Henry Jeffries

He won the election, narrowly beating incumbent Robert William Evans.

[4][5] Jeffries also had an ambitious plan to redevelop the Fitzroy riverbank in the Rockhampton CBD for recreational use.

[6] Jeffries decided not to contest the 1952 local government elections, and was succeeded by Rex Pilbeam.

[7][8] Jeffries married Violet Underwood on 17 February 1914 at the Rockhampton Baptist Tabernacle.

[9][10] Prior to his career in local government, Jeffries had been employed for 25 years in the administration offices of the Queensland Railways Department in Rockhampton.