{{Short description|Australian local government ward}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox Australian ward | federal = no | state = bcc | name = Waterloo Bay Ward | created = 1973 | abolished = 1985 | cr = | cr-party = | namesake = Waterloo Bay | electors = | electors_year = | electors_footnotes = | area = | class = }} '''Waterloo Bay Ward''' was a Brisbane City Council ward from 1973 to 1985. It covered the present-day suburbs of Hemmant, Lota, Lytton, Port of Brisbane, Manly, and Wynnum, and Wynnum West; and parts of Manly West, Murrarie, and Tingalpa.<ref name="1973-1985 Ward Boundaries">{{Cite map|author=Queensland Survey Office|year=1975|title=City of Brisbane|url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-brisbane-1975/original|format=PDF|scale=[1:63,360]|location=Brisbane|publisher=Queensland Survey Office|access-date=2024-10-04}}</ref>
The ward was established for the 1973 Brisbane City Council election as part of a reduction from 28 to 21 wards, and was created from the abolished Wynnum Ward and eastern part of the abolished Bulimba Ward.<ref name="1973-1985 Ward Boundaries" />
The ward was abolished for the 1985 Brisbane City Council election as part of increasing to 26 wards. The majority of its eastern portion became part of the new Kianawah Ward, aside from a small part of Manly West transferred to the retained Carina Ward.<ref name="1973-1985 Ward Boundaries" /><ref name="1985-1994 Ward Boundaries">{{Cite map|author=Department of Mapping and Surveying|year=1984|title=The North Brisbane Zone and the South Brisbane Zone|url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-brisbane-electoral-wards-1984/original|format=PDF|location=Brisbane|publisher=QueenslGovernment Printing Office|access-date=2025-07-23}}</ref> The ward's western area formed part of the new Doboy Ward, with this area still retained in the ward's current boundaries.<ref name="1985-1994 Ward Boundaries" />
The ward was represented by the Labor Party for the twelve years it existed. Eric Shaw represented the ward from 1973 to 1979, having represented the preceding Wynnum Ward since 1967. Shaw was succeeded by Don Randall at the 1979 election, with Randall retaining the ward until its abolishment in 1985.
==Councillors for Waterloo Bay Ward== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! !Image !Member !Party !Term !Notes |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | 70px | Eric Shaw | Labor | 31 March 1973 –<br/> 31 March 1979 | Represented Wynnum Ward from 1967 until its abolishment. |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | 70px | Don Randall | Labor | 31 March 1979 –<br/> 30 March 1985 | Ward abolished. Successfully contested new Kianawah Ward. |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Former wards of Brisbane}} Category:City of Brisbane wards Category:Former wards of Brisbane Category:1973 establishments in Australia Category:1985 disestablishments in Australia