Alexander Mayes

Alexander Mayes (1859–1941) was a builder and politician in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Toowoomba.

Early life Alexander Mayes was born on 17 July 1859 in Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland. He learned his trade as a builder in Edinburgh, London and Glasgow. Mayes moved to Toowoomba in June 1886 at the age of 26.

Public service Mayes was active in local politics, being mayor of Toowoomba in 1896, 1903 and 1917. He married his second wife, Miss Helena Agnes (Nellie) Grieves of Warwick, on 6 October 1897 in the Warwick Presbyterian Church. He had four sons with his second wife: Bruce Toowoomba Mayes (a professor of obstetrics at University of Sydney), Alex Mayes (a doctor and cricket player), Hector Mayes and Charles Mayes (a Presbyterian minister).

He died in his residence in Newmarket, Brisbane on 28 November 1940. He was cremated at the Mount Thompson Crematorium on 30 November 1940. His wife Nellie died on 25 April 1948 and her cremated remains are interred with her husband's in the crematorium grounds.