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Prior to his election to the mayoralty, McDonald served as a councillor for the Toowoomba Region between 2012 and 2023, and as deputy mayor since 2020. He is the son of former Queensland State of Origin coach and administrator John McDonald .
Paul Antonio is a former Australian politician who served as Mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland from 2012 until his retirement in 2023. [2] [3] Prior to his election to the mayoralty in 2012, Antonio served as Deputy Mayor from 2008 to 2012, [4] and as Mayor of Millmerran Shire Council for eight years until its 2008 amalgamation into the new Toowoomba Region.
A council of 10 councillors and a Mayor are elected every four years, alongside other LGAs in Queensland. There has been 3 local elections since amalgamation. Cr Peter Taylor, from the Jondaryan (Oakey) Shire was re-elected as the Mayor to serve for the entire region. From 2012, Deputy Mayor, Paul Antonio, won the mayoral election.
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 ...
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Duggan was the state president of the Shop Assistants Union and also president of the Toowoomba branch of the ALP at just 21 years of age. Three years later, he won the seat of Toowoomba for the Labor Party in the 1935 by-election to replace the sitting member, Evan Llewelyn. He went on to represent Toowoomba for the next 22 years. [1]
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Bourke returned to local politics in 1997, when he was elected Mayor of Toowoomba, having received a high-profile late endorsement from Berghofer. [5] He pursued a policy of fiscal restraint as mayor, and touted among his successes as mayor the completion of an aquatic centre, water treatment plant, and securing a deal to sell sewerage effluent to the Millmerran Power Station.