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The City of Gympie is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, responsible for governing Gympie.




History


On 11 November 1879, the Gympie Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 4338.
However, the residents felt that Gympie warranted a municipality and petitioned the Queensland Government. On 25 June 1880, the division was abolished in favour of a municipality, the Borough of Gympie which held its first elections on 25 August 1880.
A town hall was built in 1890.
On 4 January 1895, Glastonbury Division was abolished and split between the Widgee Division and the Borough of Gympie.
On 31 March 1903 the Borough of Gympie became the Town of Gympie under the Local Authorities Act 1902 and on 7 January 1905 was proclaimed City of Gympie by the Governor of Queensland.
On 19 March 1992, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its report External Boundaries of Local Authorities, and recommended that the City of Gympie and the Shire of Widgee should be amalgamated. The recommendation was implemented through the Local Government (Shire of Cooloola) Regulation 1993 creating the new Shire of Cooloola on 2 November 1993. The first elections were held on 27 November 1993 and Adrian McClintock, the former Widgee chairman, was elected for a four-year term.
On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Cooloola merged with the Shire of Kilkivan and Division 3 (Theebine/Gunalda areas) of Shire of Tiaro to form the Gympie Region.




Chairmen and Mayors


The following are the chairmen of Gympie Division:

1880— : William Henry Couldery
The following are the mayors of Gympie Borough/Town/City:

1880–82: Matthew Mellor, also chairman of Widgee Divisional Board, and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay and Gympie
1882–83: William Ferguson (S.M.)
1883–84: William Smyth
1884–86: William Ferguson (S.M)
1886–90: Lieut.-Col. William Ferguson
1890–91: Edward Bytheway
1891–92: John L Mathews
1892–93: Abraham Hutchinson
1893–94: John L Mathews
1894–95: William Suthers
1895–96: Edward Bytheway
1896–97: William Suthers
1897–98: Matthew Mellor
1898–99: Daniel Mulcahy
1899 – October 1899: George Ryland
October 1899 – 1901: Daniel Mulcahy
1902: Edgar Benjamin Davidson
1902: Daniel C Dowling
1903–04: David Elder Reid
1904–05: Gilbert Garrick
1905–07: George F. Lister
1907–08: Walter G. Ambrose
1908–09: George A. Buist
1909–11: William E. Burbidge
1911–12: Richard H. Cox
1912–13: Walter G. Ambrose
1913–14: Alfred George Ramsey
1914–16: Peter Green
1916–17: Samuel D. Weller
1917–18: George H. Mackay
1918–19: R. Stitt
1919–20: W. H. Sedgman
1920–21: Luke J. Thomas (end of annual elections)
1921–24: Luke J. Thomas
1924–27: George Thomas
1927–30: Luke J. Thomas
1930–March 1931: Alexander Glasgow
1931–April 1937: Dr Luther Morris
1937–August 1941: Luke J. Thomas
1941–70: Ronald N Witham
1970–76: James E. Kidd
1976–88: Minas J. Venardos
1988–93 Joan E. Dodt




References






External links


"Gympie". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
"External Boundaries of Local Authorities" (PDF). Electoral and Administrative Review Commission. 19 March 1992.
"Local Government (Shire of Cooloola) Regulation 1993" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. 1993.

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