Michael Brunker (politician)
Australian politician
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Michael Raymond "Mike" Brunker is an Australian politician currently serving as Whitsunday Regional Councillor for Division 6,[1] a position he has held since 2016.[2][3] He previously served as the first mayor of Whitsunday Region from 2008 to 2012,[4][5] and mayor of the Shire of Bowen for 11 years from 1997 until its amalgamation with Whitsunday Shire in 2008.[6] He was first elected to local government as a Bowen Shire councillor in 1994.
Mike Brunker | |
|---|---|
| Whitsunday Regional Councillor for Division 6 | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Willcox |
| Mayor of Whitsunday Region | |
| In office 15 March 2008 – 28 April 2012 | |
| Preceded by | New council |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Whitney |
| Mayor of Bowen Shire | |
| In office 15 March 1997 – 15 March 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Council dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse | Kylie Brunker |
| Occupation | Small business owner Coal miner |
Brunker is a member of the Australian Labor Party and was the endorsed Labor candidate for the 2010 Australian federal election for the Division of Dawson,[7][8] for the Electoral district of Burdekin at the 2017 Queensland state election[9][10] and again for the 2020 Queensland state election.[11]
