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Dumaresq Shire

The Dumaresq Shire Council was in operation from 1906 to 1999.

Below are the Dumaresq Shire Presidents.


William Cyril Higinbotham

Chairman, Temporary Council 1906

William Hiscox

President 1907

Sir Hugh M Croft Bt

President 1908 - 1909

Alexander Glass

President 1910 - 1913

Alfred H. Perrott

President 1914 - 1916

Frank Pearson

President 1917 - 1918

Vere E. Belfield

President 1919, 1921 - 1922

James T. Kirkwood

President 1920

William T. Moffatt

President 1923 - 1924

James Browning

President 1925

Reginald H. Williams

President 1926 - 1927, 1941 - 1942, 1944 - 1948

John S. Moorehead

President 1928 - 1939

Bruce Browning MM

President 1940

John Elliott

President 1943, 1949 - 1950

William B. Fooks

President 1951 - 1956

Donald Cameron MBE

President 1957 - 1974

David C. Trestrail

President 1975

Ronald K. Diamond

President 1975 - 1976

Jeffery H. Watson

President 1977 - 1987

John E. Harvey

President 1988 - 1992

Peter G. Monley

President / Mayor 1992 - 2000

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