This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Brisbane, a Local Government Area of Queensland, Australia. The current Lord Mayor of Brisbane is Campbell Newman.
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History of governance of Brisbane
The Municipality of Brisbane was gazetted on 25 May 1859 and proclaimed by the Governor of New South Wales on 7 September 1859. It was the first local government area in Queensland, and the only one to be incorporated prior to the establishment of Queensland as a separate colony.[1]
On 31 March 1903, the Local Authorities Act 1902 came into effect, and Part 2, Section 10 of the Act proclaimed Brisbane a City.[2] The City's boundaries at this point only covered Brisbane's city centre and immediate surrounding suburbs.
On 1 October 1925, the City of Brisbane Act 1924 brought the new City of Brisbane and its governing council, the Brisbane City Council, into being. The new boundaries included 18 former local government areas and parts of two others and covered what was at that time the extent of Brisbane's metropolitan area.
Mayors of the Brisbane Municipal Council (1859-1902)
The list of mayors of the Brisbane Municipal Council (1859–1903) appears below.[3]
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| John Petrie | 1859–1862 |
| Thomas Blacket Stephens | 1862 |
| George Edmondstone | 1863 |
| Joshua Jeays | 1864 |
| Albert John Hockings (1st term) | 1865 |
| Richard Symes Warry | 1866 |
| Albert John Hockings (2nd term) | 1867 |
| John Hardgrave | 1868–1869 |
| William Pettigrew | 1870 |
| Francis Murray | 1871 |
| Edward Joseph Baines | 1872 |
| James Swan | 1873–1875 |
| Richard Ash Kingsford | 1876 |
| Alfred Hubbard | 1877–1878 |
| John Daniel Heal | 1879 |
| John Sinclair | 1880–1881 |
| Robert Porter | 1882 |
| Abram Robertson Byram | 1883 |
| John McMaster (1st term) | 1884 |
| Benjamin Harris Babbidge | 1885 |
| James Hipwood | 1886–1887 |
| Richard Southall | 1888 |
| William McNaughton Galloway | 1889 |
| John McMaster (2nd term) | 1890 |
| John Allworth Clark | 1891 |
| George Watson, Junior | 1892 |
| John McMaster (3rd term) | 1893 |
| Robert Fraser | 1894–1895 |
| Robert Woods Thurlow | 1896 |
| John McMaster (4th term) | 1897 |
| William Thorne | 1898 |
| William Andrew Seal | 1899 |
| James Nicol Robinson | 1900 |
| Thomas Proe (1st term) | 1901 |
| Leslie Corrie | 1902-1903 |
It was the general practice of the Brisbane Municipal Council to rotate the role of mayor among the aldermen, thus many mayors served for only one year and some served multiple times some years apart. The council "year" commenced and ended in about February to avoid a change-over during the summer holidays, so the mayor for 1890 would, strictly speaking, be the mayor into early 1891.
Most of the early aldermen and mayors of the Municipality of Brisbane were prominent local men rather than representatives of political parties.
Mayors of the Brisbane City Council (1903-1925)
Brisbane became a city on 31 March 1903. The list of mayors of the Brisbane City Council (1903–1925) appears below.[3]
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Leslie Corrie | 1902–1903 |
| Thomas Rees | 1904 |
| Thomas Proe (2nd term) | 1905 |
| John Crase | 1906 |
| William Murray Thompson | 1907 |
| Charles Packenham Buchanan (1st term) | 1908 |
| Thomas Wilson | 1909 |
| John Hetherington (1st term) | 1910 |
| Harry Diddams (1st term) | 1911 |
| Alfred John Raymond | 1912 |
| Harry Doggett | 1913 |
| Charles Jenkinson | 1914 |
| George Down | 1915 |
| John Hetherington (2nd term) | 1916–1917 |
| John McMaster (5th term) | 1918–1919 |
| Charles Packenham Buchanan (2nd term) | 1919–1919 |
| James Francis Maxwell | 1920–1921 |
| Harry Diddams (2nd term) | 1921–1924 |
| Maurice Barry | 1924–1925 |
Lord Mayors of Brisbane City Council
On 1 October 1925, the City of Brisbane Act 1924 came into force, and 18 local government areas (including the Municipality of Brisbane) and parts of two others were amalgamated to form the City of Brisbane, governed by the Brisbane City Council.
| Lord Mayor | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| William Jolly | 1925–1931 | |
| Archibald Watson | 1931–1931 | |
| John William Greene | 1931–1934 | |
| Alfred Jones | Labor | 1934–1940 |
| Sir John Beals Chandler | CMO | 1940–1952 |
| Frank Roberts | 1952–1955 | |
| Sir Thomas Groom | CMO | 1955–1961 |
| Clem Jones | Labor | 1961–1975 |
| Brian Walsh | Labor | 1975–1976 |
| Frank Sleeman | Labor | 1976–1982 |
| Roy Harvey | Labor | 1982–1985 |
| Sallyanne Atkinson | Liberal | 1985–1991 |
| Jim Soorley | Labor | 1991–2003 |
| Tim Quinn | Labor | 2003–2004 |
| Campbell Newman | Liberal | 2004–present |
Sources
References
- ^ Larcombe, F.A. (Frederick) (1973). The Origin of Local Government in New South Wales 1831-58. Sydney University Press. p. 274. ISBN 0424066106.
- ^ "[http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=10468 Agency Details - Brisbane City Council I]". 2009. http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=10468. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ a b Brisbane City Council Archives
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