List of mayors of Toowoomba

Mayors of Toowoomba
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Incumbent Geoff McDonald since 21 July, 2023
Style	Councillor
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	William Henry Groom
Formation	15 March 2008
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This is a 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.

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	Albert 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	2012–2023
67	Geoff McDonald	2023 - present

Election results

1933

This section is an excerpt from 1933 Queensland mayoral elections § Toowoomba.[ edit ]

1933 Queensland mayoral elections: Toowoomba ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	James Douglas Annand		<50.0
	Independent	Frank Paterson
	Independent	Albert Richard Godsall
	Independent Country gain from Independent		Swing

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 Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
7. "WON WITHOUT MAKING CAMPAIGN". Trove. Brisbane Courier.