Cr Stewart, who has never held previous public office, narrowly deposed incumbent Tony Wellington for the top job, largely on her new broom approach and a promise to listen and respond more to community and business needs. Not a woman in sight – the first Noosa Shire Council in 1910 was as blokey as they come. This was after the Wellington Council had become tainted with the jailing of long-serving councillor Frank Pardon and the public outrage that erupted around former councillor Jess Glasgow s behaviour on TV reality show The Bachelorette. Mr Pardon, who has since lost his appeal on historical charges of indecent treatment of a child, was forced to resign while Mr Glasgow failed to win re-election last March.