Shire of Winton

File:Winton Division, March 1902.jpg

The Winton Division was created on 23 September 1886 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Winton Division constituted]|volume=39|page=1141-1143|date=25 September 1886}}

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Winton Division became the Shire of Winton on 31 March 1903.

It subsequently lost an area in its northwest to the Shire of McKinlay on 24 July 1930.

The Shire of Winton includes the following settlements:

• Winton
• Collingwood (ghost town)
• Corfield
• Middleton
• Opalton

Winton Shire Council operates a public library at Winton.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/services/winton|title=Winton Shire Council|date=17 October 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206101152/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/services/winton|archive-date=6 February 2018|url-status=live|access-date=6 February 2018}}

Initially, the chairman/mayor was chosen by the elected councillors from among themselves. Later, it became a separate role elected by the public.

The chairmen and mayors of the Winton Divisional Board and the Winton Shire Council include:{{cite book|last=Forrest|first=Peterand Sheila|title=Vision splendid : a history of the Winton district, Western Queensland|year=2005|publisher=Winton Shire Council and Winton and District Historical Society}}

• 1887–1889 J. B. Riley
• 1889–1890 Robert Christian Ramsay
• 1890–1891 M. F. Ramsay
• 1891–1898 A. G. Fraser
• 1898–1901 Robert Christian Ramsay (2nd term)
• 1901-1901 William Henry Corfield
• 1901–1903 Robert Logan Chirnside
• 1903–1907 Robert Christian Ramsay (3rd term)
• 1907–1910 Arthur Douglas Ramsay
• 1910–1912 W. H. Cameron
• 1913–1920 Andrew John Baxter McMaster
• 1920–1921 Robert Edward Jackson
• 1921–1924 Andrew John Baxter McMaster (2nd term)
• 1924–1927 Leonard Irving
• 1927–1930 Percy Neil Grieve
• 1930–1934 John Rupert Wilfred Kennedy
• 1934–1946 Thomas Joseph Shanahan
• 1946–1955 Edward Charles Pender Phillott
• 1955–1958 Walter de Levante Booty
• 1958–1964 Edward Charles Pender Phillott (2nd term)
• 1964–1976 Charles Kempson Maxwell
• 1976–1981 William Joseph Harold Holmes
• 1981–1987 Eric Barton Bryce
• 1987–1995 Erice Muir Lenton
• 1995–2007 S. B. (Bruce) Collins{{cite web|title=Winton Mayor quits|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-05-18/winton-mayor-quits/2551794|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=12 October 2013|date=18 May 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027124958/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-05-18/winton-mayor-quits/2551794|archive-date=27 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}
• 2008–2012 Edward Lawrence (Ed) Warren{{cite web|title=Old Mayor: Media Releases|url=http://www.winton.qld.gov.au/web/guest/media-releases|publisher=Winton Shire Council|access-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131012081507/http://www.winton.qld.gov.au/web/guest/media-releases|archive-date=12 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=2008 Winton Shire – Mayoral Election – Election Summary|url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/lg2008/WintonShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland|access-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014193946/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/lg2008/WintonShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|archive-date=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}
• File:Graham (Butch Lenton), mayor of Winton.jpg2012–2017 Graham Thomas (Butch) Lenton (died in office){{cite web|title=Winton Shire – Mayor Butch Lenton|url=http://www.outbackway.org.au/the-people/34-winton-shire-mayor-butch-lenton.html|publisher=Winton Shire Council and Winton and District Historical Society|work=The Outback Way|access-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014115917/http://www.outbackway.org.au/the-people/34-winton-shire-mayor-butch-lenton.html|archive-date=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Mayor Candidate Profile : 2012 Winton Shire – Mayoral Election|url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/WintonShire/Mayor/candidate1.html|publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland|access-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014192607/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/WintonShire/Mayor/candidate1.html|archive-date=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}
• 2017–2024 Gavin John Baskett{{cite web|title=Mayor Candidate Profile : 2017 Winton Shire – Mayoral Election|url=https://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/WCS17/Mayor/candidate4.html|publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland|access-date=13 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405051026/https://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/WCS17/Mayor/candidate4.html|archive-date=5 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/5090768/gavin-baskett-is-wintons-new-mayor/|title=Winton Shire – Mayor Gavin Baskett|work=Queensland Country Life|publisher=Winton Shire Council and Queensland Country Life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214093854/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/5090768/gavin-baskett-is-wintons-new-mayor/|archive-date=14 February 2018|url-status=live|access-date=13 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|date=2020|title=2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020|url=https://prodresults.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616100501/https://prodresults.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020|archive-date=16 June 2020|access-date=16 June 2020|publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland}}
• 2024–Present Cathy White

In the 2008 election, the two candidates Ed Lawrence and Butch Lenton received the same number of votes. The winner, Ed Lawrence, was decided by drawing a name from a hat.{{cite web|last=Arthur|first=Chrissy|title=Winton mayoral hopeful looks for clear-cut win|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-30/winton-mayoral-hopeful-looks-for-clear-cut-win/3979696/?site=northwest|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=12 October 2013|date=30 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027125007/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-30/winton-mayoral-hopeful-looks-for-clear-cut-win/3979696/?site=northwest|archive-date=27 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

In the 2016 election Butch Lenton was elected unopposed.{{Cite web|url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/WintonShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|title=2016 Winton Shire Council – Mayoral Election – Election Summary|website=results.ecq.qld.gov.au|access-date=4 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401000650/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/WintonShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|archive-date=1 April 2018|df=dmy-all}} He died in office on 1 October 2017 in Winton, which resulted in a by-election.{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2017/10/2/winton-shire-council-mayor-butch-lenton|title=Winton Shire Council Mayor "Butch" Lenton|last=Palaszczuk|first=Annastacia|author-link=Annastacia Palaszczuk|date=2 October 2017|website=Media Statement|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=27 October 2018}} He was posthumously named as one of the Queensland Greats by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in a ceremony at the Queensland Art Gallery on 8 June 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards|title=Congratulations to the 2018 Queensland Greats.|date=20 July 2018|website=Queensland Greats Awards|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=27 October 2018}}

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• {{Citation | author1=Forrest, Peter | author2=Forrest, Sheila | author3=Winton (Qld. : Shire). Council | author4=Winton District Historical Society and Museum | title=Vision splendid : a history of the Winton district, Western Queensland | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Winton Shire Council and Winton and District Historical Society | isbn=978-0-646-44403-1|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/11301516 }}

• {{cite web|title=Winton|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/winton-shire|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}

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