Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council | |||||||||||||
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 Location inNew South Wales  QPRC in Crawford Street, Queanbeyan | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:35°25′S149°27′E / 35.417°S 149.450°E /-35.417; 149.450 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | |||||||||||||
| Established | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Queanbeyan Town Centre | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr. Kenrick Winchester (Elected as Independent but a member of theAustralian Labor Party) | ||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 5,319 km2 (2,054 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 63,304 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 11.9015/km2 (30.8247/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council | ||||||||||||
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Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council is alocal government area (LGA) located in theSouthern Tablelands region ofNew South Wales,Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of theCity of Queanbeyan andPalerang Council.[2]
The council has an area of 5,319 square kilometres (2,054 sq mi) and lies between the eastern boundary of theAustralian Capital Territory and thecoastal escarpment on both sides of theGreat Dividing Range. At the2021 census it had a population of 63,304.[1] At the time of its establishment the council had an estimated population of 56,368.[2]
The Queanbeyan urban area contains the following localities
The balance of the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council area contains the towns of:
It also contains the following localities:
The population for the predecessor councils was estimated in 2015 as:[3]
Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council comprises elevenCouncillors electedproportionally in a singleward.Independent Labor councillor Kenrick Winchester was elected mayor in January 2022.[4]
The current composition of council is:
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Independents | 4 | |
| Labor | 3 | |
| Liberal | 2 | |
| Greens | 1 | |
| Independent Labor | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 1. Ross Macdonald (elected 1) 2. Mark Schweikert (elected 5) 3. Morgan Broadbent (elected 10) 4. Robert Schwartz 5. Louise Burton 6. Jacqueline Ternouth 7. Wayne Brown 8. Margaret Royds | 8,248 | 23.3 | +6.1 | |
| Team Winchester | 1. Kenrick Winchester (elected 3) 2. Bill Waterhouse (elected 7) 3. Margot Sachse 4. Kylie Prescott 5. Alex Tine 6. Shane Shipa 7. Peter Lindbeck 8. Dean Martin 9. Tony Wood 10. Tony Rayner 11. Jan Browne | 7,785 | 22.0 | +5.7 | |
| Labor | 1. Bryce Wilson (elected 2) 2. Esma Livermore (elected 6) 3. John Preston (elected 11) 4. Barrina South 5. Timothy Nicholson 6. Shelley Evans 7. Michael MacWilliam | 7,198 | 20.3 | −1.6 | |
| Grundy Independents | 1. Mareeta Grundy (elected 4) 2. Shane Ivimey 3. Johnny Lange 4. Rachel Scattergood 5. Antoni (Billie) Woods 6. Bec Edwards 7. Sian Rinaldi 8. Michael Bagley | 3,478 | 9.8 | +0.4 | |
| Greens | 1. Katrina Willis (elected 8) 2. James Ansell 3. Tonya Rooney 4. Kathleen Maher 5. Gregory Buckman 6. Simon Wooldridge | 2,929 | 8.3 | −1.7 | |
| Independent | 1. Steve Taskovski (elected 9) 2. Manpreet Singh Cheema 3. Velice Trajanoski 4. Lou Baldan 5. Samantha Kirchner 6. Bashir Fayaq 7. Charles Tran 8. Hasina Ahmed 9. Frank Agresta 10. Alan Hill 11. Zoran Duckinoski | 2,555 | 7.2 | −0.2 | |
| Independent | 1. Trevor Hicks 2. Scott Hart 3. Natasha Abbott 4. Horst Kirchner 5. Bonnie O'Brien 6. Jason Webb | 1,194 | 3.4 | ||
| Sustainable Australia | 1. James Holgate 2. Michael Thompson 3. John Reynolds 4. Katrina Holgate 5. Darren Garnon 6. Philip Snare | 1,082 | 3.1 | +3.0 | |
| Independent | 1. Rachael Macdonald 2. Wayne Reynolds 3. May Kowalski 4. Todd McKittrick 5. Samantha Kew 6. Joanne Lawrence | 565 | 1.6 | ||
| Independent | Richard Graham | 370 | 1.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 35,404 | 95.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,822 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 37,226 | 82.1 | |||
| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Bryce Wilson | Labor | |
| Esma Livermore | Labor | |
| John Preston | Labor | |
| Kenrick Winchester | A New Chapter | |
| Edwina Webster | A New Chapter | |
| Louise Burton | Liberal | |
| Jacqueline Ternouth | Liberal | |
| Katrina Willis | Greens | |
| Mareeta Grundy | Independent (Group B) | |
| Steve Taskovski | Independent (Group D) | |
| Michele Biscotti | Team Biscotti | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 7,398 | 21.9 | +8.2 | ||
| A New Chapter | 5,847 | 17.3 | |||
| Liberal | 5,829 | 17.2 | +8.0 | ||
| Greens | 3,389 | 10.0 | +3.5 | ||
| Independent(Group B) | 3,168 | 9.4 | |||
| Independent(Group D) | 2,518 | 7.4 | |||
| Team Biscotti | 2,205 | 6.5 | |||
| Independent | Bill Waterhouse | 1,181 | 3.5 | ||
| Independent(Group H) | 1,021 | 3.0 | |||
| Independent(Group C) | 1,004 | 3.0 | |||
| Independent | Ginevra Peisley | 93 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent(Group E) | 87 | 0.3 | |||
| Independent | James Holgate | 43 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Kyol Booth-Hunt | 31 | 0.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 33,813 | 95.3 | +1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,684 | 4.7 | −1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 35,497 | 86.1 | +7.8 | ||
Cr Winchester, who is a member of the Labor Party but sits on council as an independent
