Born and educated in Cairns, Terry has been a business owner in the region for more than 40 years. He has served on Cairns Regional Council since 2008 and previously on Cairns City Council (1999 to 2008).
Councillor James is Deputy Mayor and represents Council on several community committees including the District Disaster Management Group, District Disaster Recovery Committee and the Local Disaster Management Group.
Division 4 includes Earlville, Kanimbla and Mooroobool, and parts of Manoora and Manunda.
Portfolio responsibilities
Deputy Mayor
Local Disaster Management Group - Chair
District Disaster Management Group - representative
District Disaster Recovery Committee - representative
FNQ Regional Roads and Transport Group – representative
Your Cairns community newsletters
We provide regular updates on what's been happening across all nine Divisions and what works, events and initiatives are coming up. Printed newsletters are delivered to each home and are available below. (Note: there was no newsletter produced in March 2020 due to the local government election.)