Mayor of Bundaberg Incumbent Helen Blackburn
since 16 March 2024
Inaugural holder E. B. Jeune Formation 1880
This is a list of mayors of the Bundaberg Region (2008–present) and City of Bundaberg in Queensland , Australia , and its predecessors.
Bundaberg was originally established as a Municipality on 22 April 1881, on land previously managed by the Barolin Divisional Board. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , Bundaberg became a Town on 31 March 1903, and on 22 November 1913, it was accorded City status.[ 1]
Barolin Divisional Board
Municipality of Bundaberg
Richard Ruddell (1881)
Walter Adams (1882, 1883)
Capt. William Edward Curtis (1884)
Andrew M. Goodwin (1885)
Michael Duffy (1886)
Daniel McConville (1887)
Michael Duffy (1888)
John Rowland (1888, 1889)
Andrew M. Goodwin (1890)
James C. Walker (1891)
John Rowland (1892)
Capt. William Edward Curtis (1893)
Daniel McConville (1894, 1895)
John F. Boreham (1896)
Patrick Duffy (1897)
Andrew Dunne (1898)
Robert Totten (1899)
Frederick Colman (1900)
Gustav Steindl (1901)
Richard Ruddell (1902)
Town of Bundaberg
William F. Marshall (1903)
John Wyper (1904)
Robert McMannie (1905)
Michael Duffy (1906) [ 2]
Albert E. Avenell (1907)
Richard Ruddell (1908)
John Redmond (1909)
Peter Neilson (1910)
Alexander Stevenson (1911)
Lewis Holden Maynard (1912)
William Dunn (1913)
City of Bundaberg
William Dunn (1913)
Rev. Father J. Mimnagh (1914)
Elwyn Thomas Steptoe (1915, 1916)
Richard Ruddell (1917)
William Dunn (1918)
Martin Dunn (1919)
William Gavegan (1920–1923)
Richard G. Curtis (1924) [ 3]
William S. P. Gavegan (1925, 1926) (Nationalist )[ 4]
Bernard McLean (1927–1936) (Labor )
Frederick Harold Buss (1936–1958)
Clifford John Nielsen (1958–1984)
Allan Stewart (1984–1988)
Jeff Boreham (1988–1991)
Nita Cunningham (1991–1998)
Kay McDuff (1998–2008)
Bundaberg Region
Lorraine Pyefinch (2008–2013)
Mal Forman (2013 - 2016)
Jack Dempsey (2016 - 2024)
Helen Blackburn (2024 - )
References
^ Queensland Government Gazette , Vol. CL, 22 November 1913, p.1422.
^ "Queensland Mayors and Shire Chairmen" . The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) . Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 24 February 1906. p. 22. Retrieved 1 October 2015 .
^ Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders' , Australian History Publishing Co, p. 87, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927 . Retrieved 13 June 2014 .
"Past Mayors". Bundaberg Daily News & Mail . 25 August 1925.