 10 councillors to the City of Townsville. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.
Team Jenny Hill won all but one wards, with their only loss coming in Division 2. Hill was also re-elected mayor, winning 61.53% of the vote after preferences.
Candidates
Incumbents are shown in bold text.
Most Team Hill councillors sought re-election. Verena Coombe (Division 6) and Colleen Doyle (Division 9) retired, while Paul Jacob (Division 2) left Team Hill in 2019 to sit as an independent. He did not seek re-election.
Former MP Sam Cox announced in November 2019 that he would run for mayor as an independent, with a focus on a "back to basics" council.
Greg Dowling, a former United Australia Party (UAP) candidate and professional rugby league footballer, also ran for mayor on the "It's Time for Townsville" ticket. He was officially endorsed by UAP founder Clive Palmer, who spent $625,000 on supporting Dowling's campaign.
Results
= Mayor
=References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2020 Townsville City Council election
- 2008 Townsville City Council election
- 2024 Townsville City Council election
- Townsville
- City of Townsville
- 2016 Townsville City Council election
- List of mayors of Townsville
- 2020 Queensland local elections
- Troy Thompson (politician)
- List of local government political parties in Australia
