Michael Brunker (politician)

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.

Councillor Mike Brunker
Whitsunday Regional Councillor for Division 6
Incumbent
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	Collinsville, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Political 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]