General News
27 March, 2024
Locals agree with rest of region
Voters at Cambooya, Wyreema, Westbrook, East Greenmount and Nobby joined the rest of Toowoomba Region in backing Geoff McDonald for Mayor, alongside all running incumbent councillors as well as Gary Gardner and Trevor Manteufel.
MAYOR
Across the five local polling places (there were no polling places in Greenmount itself or in the Hodgson Vale area), 80.4 per cent of voters backed Geoff McDonald over contender Douglas Doelle.
The entirety of the Toowoomba Region had support for Geoff McDonald at 85 per cent.
Cr McDonald had the most support in Westbrook (82.4 per cent) and Cambooya (80.7) and the least in Nobby (78.6) and Wyreema (77.7).
He has been officially declared the winner.
COUNCILLORS
Current Deputy Mayor Rebecca Vonhoff was comfortably the most popular candidate in all five of the local polling places.
Combining the five, she was followed by, in order, James O’Shea, Melissa Taylor, Gary Gardner, Tim McMahon, Kerry Shine, Carol Taylor, Bill Cahill, Edwina Farquhar and Trevor Manteufel.
This is nearly the same order that the Toowoomba Region recorded as a whole, except Cr Shine fell two places.
‘Say NO to WOKE’ candidates Nathan Essex and Greenmount’s Adam Carney proved popular, finishing in 11th and 15th spots locally compared to 17th and 22nd across the region.
