1995 Cairns City Council election

none October 2025 May 2024 1995 Queensland local elections Queensland parliamentary no 1994 (Cairns)← 1994 (Mulgrave) 1997 Cairns City Council election 1997 11 March 1995 yes parliamentary no IND Tom Pyne Ind. Labor 150x150px Kevin Byrne Independent politician 2CP 2CP swing Mayor Subsequent Mayor Kevin Byrne Independent Tom Pyne Ind. Labor The 1995 Cairns City Council election was held on 11 March 1995 to elect a mayor and councillors to the City of Cairns, a local government area (LGA) of Queensland, Australia. The election was one of three held in 1995 following several amalgamations, which included the Shire of Mulgrave being absorbed into Cairns City.LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT BILL 1996 https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/bill_en/lgab1996272/lgab1996272.html AustLII https://web.archive.org/web/20240520231851/https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/bill_en/lgab1996272/lgab1996272.html 20 May 2024 Outgoing Mulgrave chairman Tom Pyne easily defeated incumbent Cairns mayor Kevin Byrne in the mayoral election.OBITUARY: Tom Pyne https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/obituary-tom-pyne/news-story/047d0e23c90ce412697e357dce18fa35 The Courier Mail 20 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240520233252/https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/obituary-tom-pyne/news-story/047d0e23c90ce412697e357dce18fa35?nk=7dbb22446666a568161760502c86b831-1716247972 20 May 2024 4 November 2011 Background Mulgrave, formed in 1879, surrounded the City of Cairns in the Far North, and was administered from Cairns. It covered an area of 1718.3 km2 sqmi 1, and by the time of the 1991 census, 88% of it population resided within Cairns's metropolitan area.Proclamation [Cairns Division constituted] 25 1008 11 November 18792090 Cairns Divisional Board 17 September 2013 The Commission recommended that the shire be merged into Cairns City, which happened when the Local Government (Cairns, Douglas, Mareeba and Mulgrave) Regulation 1994 was gazetted on 16 December 1994. References Category:Cairns elections Cairns Cairns