City of Queanbeyan
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| City of Queanbeyan New South Wales |
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Location in New South Wales
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| Population | 40,568 (2013 est)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 235.9/km2 (610.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 172 km2 (66.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Tim Overall | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Queanbeyan[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Tablelands | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| Website | City of Queanbeyan | ||||||||||||||
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Queanbeyan City is a local government area located in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory, the Queanbeyan River, the Molonglo River, the Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway.
The Mayor of the Queanbeyan City Council is Tim Overall, an independent politician.
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Cities, towns and localities
It includes the suburbs and villages of:
In 1998 Queanbeyan Council applied to have the localities of Letchworth, Larmer, Dodsworth and De Salis recognised as suburbs and these names were assigned by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.
Council
Composition and election method
Queanbeyan City Council is composed of ten Councillors, including the Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is directly elected while the nine other Councillors are elected proportionally as one entire ward. As of the election held on 8 September 2012[update], the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, is as follows:[3][4][5]
| Party | Councillors | |
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| Independents and Unaligned | 7 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 2 | |
| Australian Democrats | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | |
The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:[4]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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| Tim Overall | Independent | Mayor[3] | |
| Trudy Taylor | Independent | Elected on Tim Overall's ticket | |
| Brian Brown | Labor | ||
| Jamie Cregan | Independent | ||
| Sue Whelan | Independent | ||
| Velice Trajanoski | Independent | Elected on Tim Overall's ticket | |
| Peter Bray | Independent | Elected on Tim Overall's ticket | |
| Toni McLennan | Australian Democrats | Elected on Tim Overall's ticket | |
| Judith Burfoot | Labor | Elected on Brian Brown's ticket | |
| Kenrick Winchester | Independent | ||
Past Mayors of Queanbeyan
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| Councillor | Term of office |
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| J. J. Wright | 1885-1888 |
| John Bull | 1888-1889 |
| George Tompsitt | 1889-1890 |
| Edwin Henry Land | 1890-1891 |
| Nathan Moses Lazarus | 1891-1892 |
| Edwin Henry Land | 1892-1897 |
| William Pike | 1897-1899 |
| Patrick Blackall | 1900-1903 |
| James Pike | 1900 |
| Henry Hungerford | 1904-1905 |
| Edwin Atkinson | 1906-1907 |
| Ernest Hincksman | 1907-1909 |
| Richard Moore | 1909-1910 |
| Arthur Collett | 1910-1912 |
| Fredrick Woodward | 1913 |
| Richard Moore | 1913-1914 |
| Frederick Woodward | 1915-1917 |
| Arthur Collett | 1917-1920 |
| Frederick Woodward | 1920-1921 |
| James Harris | 1922-1924 |
| William Freebody | 1925-1927 |
| Henry Land | 1927-1929 |
| William Freebody | 1929-1932 |
| Henry Taylor | 1932-1935 |
| John Esmond | 1935-1939 |
| Henry Taylor | 1939-1951 |
| Ralph Spendelove | 1951-1954 |
| Arthur Lambert | 1954-1963 |
| Frederick Land | 1963-1980 |
| David Madew | 1980-1991 |
| Frank Pangallo | 1991-2008 |
| Tim Overall | 2008–present |
References
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- ↑ http://www.australiandemocrats.org.au/democrats_welcome_local_councillor[dead link]
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