The Gums, Queensland The Gums, Queensland The Gums is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. At the , The Gums and the surrounding area had a population of 169. The town is at the junction of the Leichhardt Highway and the Surat Developmental Road on the Darling Downs, west of the state capital, Brisbane. The Western railway line passes through the locality with three stations serving the locality, The Gums railway station, Cabawin railway station, and South Glen railway station. The name of the town was derived from The Gums railway station, on the Western railway line from
Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) first winning the post in the 1985 election with Sallyanne Atkinson. The party also won a majority on the council and held both in the 1988 election. Following Atkinson's defeat in the 1991 election, the Liberals did not win the mayoralty again until the 2004 election when Campbell Newman won the post but with a Labor majority on the council. Newman was re-elected in 2008, this time with a Liberal majority on the council. Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) The Liberal Party, originally the Queensland People's Party, was a political party in Queensland, Australia, from the Second World War