Queanbeyan City was a local government area located in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. The former 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.

City of Queanbeyan
New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates35°21′S 149°13′E / 35.350°S 149.217°E / -35.350; 149.217
Population40,568 (2013 est)[1]
 • Density235.9/km2 (610.9/sq mi)
Abolished12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
Area172 km2 (66.4 sq mi)
Last MayorTim Overall
Council seatQueanbeyan[2]
RegionSouthern Tablelands
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro
WebsiteCity of Queanbeyan
LGAs around City of Queanbeyan:
ACT ACT Palerang
ACT City of Queanbeyan Palerang
ACT Palerang Palerang

On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.

The last mayor of the Queanbeyan City Council was Tim Overall, an independent politician.

Cities, towns and localities

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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 the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.

Council

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Former Queanbeyan City Council Chambers in Crawford Street (December 2011)

Composition and election method

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Until its dissolution, the Queanbeyan City Council was composed of ten councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was directly elected while the nine other councillors were elected proportionally as one entire ward. As of the election held on 8 September 2012, 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'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 Labor

Past Mayors of Queanbeyan

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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

Election results

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2012

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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)
2012 New South Wales local elections: Queanbeyan[6]
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

Amalgamation

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A 2015 review of local government boundaries[broken anchor] recommended that the Queanbeyan City Council merge with adjoining councils. The NSW Government considered two options. The first option was to merge Queanbeyan Council with parts of the Palerang 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 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Queanbeyan City Council". Department of Local Government. Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  3. ^ a b "Queanbeyan City Council – Mayoral Election". Local Government Election 2012. New South Wales Electoral Commission. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Queanbeyan City Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Election 2012. New South Wales Electoral Commission. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Democrats Welcome Local Councillor". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Queanbeyan City Council". ABC News.
  7. ^ "Merger proposal:Palerang Council (part), Queanbeyan City Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  8. ^ Palerang Council (29 January 2016). "Palerang and Queanbeyan City councils Proposal" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council". Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.