Notice of Result(PDF, 2MB)
Councillor Gary Simpson is a second term Councillor, having been re-elected in 2024.
He was born and schooled in Proserpine and first started work on the family farm in 1981.He has been manager of the family business, since 2000 and has recently sold one of the three farms to enable him to concentrate on his Councillor role.
Gary is married to wife Debbie and Gary has a daughter, Lauren and son, Dean.
He is a family figure in cane growing circles having been a director of Proserpine District Canegrowers Cooperative (PDCC) for 9 years and was the inaugural Chairman of the SSP Proserpine for 3 years and Deputy Chairman of the PDCC for 3 years.
In his spare time Gary loves fishing and camping and spending time on the water with his wife around the beautiful Whitsunday Islands.
Council Representations
- Audit & Risk Committee (proxy member)
- Don River Improvement Trust (DRIT)
- Local Disaster Management Recovery Subgroup - Infrastructure
- Whitsunday Rivers Improvement Trust (WRIT)
- Bowen Burdekin Local Marine Advisory Committee