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Where this is up to

I'm fairly confident that everything up to 1949 is complete with only minor checking needed of the 1946-1949 term. 1952 onwards needs more thorough checking, and the data I have so far extracted stops at 1958 so anything in 1961 should be regarded as an inference. I will be trying when I have time to get gazettes for 1961 and subsequent.

All material is sourced to the Queensland Government Gazette (more specific citations forthcoming) and to the Courier-Mail (as the QGG does not identify parties, and it can be hell to figure out by-elections from QGG.) The Archives at BCC have been helpful in providing corroboration (and occasional correction) for information gained from these sources.

Viewed already:
 * Gazettes for 1931-1952
 * Courier-Mail for 1925-1943, 1958

List of Vice Mayors and Deputy Mayors
(incomplete - 1925, Feb-May 1931)

1925–1928
On 21 February 1925, an election was held to elect a Mayor and 20 aldermen of the inaugural Brisbane City Council. The election produced a decisive majority for the Nationalists and for former Windsor mayor William Jolly. Many of the aldermen were serving or had previously served on councils which pre-dated the Greater Brisbane scheme.


 * On 2 June 1925, James MacMinn, the Nationalist alderman for Merthyr, died. Nationalist candidate Allen Oxlade won the resulting by-election on 27 June 1925.
 * In April 1925, Hugh Russell, the Nationalist alderman for Toombul, resigned to contest the corresponding state seat at the 1926 state election. Nationalist candidate Charles Campbell won the resulting by-election on 31 July 1926.


 * Courier-Mail 20 Feb 1928, p. 13

1928–1931
On 18 February 1928, an election was held to elect a Mayor (who became the Lord Mayor during the term) and 20 aldermen of the Brisbane City Council. The election produced no net change in the party balance of the Council, although Labor alderman Alexander Elliott lost to the Nationalists' Louis Luckins in Maree and Nationalist alderman Alfred Harrison lost to Labor's John Innes Brown.

Lord Mayor William Jolly retired before the 1931 election, handing over to Archibald Watson.

Before the 1931 election, a redistribution of Legislative Assembly seats under the Electoral Districts Act 1931 resulted in changes to Council ward boundaries. As such, several councillors contested other wards:


 * Frederick Bradbury – Toombul
 * John Innes Brown – Coorparoo
 * Arthur Laurie – South Brisbane
 * John Soden – Stephens


 * In late 1930, John Fihelly, the Labor alderman for Paddington, resigned. The position was not filled due to the proximity of the 1931 general election.

Sources:
 * Courier-Mail 20 Feb 1928, p. 13
 * Courier-Mail 4 May 1931, p. 10

1931–1934
On 2 May 1931, an election was held to elect 20 aldermen onto the Brisbane City Council, with the Lord Mayor to be elected from amongst the aldermen. A new grouping called the Civic Reform League triumphed at the election, with the former Nationalist majority being wiped out and the incumbent Lord Mayor losing his own ward seat.

Towards the end of the term, the Citizens' Municipal Organisation was formed to endorse and support non-Labor candidates. All of the sitting Nationalist, Civic Reform and Independent candidates were endorsed; however, Harry Massey opted to remain independent.


 * On 4 March 1932, Peter Gaffney, the Labor alderman for Kelvin Grove, died. Independent candidate Arthur Curtis won the resulting by-election on 16 April 1932.

Sources:
 * Courier-Mail 4 May 1931, p. 10
 * Courier-Mail 16 April 1934, p. 13
 * Courier-Mail 30 April 1934, p. 15

1934–1937
On 28 April 1934, an election was held to elect 20 aldermen and a Lord Mayor for the Brisbane City Council. Labor was victorious for the first time since the Greater Brisbane acheme commenced, winning 15 of the 21 seats — an increase of 8. Their rivals, formerly representing a range of groupings, had combined to form the Citizens' Municipal Organisation.

Prior to the 1937 election, the Labor Party failed to endorse four of its sitting members for preselection. One (John Alfred Moir — Brisbane) opted to retire, whilst the other three — including William Warmington, who had led municipal Labor from 1925 until 1934 — stood against the endorsed candidates as independents.


