Mary Valley builder Gordon Maudsley to run for council

A new challenger has emerged for the Mary Valley (Division 8) seat of Gympie Regional Council, when local government elections are held in March, and his biggest concern will shock nobody.

Amamoor builder Gordon Maudsley is running for Division 8 of Gympie Regional Council, held by Bob Fredman, at the March 2024 elections.

For more than 20 years Mary Valley builder Gordon Maudsley has been helping the community through his own business and work with groups like Friends of Amamoor.

Now he wants to take a new approach.

Mr Maudsley is setting aside the tools to take a shot at winning a seat on Gympie Regional Council at the March 2024 election, vying for the spot currently held by incumbent Bob Fredman.

Mr Fredman has not yet announced his plans for the election.

Mr Maudsley has been in the building industry for about 30 years, including working at Bundaberg, Gladstone and the Torres Strait.
He moved to Amamoor with his family about 20 years ago and launched his own company.

Gympie residents will head to the polls to vote on a new council on March 16, 2024.

A married father of three “fantastic” sons, he said his family found a wonderful community which had been a huge part in keeping them here ever since.

The Maudsley’s middle child now ran his own Gympie building business, he said.

The eldest managed Telstra at Alice Springs, and the youngest was in Canada working the ski season.

Mr Maudsley said should he win the Mary Valley vote on March 16, he would “mothball” his business to focus on the new role.

His biggest concerns were not unfamiliar ones, starting with roads.

“We’ve got some absolute shockers in the Valley.

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Gordon Maudsley will vye for the seat held by incumbent Bob Fredman, who has not yet revealed whether he will run in March.

As a landholder on 27ha, “chronic” environmental weed problems like cat’s claw and rat’s tail grass were on his radar too, as were ensuring the preservation of historic community halls dotted across the region.

He had concerns about the council’s long term waste management plans too, particularly the possibility of rubbish being trucked to other regions.

Some of these concerns had the benefit of doubling as Mr Maudsley’s “hobbies”.

He was passionate about land management on his property, and had been involved with the Friends of Amamoor and other community groups too.

What he wanted now was to take that passion for the community and use it to help the region move forward.

“I’d like to continue the good work Bob (Fredman) has been doing,” Mr Maudsley said.

Originally published as Mary Valley builder Gordon Maudsley to run for council