Deagon Ward

Deagon Ward Queensland — Brisbane City Council

Councillor	Jared Cassidy
Party	Labor
Namesake	Deagon
Electors	34,638 (2024)^[1]
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

Deagon Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Deagon, Boondall, Brighton, Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Taigum and parts of Geebung, Virginia and Zillmere.^[2]

The current councillor is Jared Cassidy, who has served as Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Labor Party on Brisbane City Council since 2019.^[3]

Councillors for Deagon Ward

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Ken Leese	Labor	1985 – 28 March 1991
Denise Herbert	Labor	28 March 1991 – 25 March 2000
Victoria Newton	Labor	25 March 2000 – 17 August 2015	Retired
Jared Cassidy	Labor	17 August 2015 – present	Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Labor Party since 2019. Incumbent

Results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Deagon.[edit]

2024 Queensland local elections: Deagon Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jared Cassidy	16,672	58.46	+7.12
	Liberal National	Brock Alexander (disendorsed)	7,092	24.87	-10.01
	Greens	Edward Naus	4,754	16.67	+5.20
Total formal votes			28,186	96.59	-0.79
Informal votes			1001	3.39	+0.81
Turnout			29,180	84.24	+3.09
Two-party-preferred result^[5]
	Labor	Jared Cassidy	19,302	72.14	+10.64
	Liberal National	Brock Alexander (disendorsed)	7,374	27.86	-10.64
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.64

2020

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § Deagon.[edit]

2020 Queensland local elections: Deagon Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jared Cassidy	13,127	51.3	+8.2
	Liberal National	Kimberley Washington	8,919	34.9	-8.1
	Greens	Anthony Walsh	2,935	11.5	-2.4
	Motorists	Kathy Moloney	586	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			25,567
Informal votes			688
Turnout			26,255
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jared Cassidy	14,818	61.5	+8.6
	Liberal National	Kimberley Washington	9,284	38.5	-8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.6

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Queensland local elections § Deagon.[edit]

2016 Queensland local elections: Deagon Ward^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jared Cassidy	10,504	43.8	-4.9
	Liberal National	Kerry Millard	10,095	42.1	+1.4
	Greens	Anthony Walsh	3,359	14	+6.5
Total formal votes			23,958
Informal votes			673
Turnout			24,631
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jared Cassidy	12,092	53.7	-1.4
	Liberal National	Kerry Millard	10,406	46.3	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.4

2012

2012 Brisbane City Council election: Deagon Ward^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Victoria Newton	7,838	49.8	-1.9
	Liberal National	Gordana Blazevic	6,223	39.5	+1.5
	Greens	Georgia Farrell	1202	7.6	+0.1
	Independent	John Harbison	486	3.1	+1.4
Total formal votes			14,733	-	-
Informal votes			408	-	-
Turnout			16,157	-	-
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Victoria Newton	8,296	56.3	-1.6
	Liberal National	Gordana Blazevic	6,440	43.7	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

2008

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2008 Queensland local elections § Deagon.[edit]

2008 Brisbane City Council election: Deagon Ward^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Victoria Newton	11,305	51.66	−1.36
	Liberal	Tony Feagan	8,315	38.00	+3.81
	Greens	Peter Fagan	1,657	7.57	−5.22
	Independent	John Harbison	368	1.68	+1.68
	Independent	Jennifer Singfield	238	1.09	+1.09
Total formal votes			21,883	98.18	+0.38
Informal votes			405	1.82	−0.38
Turnout			22,288	87.54	−0.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Victoria Newton	11,725	57.92	−3.07
	Liberal	Tony Feagan	8,520	42.08	+3.07
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.07

2004

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

2004 Brisbane City Council election: Deagon Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Victoria Newton	10,156	53.02
	Liberal	Zenia Belcher	6,549	34.19
	Greens	Peter Leonard Fagan	2,451	12.79
Total formal votes			19,156	97.80
Informal votes			431	2.20
Turnout			19,587	87.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Victoria Newton	10,678	60.98
	Liberal	Zenia Belcher	6,832	39.02
	Labor hold		Swing

References

^ "Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ "Deagon Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ "Labor's lord mayoral candidate a mystery man to voters". The West Australian.
^ "Electoral Commission of Queensland". 22 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/guide/deag
^ "Electorate: Deagon". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ "Electorate: Deagon". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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^ "2008 Brisbane City - Councillor Election - Deagon - Ward Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2024.