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 [ edit ]
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 A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.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 [ edit ]
Queanbeyan City Council Chambers in Crawford Street
Current composition and election method [ edit ]
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 . The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, is as follows:[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
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 [ edit ]
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
References [ edit ]
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