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.Queensland Government Gazette, 7 January 1905, p.1905:31.
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 — available online 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
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