Australian councillor, community advocate and mayor of the Shire of Winton
Butch Lenton
Mayor of the Shire of Winton
In office 2012 – 1 October 2017
Personal details
Born
Graham Thomas Lenton
1956 Winton, Queensland, Australia
Died
(2017-10-01)1 October 2017 (aged 61) Winton, Queensland, Australia
Spouse
Ros
Children
1
Occupation
Councillor
community advocate
Graham Thomas "Butch" Lenton (1956 – 1 October 2017) was an Australian councillor and community advocate.[1] As mayor of the Shire of Winton, he was known for his support and promotion of various tourism, renewable energy and film industry projects in Central West Queensland, particularly in the town of Winton.[2][3][4] He was posthumously named as one of the Queensland Greats by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in a ceremony at the Queensland Art Gallery on 8 June 2018.[5]
^Bond, Nicole; Tatham, Harriet; Varley, Russell (9 October 2018) Mayor Butch Lenton remembered by Winton community, ABC News. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^Bhole, Aneeta (6 July 2018) Road to Winton's famed dinosaur attraction named after Butch Lenton amid tourism boom, ABC News. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^McCarthy, John (4 March 2015) Winton to develop geothermal energy project to use water as power source, news.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^Walsh, Alison (1 April 2014) Way Out West, news.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^"Congratulations to the 2018 Queensland Greats". Queensland Greats Awards. Queensland Government. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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