John McMaster (26 June 1830 – 29 February 1924) was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and a Member of the Legislative Council of Queensland. Personal life John McMaster was born in 1830 in Argyllshire, Scotland, the son of John McMaster and Isabella White. On 9 April 1854 he married Catherine McInnes, daughter of Neill McInnes and Mary Reid, at Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. John and Catherine McMaster immigrated to Queensland, Australia on the ship "William Miles" arriving January 1855 and became a freehold farmer at Melton Hill near Nundah. John and Catherine McMaster had the following children: Isabella, born Queensland 1857 John Neill, born Brisbane 1860, died Brisbane 1917 Neill, born Brisbane 1862, died Brisbane 1895 James, born Brisbane 1864 Mary Jane, born Brisbane 1866, died Brisbane 1948 Catherine, born Brisbane 1869 Ellen, born Brisbane 1871 Colin John Wesley, born Brisbane 1874, died Brisbane 1950 His wife Catherine died in Brisbane on Friday 24 January 1879 and was buried on Saturday 25 January 1879 in the Nundah Cemetery. Following an illness of several months, John McMaster died at the home of his granddaughter at Kent Street, New Farm, Brisbane on Friday 29 February 1924 aged 93 years. He was buried on Saturday 1 March 1924 in the Nundah Cemetery. Public life John McMaster was an alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council 1872–1874 and 1876–1899 and an alderman of the Brisbane City Council 1905–1921. He was mayor in 1884, 1890, 1893, 1897, and 1918–1919. He served on the following committees: Finance Committee 1872, 1874, 1876, 1878–1880, 1882, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919 Legislative Committee 1872–1874, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1906, 1907 Improvement Committee 1873, 1877 Works Committee 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1919 Health Committee 1884, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1905, 1911, 1913 Street Lighting Committee 1891, 1893 Parks Committee 1897, 1898, 1917, 1918, 1920–1921 Building & Alignments of Roads Committee 1905–1908, 1913 Special Sewerage Committee 1905, 1907 Markets Committee 1907, 1908, 1910–1914 General Purpose Committee 1910, 1912, 1915–1917 Lightning Committee 1908, 1909 Wharves Special Committee 1914–1918 New Parks Special Committee 1914 Parks Special Committee 1915 Corporation Yard Special Committee 1916 Town Hall Special Committee 1918 City of Brisbane Incorporation Act