City of Moonee Valley

City of Moonee Valley
Victoria
City of Moonee Valley; Victoria
	Location within Melbourne metropolitan area
Population	107,443 (2011)
• Density	2,442/km2 (6,320/sq mi)
Established	December 1994
Area	44 km2 (17.0 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Andrea Surace
Council seat	Moonee Ponds
Region	Metropolitan Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Essendon; Niddrie;
Federal division(s)	Maribyrnong; Melbourne; Wills;
Website	City of Moonee Valley
	LGAs around City of Moonee Valley:

The City of Moonee Valley is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the north-western suburbs between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre, and at the 2011 Census, the City had a population of 107,443.

History

Moonee Valley was formed in December 1994 after the merger of the City of Essendon and eastern parts of the City of Keilor.

The original council logo from 1994 was replaced in February 2010.^[2]

Exchange prefixes in the city begin 937x, 837x, 933x or 833x (the latter leftover from the old City of Keilor).

Suburbs

Aberfeldie
Airport West
Ascot Vale
Avondale Heights
Essendon
Essendon North
Essendon West
Flemington (Shared with the City of Melbourne)
Keilor East (Shared with the City of Brimbank)
Moonee Ponds
Niddrie
Strathmore
Strathmore Heights
Travancore

Council

Current composition

Councillors are elected from three multi-member wards, each electing three members, for a total of nine councillors. The current council was elected on 27 October 2012, as its composition is:

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Buckley			Narelle Sharpe
	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor^[3]	Jan Chantry
			Paul Giuliano	Deputy mayor
Myrnong Ward	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Liberal^[4]	Cam Nation
	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor^[5]	Jim Cusack
	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor^[5]	Nicole Marshall
Rosehill Ward	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor^[6]	John Sipek
			Andrea Surace	Mayor
	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Shirley Cornish

Mayors

The current mayor is Andrea Surace and the deputy mayor is Paul Giuliano. They were elected by council in October 2015 and will serve the 2015/2016 year.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Moonee Valley (Local Government Area)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
^ "Moonee Valley City Council - Moonee Valley Logo". www.mvcc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2010-06-16. ^{[dead link]}
^ "East-west link: Moonee Valley Council challenges state government". The Weekly Review. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^ "Anti-East West Link councillor's ties to Liberal Party questioned". The Age. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Labor bid in Moonee Valley 'harder for others'". The Weekly Review. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^ Tomazin, Farah (19 February 2012). "Former premiers face off in Niddrie". The Age. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

37°46′S 144°55′E / 37.767°S 144.917°E / -37.767; 144.917

[abs-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Moonee Valley (Local Government Area)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2012-06-23.

[2] "Moonee Valley City Council - Moonee Valley Logo". www.mvcc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2010-06-16. ^{[dead link]}

[3] "East-west link: Moonee Valley Council challenges state government". The Weekly Review. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[4] "Anti-East West Link councillor's ties to Liberal Party questioned". The Age. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[TWRLabor-5] "Labor bid in Moonee Valley 'harder for others'". The Weekly Review. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[TheAgeNiddrie-6] Tomazin, Farah (19 February 2012). "Former premiers face off in Niddrie". The Age. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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