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Coordinates: 37°33′00″S 143°51′00″E / 37.55000°S 143.85000°E / -37.55000; 143.85000
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City of Ballarat
Victoria
Map of the City of Ballarat's municipal borders, urban areas and location in Victoria
Population107,325 (2018)[1]
 • Density145.23/km2 (376.14/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted6 May 1994[2]
Area739 km2 (285.3 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Des Hudson
Council seatBallarat
RegionWestern Victoria
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Ballarat
WebsiteCity of Ballarat
LGAs around City of Ballarat:
Pyrenees Hepburn Hepburn
Pyrenees City of Ballarat Moorabool
Golden Plains Golden Plains Moorabool

The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 107,325.[1] It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Ballarat urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Buninyong, Waubra, Learmonth and Addington. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ballarat, Shire of Ballarat, Borough of Sebastopol and parts of the Shire of Bungaree, Shire of Buninyong, Shire of Grenville and Shire of Ripon.[2]

The City is governed and administered by the Ballarat City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballarat, it also has a service centre located in Buninyong. The City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the centre-south of the LGA, Ballarat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 105,471.[3]

Ballarat Town Hall

Council

Current composition

Ballarat City Council
Type
Type
Council of the City of Ballarat
Structure
Ballarat city council diagram
Council political groups
  Labor: 2 seats
  Greens: 1 seat
  Independent: 3 seats
  Liberal: 3 seats

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[4] The current Council, elected in 2020, in order of election by ward, is:[5]

Ward Party Councillor Notes
Central   Independent Mark Harris
  Liberal Samantha McIntosh[6]
  Greens Belinda Coates[7]
North   Liberal Amy Johnson[6] Deputy Mayor
  Independent Peter Eddy Former CEO of Basketball Ballarat
  Labor Daniel Moloney
South   Labor Des Hudson[6] Mayor
  Liberal Ben Taylor
  Independent Tracey Hargreaves

Election Results

2020 Election

North Ward

[8]
City of Ballarat election results, 2020: North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Amy Johnson 6,335 26.75% −0.77
Independent Peter Eddy 3,868 16.34% +16.34
Greens Ellen Burns 3,392 14.33% +4.33
Labor Daniel Moloney 2,931 12.38% +1.92
Labor Jay Morrison 2,691 11.36% +11.36
Independent David Harris 1,968 8.31% +8.31
Liberal Grant Tillett 1,834 7.75% −6.85
Animal Justice Bryn Hills 659 2.78% +2.78
Turnout 23,678 84.68% +6.98
Registered electors 28,970
Liberal hold Swing -0.77
Independent gain from Liberal Swing +16.34
Labor hold Swing +1.92

Central Ward

City of Ballarat election results, 2020: Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Belinda Coates 5,889 26.16% +4.83
Independent Mark Harris 4,090 18.17% −11.97
Liberal Samantha McIntosh 3,886 17.26% −3.04
Independent Nick Shady 2,884 12.81%
Labor Geoff Howard 2,306 10.24% +1.75
Labor Kumuda Simpson 1,691 7.51% +7.51
Independent John Dooley 1,012 4.50% +4.50
Independent Stephen Jones 754 3.35% +3.35
Turnout 23,186 82.47%
Registered electors 28,114
Greens hold Swing +4.83
Independent hold Swing -11.97
Liberal hold Swing -3.04

South Ward

City of Ballarat election results, 2020: South Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Des Hudson 5,841 26.13% +3.87
Liberal Ben Taylor 5,348 23.92% +5.02
Greens Jackson Snep 2,333 10.44% +3.95
Independent Tracey Hargreaves 2,315 10.36% +10.36
Independent Jim Rinaldi 2,079 9.30% +9.30
Labor Bridget Aitchison 1,753 7.84% +7.84
Australia First Susan Jakobi 1,391 6.22% +6.22
Independent Rachel Muir 1,296 5.80% +5.80
Turnout 23,102 83.67%
Registered electors 27,610
Labor hold Swing +3.87
Liberal hold Swing +5.02
Independent gain from Independent Swing +10.36

2016 election

North Ward

City of Ballarat election results, 2016: North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Amy Johnson 5,520 27.52% +7.22
Liberal Grant Tillet 2,929 14.60%
Independent Vicki Coltman 2,214 11.04% −14.75
Independent John Philips 2,156 10.75% −10.27
Labor Daniel Moloney 2,089 10.42% −4.65
Greens Angus McAlpine 2,005 10.00%
Independent Rob Edward Smith 1,593 7.94%
Independent Pauline Fay 902 4.50%
Independent Jeni Eastwood 649 3.24%
Turnout 20,869 77.7
Registered electors 26,859
Liberal gain from Independent Swing +14.60
Liberal hold Swing +7.22
Labor hold Swing -4.65

Central Ward

City of Ballarat election results, 2016: Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Harris 6,077 30.14% +15.88
Greens Belinda Coates 4,301 21.33% +2.17
Liberal Samantha McIntosh 4,092 20.30% −5.8
Independent William Bennett 2,086 10.35%
Labor Ron Egeberg 1,711 8.49%
Independent Gary Fitzgerald 960 4.76% +1.63
Independent Glen Crompton 934 4.63% −3.38
Turnout 20,806 74.22%
Registered electors 28,031
Independent gain from Liberal Swing +15.88
Liberal hold Swing -5.8
Greens hold Swing +2.17

South Ward

City of Ballarat election results, 2016: South Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Des Hudson 4,125 22.26% −4.36
Liberal Ben Taylor 3,502 18.90% −0.23
Independent Jim Rinaldi 2,785 15.03% −0.46
Independent Peter Innes 1,768 9.54% −6.72
Greens Tony Goodfellow 1,221 6.59%
Independent Dave Armstrong 1,149 6.20%
Independent Dianne Colbert 1,006 5.43%
Independent Merle Hathaway 889 4.80%
Independent Nick Shady 845 4.56%
Independent Tim Powell 653 3.52%
Independent Brian Pola 396 2.14%
Independent Koby Lance Bunney 195 1.05%
Registered electors 25,695
Labor hold Swing -4.36
Liberal hold Swing -0.23
Independent hold Swing -0.46

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballarat Town Hall Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballarat, and its service centre in Buninyong.

The council's main offices are in a modern extension behind the Town Hall called The Phoenix. In 2009 the council voted to move to a new headquarters at Civic Hall on Mair Street,[9] which would turn the heritage listed Town Hall building into a public general purpose venue.

Localities

Sister cities

The City of Ballarat's sister cities are:[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Order Constituting the City of Ballarat..." Victoria Government Gazette (S23). State Government of Victoria: 1. 6 May 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Ballarat City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ VEC. "Ballarat City Council election results 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission. Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Oliver, Jordan (19 May 2014). "Timeline of party politics in Ballarat City Council". The Courier.
  7. ^ "Your Representatives". Australian Greens Victoria.
  8. ^ "Ballarat City Council election results 2020". VEC. VEC. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  9. ^ Quinlan, Kim (18 May 2010). "Ballarat City Council to commit $850k for Civic Hall site design". The Courier. Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Sister cities build more than a cultural bond". The Courier. Fairfax Regional Media. 17 October 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

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