Sir Robert Lyndley Sparkes (31 May 19296 August 2006) was President of the

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from 1970 to 1990 and the mayor of the

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for over 30 years. Sparkes was born in

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, the son of Sir

Jim Sparkes Sir Walter Beresford James Gordon Sparkes (22 April 1889 – 15 June 1974) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Sparkes was born at Dubbo, New South Wales in 1889 to James Sparkes and his wife Mary Ann (née Yates). ...

. Most of his term was served during the period of the

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-led National Party state government. He was

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in the 1979 New Year's Honours for services to local government.It's an Honour
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