 * In June 1935, John Innes Brown, the Labor alderman for Logan, resigned after being elected to the corresponding seat in the Legislative Assembly at the 1935 state election. Labor candidate Francis Dent won the resulting by-election on 27 July 1935.
 * In June 1935, William Power, the Labor alderman for Paddington, resigned after being elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1935 state election. Labor candidate Jack Crampton was elected unopposed to the resulting vacancy.
 * In June 1935, Herbert Williams, the Labor alderman for Windsor, resigned after being elected to the corresponding seat in the Legislative Assembly at the 1935 state election. Labor candidate Harold Edmonds won the resulting by-election on 27 July 1935.
 * On 28 June 1935, Alexander Skirving, the Labor alderman for Maree, died. CMO candidate Louis Luckins won the resulting by-election on 27 July 1935.

1937–1940
On 24 April 1937, an election was held to elect 20 aldermen and a Lord Mayor for the Brisbane City Council. Labor retained both the mayoralty and control of the council at the election, albeit with a swing against them and the loss of two wards.


 * On 18 November 1937, William Hefferan, the Labor alderman for South Brisbane, died. Labor candidate Wilfred Coutts won the resulting by-election on 10 December 1937.
 * In September 1938, Jack Crampton, the Labor alderman for Baroona, resigned due to illness (he subsequently died on 20 October). Protestant Labor Party candidate Samuel Greene won the resulting by-election on 1 October 1938.
 * In October 1938, William Dart, the CMO alderman for Wynnum, resigned after being elected to the corresponding seat in the Legislative Assembly at the 1938 state election. Protestant Labor Party candidate Ralph Powell won the resulting by-election on 12 November 1938.
 * In June 1939, William Conelan, the Labor alderman for Kurilpa, resigned after winning the Griffith by-election in the Australian House of Representatives. Labor candidate Thomas Moores won the resulting by-election on 2 September 1939.

1940–1943
On 27 April 1940, an election was held to elect 20 aldermen and a Lord Mayor for the Brisbane City Council. The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) defeated Labor decisively, with former Lord Mayor Alfred Jones losing in every ward to John Beals Chandler.


 * In May 1941, Eric Decker, the CMO alderman for Sandgate, resigned after being elected to the corresponding seat in the Legislative Assembly at the 1941 state election. CMO candidate Jim Kerr won the resulting by-election on 14 June 1941.
 * In May 1941, Louis Luckins, the CMO alderman for Maree, resigned after being elected to the corresponding seat in the Legislative Assembly at the 1941 state election. CMO candidate Charles Bottomley won the resulting by-election on 14 June 1941.
 * In September 1942, Leslie Green, the Labor alderman for Ithaca, was killed in action in the Middle East. Labor candidate Charles Donald Smith was elected unopposed to the vacancy on 23 October 1942.
 * On 15 December 1942, Ernest Downey, the CMO alderman for Fortitude Valley, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1943 elections.

1943–1946
On 24 April 1943, an election was held to elect 20 aldermen and a Lord Mayor for the Brisbane City Council. The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) led by Lord Mayor John Beals Chandler won a second term in office.

Due to changes in the state's Elections Acts, the 1943 elections used a first-past-the-post system instead of preferential voting.

1946–1949
On 27 April 1946, an election was held to elect 20 aldermen and a Lord Mayor for the Brisbane City Council. The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) led by Lord Mayor John Beals Chandler won a third term in office.

1949–1952
On 30 April 1949, an election was held to elect 20 aldermen and a Lord Mayor for the Brisbane City Council. The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) led by Lord Mayor John Beals Chandler won a fourth term in office.


