List of mayors of Cairns
The City of Cairns, in Far North Queensland, was originally established as a borough with a chairman from 1885 until 1903, when the Local Authorities Act 1902 transformed it into a town with a mayor. The town achieved city status in 1923. In 1995, when the Shire of Mulgrave amalgamated into the City, the mayor was elected by a much larger base of voters. In 2008, when the City was amalgamated with the Shire of Douglas into the Cairns Region, the mayor's voter base expanded yet again.
| Mayor of Cairns | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Richard Ash Kingsford |
| Formation | 1885 |
Borough of Cairns (1885–1903)
The mayors of the Borough of Cairns were:[1]
| Chairman | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Ash Kingsford | 1885–1886 | |
| Louis Severin | 1886–1888 | |
| Richard Ash Kingsford | 1889 | |
| Callaghan Walsh | 1890 | |
| Louis Severin | 1891 | |
| Alexander Frederick (Alec) Draper | 1891–1893 | [2] |
| Daniel Patience | 1893–1894 | |
| James Lyons | 1895–1896 | |
| Alec Draper | 1897 | |
| Karl Aumuller | 1898 | |
| Lyne Brown | 1899 | |
| Richard Alfred Tills | 1900–1901 | |
| Alec Draper | 1902 | |
Town of Cairns (1903–1923)
The mayors of the Town of Cairns were:[1]
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Louis Severin | 1903 |
| Donald McLachlan | 1904 |
| Charles McKenzie | 1905 |
| Edward Earl | 1906 |
| Richard Alfred Tills | 1907 |
| Sinclair Miller | 1908 |
| John Coxall | 1909 |
| Andrew Hartill-Law | 1910 |
| John George Hoare | 1911 |
| Charles McKenzie | 1912–1913 |
| Thomas Dillon | 1914 |
| John Griffiths | 1915 |
| Thomas Dillon | 1915–1916 |
| Thomas Henry Donaldson | 1917 |
| Alec Draper | 1918–1919 |
| Richard Cowle Foxdale Gelling | 1919 |
| John George Hoare | 1920–1923 |
City of Cairns Council (1923–1995)
The mayors of the City of Cairns (prior to amalgamation) were:[3]
| Mayor | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John George Hoare | 1923–1924 | |
| Alec F. J. Draper | 1924–1927 | [4] |
| William Aloysius Collins | 1927–1949 | [5] |
| William Henry Murchison | 1949–1952 | |
| Bill Fulton | 1952–1960 | |
| S. Darcy Chataway | 1960–1967 | |
| Colin Penridge | 1967–1969 | |
| David Thomas De Jarlais | 1969–1973 | |
| Kevin Francis Crathern | 1973–1978 | |
| Ronald (Ron) Davis | 1979–1988 | |
| Keith Goodwin | 1988–1990 | |
| John Peter Cleland | 1990–1991 | |
| Kevin Byrne | 1992–1995 |
City of Cairns Council (Amalgamated) (1995–2008)
The mayors of the City of Cairns (following amalgamation):[3]
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Tom Pyne | 1995–2000 |
| Kevin Byrne | 2000–2008 |
Cairns Regional Council (2008–present)
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Val Schier | 3 April 2008 – 28 April 2012 |
| Bob Manning | 28 April 2012 - present |
References
- "Mayors of Cairns 1885 to Present" (PDF). Cairns Heritage Page. Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 75, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- "Mayors of the Cairns City Council" (PDF). Cairns Heritage Page. Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 78, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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