Tony Bourke (Australian politician)

Tony Bourke
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Lockyer
In office
16 October 1976 – 29 November 1980
Preceded byGordon Chalk
Succeeded byTony FitzGerald
63rd Mayor of Toowoomba
In office
1997–2000
Preceded byRoss Miller
Succeeded byDi Thorley
Personal details
Born
Anthony James Bourke

(1941-07-30) 30 July 1941 (age 83)
Nundah, Queensland, Australia
SpouseMary Agnes McNamara (m.1970)
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
OccupationPharmacist

Anthony James Bourke (born 30 July 1941) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1980, representing the electorate of Lockyer. A long-term Toowoomba councillor, he later served as Mayor of Toowoomba from 1997 to 2000.

Bourke was born in the Brisbane suburb of Nundah, and was educated at St Patrick's College in Shorncliffe and the University of Queensland. A pharmacist outside politics, he worked in Brisbane from 1959 to 1966 and in London from 1966 to 1969, before settling in Toowoomba in 1970. He bought and operated a pharmacy in Margaret Street, and was elected as a City of Toowoomba alderman in 1976.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Past Mayors: Bourke, Mr Anthony James (Tony)". Toowoomba Regional Council. Retrieved 19 September 2012.