Maurice Joseph Barry was a politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1924-1925. The former mayor, died in Brisbane on the June 3, 1954 at the Mater Misericordia Private Hospital. He had been unwell for sometime. Mr. Maurice Barry, a former Mayor of Brisbane, died aged 54. Maurice Joseph Barry was the first Labor First Labour Mayor of the City of Brisbane. He was born and educated in Ireland and come to Australia in 1901.