Graham Quirk

Graham Quirk
16th Lord Mayor of Brisbane Elections: 2012, 2016
In office 7 April 2011 – 8 April 2019
Deputy	Adrian Schrinner
Preceded by	Campbell Newman
Succeeded by	Adrian Schrinner
Majority	9.3% (2016)
Deputy Lord Mayor of Brisbane
In office 16 March 2008 – 7 April 2011
Leader	Campbell Newman
Succeeded by	Adrian Schrinner
Constituency	MacGregor Ward
Leader of the Opposition of Brisbane City Council
In office 18 April 2004 – 16 March 2008
Succeeded by	Shayne Sutton
Constituency	MacGregor Ward
Personal details
Born	c. 1958
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal National Party of Queensland (2008–present)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Party (until 2008)
Spouse	Anne Quirk
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Graham Michael Quirk (born c. 1958) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th Lord Mayor of Brisbane.^[1] From 2008 until 2011, he was Deputy Lord Mayor under Campbell Newman, succeeding the latter when Newman stepped down to prepare to contest the 2012 Queensland State Election, at which he was elected as the Premier of Queensland. Quirk served as a Councillor in the City of Brisbane since 1985. Quirk is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, affiliated federally with the Liberal Party of Australia.

Quirk was elected as Lord Mayor in his own right in a landslide at the 2012 Brisbane City Council election, winning 68.3% of the TPP mayoral vote and 18 of the 26 local wards. The Liberal National's increased their representation at the 2016 Brisbane City Council election to 19 wards, albeit with a smaller margin in the mayoral race with Quirk winning 59.3% of the TPP vote.