Clive Berghofer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba South | |
| In office 1 November 1986 – 23 March 1991 | |
| Preceded by | John Warner |
| Succeeded by | Mike Horan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clive John Berghofer 4 May 1935 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal National |
| Spouse | Evon Margaret Erbacher (m.1959)(Prior) Suzanne Hawkins (Current) |
| Occupation | Managing Director, Land developer |
Clive John Berghofer (born 4 March 1935) is an Australian property developer, politician and philanthropist. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Alderman and Mayor of Toowoomba.
Clive Berghofer was born on 4 May 1935 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]
He served as an alderman on Toowoomba City Council from 1973 to 1982, serving as Toowoomba's 61st Mayor from 1982 to 1992. He was National Party MLA for Toowoomba South (1986–1991). On 23 March 1991 he was forced to vacate his seat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, in order to retain his position as mayor after changes to the relevant legislation.[3] National Party candidate Mike Horan won the resulting by-election on 18 May.
He now works as a real estate developer in his hometown of Toowoomba.[2] Additionally, he owns apartments in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.[2]
He has made donations to CareFlight (now LifeFlight), a Queensland aero-medical charity.[2][4] As a result, his name appears on some of their rescue helicopters.[2] He also donated $10 million in 2001 and $50 million in 2013 to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research.[2] As a result, the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute is named in his honour.[2]
Berghofer currently resides in his hometown of Toowoomba.[2] As of July 2014, he is worth an estimated AU$340 million.[2]