 * In September 1949, Thomas Moores, the Labor alderman for Kurilpa, resigned after being elected to the corresponding seat in the Legislative Assembly at a state by-election. Labor candidate Col Bennett won the resulting by-election on 12 November 1949.
 * On 16 December 1949, Ernest Lanham, the CMO alderman for Enoggera, died. CMO candidate James Harrop Robertson won the resulting by-election on 7 January 1950.
 * In June 1950, Thomas Rasey, the Labor alderman for Fortitude Valley, resigned after being elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1950 state election. Labor candidate William Dower was elected unopposed to the vacancy on 17 July 1950.
 * On 13 July 1950, Richard Samuel Griffiths, the CMO alderman for Kelvin Grove, died. Labor candidate Gordon Glover won the resulting by-election on 12 August 1950.

1952 3 May Gen Election


 * On 26 December 1953, Harry Charlton, the Labor alderman for Merthyr, died. Labor candidate T. N. Campbell won the resulting by-election on 13 February 1954.


 * Wilfred Coutts entered Fed Parl 1954
 * South Brisbane by-election 1954 - Thomas Doyle [Labor] elected

1955 ??


 * 1955 3 Sep BE - Coorparoo - Arthur Penfold [CMO]

1958 19 Apr General Election


 * Courier Mail 20 Apr 1958
 * BE 7.3.1959 Arthur Kruger -> Thomas Nash
 * Note for later - John James Carey died 1.1.71

1961 29 Apr General Election


 * Bryan Walsh - Ashgrove - 1964–1976, 1979–1988 (Chermside 73, Carina 79)
 * Leslie Dutton - Kurilpa - 1964–1985 (Woolloongabba 73)


 * Norman Buchan died 6.6.1966
 * Thomas Doyle died 21.7.1964

1980s
Scored a couple of gazettes unexpectedly, so:

27 March 1982


 * Lord Mayor - Roy Harvey (Labor)
 * Acacia - Clarence O'Sullivan
 * Annerley - Norman Rose
 * Auchenflower - Denver Beanland (Liberal) (1976-1986)
 * Banyo - Patricia Vaughan
 * Bramble Bay - Kenneth Leese
 * Camp Hill - ..Ormonde Olsen
 * Carina - Bryan Walsh (Labor)
 * Central City - Frank St. Ledger
 * Chermside - John Goss (Liberal)
 * Colmslie - John Holt Campbell (Labor)
 * Corinda - Phil Denman (Liberal)
 * Hamilton - Syd McDonald
 * Indooroopilly - Sallyanne Atkinson (Liberal)
 * Lutwyche - Ian Brusasco
 * Mitchelton - Roy Harvey (Labor) (1952-1973; 1979-1985)
 * Nathan - John Coneybeer
 * Sunnybank - Len Ardill (Labor)
 * The Gap - Brian Hallinan
 * Toombul - Dulcie Turnbull
 * Waterloo Bay - Donald Randall
 * Woolloongabba - Leslie Dutton

30 March 1985


 * Lord Mayor - Sallyanne Atkinson (Liberal)
 * Bracken Ridge - |Brian Murray
 * Breakfast Creek - Graham Clay
 * Camp Hill - Squire Richard Jeffreys
 * Carina - Bryan Walsh (Labor)
 * Chermside - |Lee Barnes
 * Coopers Plains - |John Wheeler
 * Deagon - ..Kenneth Leese
 * Doboy - ..John Holt Campbell (Labor)
 * Eagle Farm - ..Patricia Vaughan
 * Ekibin - ..Ormonde Olsen
 * Enoggera - Brian Mellifont
 * Fairfield - ..Norman Rose
 * Holland Park - Gail Chiconi
 * Inala - Clive Wells
 * Jamboree - ..Phil Denman (Liberal)
 * Kalinga - ..Dulcie Turnbull
 * Kianawah - ..Donald Randall
 * McDowall - ..John Goss (Liberal)
 * Paddington - ..Frank St. Ledger
 * Pullenvale - Bob Mills
 * Rochedale - Graham Quirk
 * Runcorn - Robert Ward
 * Spring Hill - ..Ian Brusasco
 * Taringa - ..Denver Beanland (Liberal) (1976-1986)
 * The Gabba - Tim Quinn (Labor)
 * The Gap - ..Brian Hallinan