List of mayors of Toowoomba

Mayor of Toowoomba

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Incumbent
Paul Antonio
since 28 April 2012
Style Councillor
Member of Liberal National Party
Term length 4 Years
Inaugural holder William Henry Groom
Formation 15 March 2008
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This is the list of mayors of the City of Toowoomba and the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In March 2008 the City of Toowoomba was amalgamated with the Shires of Crows Nest, Rosalie, Jondaryan, Cambooya, Clifton, Millmerran, and Pittsworth to form the Toowoomba Region.

Mayors (1861–present)

John McLeish, mayor in 1881
# Mayor Term Notes
1 William Henry Groom 1861–1862
2 Abraham Hamilton Thompson 1863–1864
3 William Henry Groom 1864
4 Thomas George Robinson 1865
5 Edwin Woodward Robinson 1866
6 William Henry Groom 1867
7 Joseph Wonderley 1868–1869
8 Henry Spiro 1870
9 Michael Power 1871
10 Richard Godsall 1872
11 Henry Spiro 1873
12 Robert Aland 1874–1875
13 John Garget 1876–1878
14 Richard Godsall 1879
15 Joseph McIntyre 1880
16 John McLeish 1881
17 James Campbell 1882
18 William Henry Groom 1883–1884
19 John Garget 1885
20 Charles Campbell 1886
21 John Fogarty 1887
22 Thomas Trevethan 1888 [1]
23 Edmund Boland 1889
24 James Taylor 1890 Also served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and Queensland Legislative Council
25 Gilbert Gostwyck Cory 1891
26 William Thorn 1893
27 Archibald Munro 1894
28 Malcolm Geddes 1895
29 Alexander Mayes 1896
30 Edmund Boland 1897
31 Robert Sinclair 1898
32 Hugh Campbell Pointer 1899
33 Matthew Keeffe 1900
34 Charles Rowbotham 1901–1902
35 Alexander Mayes 1903
36 Thomas Burstow 1904
37 Bernard Joseph Beirne 1905 [2]
38 Edwin John Godsall 1906–1907 [3]
39 Thomas Burstow 1907
40 Henry Webb 1908
41 Job Eagles Stone 1909 [4]
42 Vernon Redwood 1910
43 Henry King Alford 1911–1912
44 John Atkinson 1913
45 David Boland 1914
46 Henry Webb 1915
47 Alfred David McWaters 1916
48 Alexander Mayes 1917
49 Dr. Thomas Price 1918
50 Thomas Burstow 1919
51 Alfred Richard Godsall 1920–1924
52 James Douglas Annand 1924–1930 [5][6]
53 Frank Paterson 1930–1933
54 James Douglas Annand 1933–1949
55 Dr. Alexander Roy McGregor 1949–1952
56 James Douglas Annand 1952
57 Mervyn Anderson 1952–1958
58 Jack McCafferty 1958–1967
59 Nell Elizabeth Robinson 1967–1981 First female mayor in Queensland
60 Jack Duggan 1981
61 Clive Berghofer 1982–1992
62 Ross Miller 1993–1996
63 Tony Bourke 1997–2000
64 Di Thorley 2000–2008
– New amalgamated council March 2008
65 Peter Taylor 2008–2012 Formerly the mayor of the Shire of Jondaryan.
66 Paul Antonio 2012–present

References

  1. ↑ "Local Government Elections.". The Western Star and Roma Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 54, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online
  3. ↑ "Queensland Mayors and Shire Chairmen.". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 24 February 1906. p. 22. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 271, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online
  5. ↑ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 34, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online
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