Claim: The 2016 Brisbane City Council election gathered a total of 610,234 formal votes, with Liberal National Party candidate, Graham Quirk, garnering the most amount of votes.
Evidence: 610,234 Liberal National Graham Quirk 325,714 Labor Rod Harding 195,055 Greens Ben Pennings 63,483 Consumer Rights Jeffrey Hodges 12,960 Independent Karel Boele 5,195 Independent Jim Eldridge 4,764 Independent Jarrod Wirth 3,063 Other - -