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The Toowoomba Region is a local government area (LGA) located within the larger Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local government authorities with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond.
Councillors were elected from a single pool of candidates by a "First Past the Post" poll, Toowoomba having abandoned the system of wards (electorates). [citation needed] As with other local governments in Queensland, Toowoomba City Council was bound by the Local Government Act 1993. Under this act and other legislation, the state government ...
Pages in category "Toowoomba Region" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 251 total. ... North Branch, Queensland (Toowoomba Region ...
Toowoomba is the seat of the Toowoomba Region local government area. The city is represented in the Parliament of Queensland by three seats: Toowoomba North, Toowoomba South and Condamine. In the Commonwealth Parliament, Toowoomba forms part of the Division of Groom, which is held by Garth Hamilton for the Liberal National Party of Queensland. [44]
On 29 October 1904, Toowoomba was proclaimed the City of Toowoomba. [4] [5] Toowoomba absorbed parts of the Shire of Middle Ridge and Town of Newtown on 23 February 1917. [6] [7] On 19 March 1949, following a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, [8] Toowoomba grew its area to include parts of the Shires of ...
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 .
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