Quadrennial elections for the City of Brisbane, Australia, were held on 28 April 2012. The Lord Mayor of Brisbane was elected by all registered voters in the city, and twenty-six councillors were elected from single-member wards.
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Mayoral election
Campbell Newman was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane in 2008 as the Liberal Party candidate. In 2011 he resigned as Lord Mayor to be the Liberal National Party's candidate for Premier of Queensland. Graham Quirk was elected as Lord Mayor by the Councillors on 7 April 2011.
Winning candidate listed in bold
* Incumbent
1 Rory Killen is the candidate of the Australian Sex Party, but his party affiliation was not listed on the ballot paper
Wards and councillors
Wards with names listed in bold changed hands from Labor to Liberal National in the 2012 election
Councillors whose names are in italics did not stand in the 2012 election for the seat they won in 2008.
1 Graham Quirk was appointed Lord Mayor after the resignation of Campbell Newman in 2011. Steven Huang was appointed Councillor for Macgregor Ward in his place.
2 Nicole Johnston was elected as a member of the LNP in 2008 but resigned from the party to sit as an Independent.
3 Jane Prentice resigned from Council in 2010 to contest the Federal electorate of Ryan for the LNP. Julian Simmonds of the LNP was elected Councillor at a by-election in October that year.