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It was common for the position to rotate regularly amongst the aldermen during this period. Nonetheless, Crase was referred to as "well-regarded" by the Brisbane Courier upon his election, [4] and he was elected unopposed to his alderman's seat in the same year. [13] Following his term as Mayor, Crase remained active in local government politics.
William Alfred Jolly CMG (11 September 1881, Spring Hill, Brisbane – 30 May 1955, Windsor, Brisbane) was an Australian politician who was the Mayor of the Town of Windsor from 1918 to 1923, the first Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1925 to 1931, and a member of the Australian Parliament for the Division of Lilley from 1937 to 1943.
Watson was voted in as his replacement as Deputy Mayor. Upon William Jolly's mid-term retirement in early 1931, Watson was then duly elected by a majority of Alderman Lord Mayor for a brief period between 24 February and 11 May 1931. [5] While on the Brisbane City Council, Archibald Watson served on the following committees: [7]
Clem Jones [1] AO (16 January 1918 – 15 December 2007), [2] a surveyor by profession, was the longest serving Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, representing the Labor Party from 1961 to 1975. He was chair of the Darwin Reconstruction Commission from 1975 to 1978. [ 3 ]
Sir John Beals Chandler (21 February 1887 – 19 January 1962), frequently referred to as J. B. Chandler, was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1940 to 1952, and the Member for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, representing the electorate of Hamilton from the October 1943 by-election to the 1947 state election, where he chose not to seek re-election.
This Category contains articles about Mayors of Brisbane, Queensland. Pages in category "Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total.
Galloway was an alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1884 to 1891. He was mayor in 1889. He served on the following committees: [1] Finance Committee 1884, 1886, 1890; Works Committee 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891; Legislative Committee 1885, 1889; Town Hall Committee 1885–1887; Health Committee 1887, 1889–1891; Street Lighting ...
The Lord Mayor serves a four-year term running concurrently with that of the City Council, and is elected by optional preferential voting. As Brisbane is by far the largest local government area in Australia, the Lord Mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in the Australia. Like all mayors in Queensland, the Lord Mayor has ...