Borough of Queenscliffe
| Borough of Queenscliffe Victoria |
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| Population: | 3,318(2009)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1863 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 8.6 km² (3.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Bob Merriman | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Queenscliff | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Bellarine | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Corangamite | ||||||||||||
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The Borough of Queenscliffe is a municipality (LGA) in Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the south coast, south-east of Geelong on the Bellarine Peninsula south of Swan Bay and next to the Port Phillip Heads, the entrance to Port Phillip Bay from Bass Strait.
The Borough has an area of 8.6 square kilometres (3.3 mi²) and had a population of 3,068 at the 2006 census.
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[edit] History
The Borough of Queenscliffe was established in May 1863.
Queenscliffe is the last borough remaining in both Victoria and all of Australia and was the only LGA to escape change in the mass Victorian municipal restructuring which took place in 1994. Had the same restructuring principles which applied elsewhere in the state also been applied to Queenscliffe, the borough would have been absorbed into the new City of Greater Geelong.[citation needed]
[edit] Representation
The Borough, which is not subdivided into wards, is governed by a council consisting of five councillors, including the mayor. The council is elected for four year terms. The mayor is elected annually from amongst the councillors.
[edit] 2008 Council Elections
The 2008 Victorian Council elections, were for the first time in history held on the same day throughout Victoria for all councils; Saturday 29 November 2008. A postal ballot was held for the Queenscliffe Borough, conducted in the week prior to ballots closing at 6.00pm on Friday 28 November 2008.
Nine individuals stood for election to the five vacancies available on council. No sitting councillors were ousted at this election. Of the former seven councillors all but John Burgess retired.
Cr Burgess was re-elected. Joining him on the new (decreased) five seat council, are four fresh faces in Helene Butler, Lloyd Davies, former Cricket Australia chairman Bob Merriman and David Mitchell.
Currently only Cr Burgess has more than four years experience as a councillor at the Borough.
[edit] 2008 Council Election Voting
The first preference votes only for the Queenscliffe Borough candidates are listed in numerical order.
- DAVIES, Lloyd (691)
- MERRIMAN, Bob (624)
- MITCHELL, David (581)
- BURGESS, John (399)
- BUTLER, Helene (267)
- CHRISTIE, Graham (252)
- BREARLEY, Deborah (191)
- MURPHY, Allan (127)
- JOHNSON, Chris (102)
[edit] 2004 Council Elections
The Queenscliffe Borough was not required to go to the polls in 2004 as the number of candidate nominations did not exceed the number of vacancies available.
[edit] 2004 Council Election Voting
The election outcome for the Queenscliffe Borough candidates are listed in alphabetical order.
- BUGG, John (Elected Unopposed)
- BURGESS, John (Unopposed)
- DOULL, John (Unopposed)
- LAWRENCE, Val (Unopposed)
- LEE, Stephen (Unopposed)
- PLAYER, Chris (Unopposed)
- SEMMENS, Pat (Unopposed)
[edit] Current Council
The council is composed of five councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.
- Cr John Burgess (Elected 2001)
- Cr Helene Butler (2008)
- Cr Lloyd Davies (2008)
- Cr Bob Merriman (2008)
- Cr David Mitchell (2008)
[edit] Mayors
- Cr Pat Semmens
- Cr Bob Merriman (2008 - current)
[edit] Towns and Localities
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features52008-09?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2008-09&num=&view=. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
[edit] External links
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Coordinates: 38°16′00″S 144°39′00″E / 38.2666667°S 144.65°E
