Clifton Council history
The Shire of Clifton was originally constituted a Divisional Board by proclamation dated 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act. The first meeting of the board took place on 3 February 1880.
In 1903, the Clifton Divisional Board was abolished by the Governor-in-Council and the Clifton Shire Council was created.
The Clifton Shire area comprised of 865 square km with a population of about 2600. The Shire office was opened in 1940 and was located in the Clifton township. The building was one of the first modern civic buildings built by local authorities on the Downs and was a neatly constructed brick.
On 15 May 2008, the Clifton Council was amalgamated with seven other Councils to form Toowoomba Regional Council.
Past Chairmen - Clifton Divisional Board
- 1880: Charles Clarke
- 1881, 1890 & 1894: James Hanley
- 1882: Thomas Grimes
- 1883 - 1885 & 1889: William Deacon
- 1886 - 1888: George Clarke
- 1891 & 1896: John Logan
- 1892 & 1898: John Keleher
- 1893: A. Gordon
- 1895 & 1897: E. Harvey
- 1899: M.J. Hinz
- 1900: James Bourke
- 1901: J. Collins
Past Chairmen - Clifton Shire Council
- 1902: John Keleher
- 1903 & 1906: Charles Young Gillam
- 1904: B. McGovern
- 1905, 1910 & 1915: John Logan
- 1907: John O'Sullivan
- 1908: Edward Cooper
- 1909: P. H. Imhoff
- 1911 - 1912: J. Purcell
- 1913: H. N. Smith
- 1914: James Bourke
- 1916: John Gallagher
- 1917 - 1920 & 1924 - 1947: James Meara
- 1921: James Meara & John Logan
- 1922 - 1923: W. R. Ross
- 1947 - 1949: Heinrich William Hinrichsen
- 1949 - 1955: Herbert Stanley Warfield
- 1955 - 1967: William Bourke
- 1967 - 1976: William Warburton Finlay
- 1976 - 1979: Virgil Cletus O'Leary
- 1979 - 1982: William Bishop
- 1982 - 1991: Emmett Patrick Lyons
- 1991 - 1994: Ian Robert Jones
Past Mayors - Clifton Shire Council
- 1994 - 1997: Reginald Garth Murphy
- 1997 - 2004: Patricia Ann Collins
- 2004 - 2008: Ian Robert Jones