Graham Quirk
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| 16th Lord Mayor of Brisbane | |
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| Deputy | Adrian Schrinner |
| Preceded by | Campbell Newman |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Schrinner |
| Deputy Lord Mayor of Brisbane | |
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| Leader | Campbell Newman |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Schrinner |
| Constituency | MacGregor Ward |
| Leader of the Opposition of Brisbane City Council | |
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| Succeeded by | Shayne Sutton |
| Constituency | Wishart Ward |
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| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland (2008–present) |
Other political affiliations | Liberal Party (until 2008) |
| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Anne Quirk |
| Children | 3 |
| Signature | File:Graham Quirk signature 2012.svg |
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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.
Political career
Quirk, an alumnus of St James College, entered Brisbane City Council when elected as Councillor for Rochedale Ward in 1985, aged 27. After three years he was appointed the city's Finance Chairman under Lord Mayor Sallyanne Atkinson and was later appointed Works Chairman. He then served as Opposition Spokesman on Development and Planning, Opposition Spokesman on Finance and Opposition Spokesman on Transport and Traffic. [citation needed]
He served as Deputy Opposition Leader and was Opposition Leader at the time of Campbell Newman's election as Lord Mayor in 2004. Quirk was elected as Deputy Liberal Leader to Campbell Newman and was appointed to the role of Chairman of Transport and Major Projects (later known as Roads, TransApex and Traffic). In this role he administered one-third of the council's total budget expenditure for the implementation of TransApex, the road network and traffic management. [citation needed]
In 2008 the LNP gained a majority of councillors and Quirk took on the roles of Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee. Following Newman's departure from Lord Mayorship to enter state politics, Quirk was appointed the new Lord Mayor of Brisbane City.[2]
On 28 April 2012, Quirk won a four-year term as mayor in his own right at the Brisbane City Council elections.[3] He won a second full term in 2016.
In March 2019 Quirk announced his retirement from Council, his deputy Adrian Schrinner was subsequently elected his successor.[4]
In December 2019, federal Infrastructure Minister Michael McCormack appointed Quirk to the board of Infrastructure Australia, which provides advice to government and industry on Australia’s infrastructure policy and projects.[5]
Personal life
Quirk is married to wife Anne. They have three daughters, with the eldest having cerebral palsy.[6]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Graham Quirk – LNP Lord Mayor". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lord Mayor Graham Quirk". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Labor concedes defeat for Brisbane mayoralty". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Adrian Schrinner named Brisbane's new lord mayor". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stone, Lucy (4 December 2019). "Graham Quirk joins peak infrastructure body board". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Whiting, Frances (30 November 2015). "Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk a man of the people". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
External links
- Quirk website, grahamquirk.com.au; accessed 12 September 2014.
