Steve Toomey was elected as Councillor for The Gap Ward in 2016 and today serves as part of Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s team in Brisbane City Council.
Steve lives in Ashgrove with his wife and two children who both attended local schools as Councillor he has delivered improvements in the ward to local parks, roads, footpaths and major infrastructure in the ward.
Steve is actively involved in protecting our local environment and is President of Men of The Trees and a Trustee of the local environmental group SOWN. Both Mt Coot-tha and the D’Aguilar National Park are part of The Gap Ward and he has explored much of this territory.
Steve is a strong advocate for serving and returned service personnel and actively engages with the Ashgrove, Bardon and The Gap RSLs that all reside within The Gap Ward.
Steve has walked the Kokoda Trek in New Guinea and Overland Trek from Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania. In 2015 he participated in the Mates4Mates trek in the WW1 Queenslander Challenge and is honoured to be an Ambassador for Trek2Health.