Town of Dalby

The Town of Dalby was a local government area of Queensland, Australia which managed the affairs of Dalby. It was located 85 kilometres (53 mi) north-west of Toowoomba. It was amalgamated into the Western Downs Region in 2008.

Town of Dalby Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	9,778 (2006 census)[1]
• Density	669.7/km2 (1,735/sq mi)
Established	1863
Area	14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Council seat	Dalby
Region	Darling Downs
Website	Town of Dalby

Dalby Town Hall, 2008

History

Following a petition of residents, the Borough of Dalby was proclaimed a Municipality on 21 August 1863. The first elections for the Dalby Municipal Council held October 1863.^[2]

On 31 March, the Borough of Dalby became the Town of Dalby under the Local Authorities Act 1902.^[2][3]

The Shire of Wambo, also headquartered in Dalby and managing areas which surrounded the town, provided many functions in partnership with the Town, including libraries and area promotion.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Town of Dalby merged with the Shires of Chinchilla, Murilla, Tara and Wambo and the southern part of Taroom to form the Western Downs Region.

Population

Year	Population
1933	2,967
1947	4,385
1954	6,182
1961	7,600
1966	8,860
1971	8,879
1976	8,997
1981	8,784
1986	9,316
1991	9,385
1996	9,481
2001	9,693
2006	9,778

Mayors

Mayor	Term	Notes
Frederick Roche	1863
John Healy	1864
Richard Sexton	1865
Joseph Milstead	1866
Patrick Hallinan	1866
W. R. Twine	1867
Frederick Roche	1868
Richard Sexton	1869
G. B. Molle	1870–1873
J. S. Jessop	1873
Patrick Landy	1874
E. Campbell	1875
Patrick Landy	1876–1879
James Skelton	1880–1883
William Wood	1883–1884	[4]
William Wood	1887–1888	[4]
John McQueen	1897
Edward Ryan	1898
William Fishbourne	1899
H. McPherson	1906	[5]
Victor Radcliffe Edward Drury	1910
Peter Garrow	1926	[6]
Victor Radcliffe Edward Drury	1927
W. J. Vowels	3 times	[7]
Thomas Jack	1930–1952	[8]
Charles Drew	1962–1965
H. S. Williams	1971
Richard William Aland	1974–1982
Margaret Wuth	1982–1988
Warwick Geisel	1988–2008

Election results

1933

1933 Queensland local elections: Dalby^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Joheph Walsh (elected)	1,156
	Independent	William John Vowles (elected)	1,077
	Independent	Daniel Wilke (elected)	978
	Independent	Peter Garrow (elected)	964
	Independent	Henry Edwin Coles (elected)	917
	Independent	Edwin Stuart Cootes (elected)	850
	Independent	Ernest James Starling (elected)	825
	Independent	Edward Henry Geisel (elected)	743
	Independent	James Johnston	710
	Independent	Richard Charles Drew	676
	Independent	Adolphus Allan Baker	605
	Independent	William Evans Ewing	594

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1933 Queensland local elections § Dalby.[edit]