| Mike Brunker | |
| Office1: | Whitsunday Regional Councillor for Division 6 |
| Termstart1: | 19 March 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrew Willcox |
| Office2: | Mayor of Whitsunday Region |
| Term Start2: | 15 March 2008 |
| Term End2: | 28 April 2012 |
| Predecessor2: | New council |
| Successor2: | Jenny Whitney |
| Office3: | Mayor of Bowen Shire |
| Term Start3: | 15 March 1997 |
| Term End3: | 15 March 2008 |
| Successor3: | Council dissolved |
| Birth Place: | Collinsville, Queensland |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Councillor |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse: | Kylie Brunker |
| Occupation: | Small business owner Coal miner |
Michael Raymond "Mike" Brunker is an Australian politician currently serving as Whitsunday Regional Councillor for Division 6,[1] a position he has held since 2016.[2] [3] He previously served as the first mayor of Whitsunday Region from 2008 to 2012,[4] [5] and mayor of the Shire of Bowen for 11 years from 1997 until its amalgamation with Whitsunday Shire in 2008.[6] He was first elected to local government as a Bowen Shire councillor in 1994.
Brunker is a member of the Australian Labor Party and was the endorsed Labor candidate for the 2010 Australian federal election for the Division of Dawson,[7] [8] for the Electoral district of Burdekin at the 2017 Queensland state election[9] [10] and again for the 2020 Queensland state election.[11]