| City of Queanbeyan New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location inNew South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°21′S149°13′E / 35.350°S 149.217°E /-35.350; 149.217 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 40,568 (2013 est)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 235.9/km2 (610.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 172 km2 (66.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Last 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 was alocal government area located in south easternNew South Wales,Australia. The former area is located adjacent toCanberra and theAustralian Capital Territory, theQueanbeyan River, theMolonglo River, theKings Highway and theSydney-Canberra railway.
On 12 May 2016 theMinister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with thePalerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish theQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
The lastmayor of the Queanbeyan City Council was Tim Overall, anindependent politician.
The Queanbeyan City Council area included 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 theGeographical Names Board of New South Wales. A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.
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Until its dissolution, the Queanbeyan City Council was composed of tencouncillors, including themayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor wasdirectly elected while the nine other councillors were electedproportionally as one entireward. As of the election held on 8 September 2012[update], the makeup of the last council, including the mayor, was as follows:[3][4][5]
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Independents and Unaligned | 6 | |
| Labor Party | 3 | |
| Australian Democrats | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | |
The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:[4]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Overall | Independent | Mayor[3] | |
| Trudy Taylor | Independent | Elected on Tim Overall'sticket | |
| 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 | Labor | ||
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| Councillor | Term of office |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Trudy Taylor | Tim Overall Team | |
| Brian Brown | Labor | |
| Jamie Cregan | Independent (Group C) | |
| Sue Whelan | Independent (Group A) | |
| Velice Trajanoski | Tim Overall Team | |
| Peter Bray | Tim Overall Team | |
| Toni McLennan | Tim Overall Team | |
| Judith Burfoot | Labor | |
| Kenrick Winchester | Independent (Group D) | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Overall Team | 8,169 | 44.5 | |||
| Labor | 3,363 | 18.3 | |||
| Independent(Group A) | 1,919 | 10.4 | |||
| Independent(Group C) | 2,643 | 14.4 | |||
| Independent(Group D) | 1,169 | 6.4 | |||
| Greens | 984 | 5.4 | |||
| Independent | Brent Hunter | 117 | 0.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 18,364 | 91.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 9.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 76.4 | ||||
A2015 review of local government boundaries[broken anchor] recommended that the Queanbeyan City Council merge with adjoining councils. TheNSW Government considered two options. The first option was to merge Queanbeyan Council with parts of thePalerang Council to form a new council with an area of 3,791 square kilometres (1,464 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 55,000.[7] The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan Council.[8] On 12 May 2016 theMinister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish theQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.[9]
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