City of Queanbeyan

City of Queanbeyan New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	35°21′S 149°13′E / 35.350°S 149.217°ECoordinates: 35°21′S 149°13′E / 35.350°S 149.217°E
Population	40,568 (2013 est)[1]
• Density	235.9/km^2 (610.9/sq mi)
Area	172 km^2 (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
LGAs around City of Queanbeyan: ACT ACT Palerang ACT City of Queanbeyan Palerang ACT Palerang Palerang

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.

Cities, towns and localities

It includes the suburbs and villages of:

Carwoola Crestwood Environa Googong Greenleigh

Jerrabomberra Karabar Queanbeyan East Queanbeyan West

Queanbeyan The Ridgeway Royalla Tralee

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 A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.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

Queanbeyan City Council Chambers in Crawford Street

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, the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, is as follows:^[3][4][5]

Party		Councillors
	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
	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

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

Proposed amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundaries 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.^[6] The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan Council.^[7] The outcome of an independent review is expected to be completed by mid–2016.

References

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. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
3. "Queanbeyan City Council - Mayoral Election". Local Government Election 2012. New South Wales Electoral Commission. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
4. "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. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20140126142401/http://www.australiandemocrats.org.au/democrats_welcome_local_councillor. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. "Merger proposal:Palerang Council (part), Queanbeyan City Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
7. Palerang Council (29 January 2016). "Palerang and Queanbeyan City councils Proposal" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2016.