Julie Boyd

Special Representative to Japan, Republic of Korea and the Philippines

Ms Julie Boyd was first elected as a Councillor to Mackay City Council in 1988 (prior to the amalgamation of Mackay City Council and Pioneer Shire Council).  She spent two years on the Council. In 1994 she was elected as a Divisional Councillor to the newly amalgamated Mackay City Council.

The first female Mayor of Mackay and the first person to be re-elected for a second and third term in over 15 years, Julie was first elected as Mayor in 1997 and elected again in 2000 and 2004. 

Originally trained as a Registered Nurse having completed her studies in Brisbane in 1975 at the Mater Hospital, Julie studied Politics, South-East Asian Religions and History at the University of Queensland from 1976 to 1978, prior to travelling overseas to undertake Midwifery studies in Scotland in 1979.

She moved to Mackay with her husband and three children in 1986, having lived in the United Kingdom for four and a half years, and Adelaide for two years.

Her other board roles / professional memberships include:

  • Urban Land Development Authority
  • Queensland Arts Council, Northern Director
  • Mackay Whitsunday Regional Economic Development Corp (Chair)
  • Fellow Australian Institute of Management and Deputy Chair Mackay Branch
  • Member Australian Institute Company Directors
  • Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary
  • Queensland Arts Council (Chair)
  • Mackay Area Industry Network (Chair).

Last updated 06 July 2009