City of Townsville

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City of Townsville
Queensland

Townsville from the Museum of Tropical Queensland.

Population:

92,701 (2001 census)

Established:

1865

Area:

1,868.7 km²

Mayor:

Tony Mooney

Council Seat:

Townsville City Council

Region:

North Queensland

State District:

Townsville, Thuringowa, Mundingburra, Burdekin

Federal Division:

Herbert

Website: http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/

LGAs around City of Townsville
Thuringowa	Coral Sea	Coral Sea
Thuringowa	City of Townsville	Burdekin
Dalrymple	Dalrymple	Burdekin

The City of Townsville is a Local Government Area (LGA) in the Australian city of Townsville, North Queensland.

It currently has an estmated population of around 103,000 people ^[1]. South of Townsville itself the communities of Alligator Creek and Woodstock are also within the LGA. The current Mayor of Townsville is Cr Tony Mooney.

1 Townsville City Council
- 1.1 Councillors and Divisions
- 1.2 History
2 Sister cities
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Townsville City Council

Townsville City Council is the Local Government Authority that services the Local Government Area of Townsville. The City Council currently has 10 Divisions each represented by a Councillor, and the Mayor who is elected by the whole city. The current Mayor is Cr Tony Mooney who has held the position since 1989 when he succeeded Mike Reynolds.

The Townsville City Council was created in 1903 after Townsville was granted City status, The Townsville City Council provides many services to residents of the city of Townsville, including Infrastructure, Water, Garbage, Public Works, and Entertainment and Leisure i.e Parks, Theatres, events etc.

Currently the Council has total operating expediture of $201.3M and a capital works budget of $103.2M ^[2]

[edit] Councillors and Divisions

Mayor: Tony Mooney (Australian Labor Party)
Deputy Mayor: Ann Burnell (Labor)
Chief Executive Officer: Brian Guthrie

Divisional Councillors:

Division 1: Jenny Hill (Labor)
Division 2: Fay Barker (Liberal Party of Australia)
Division 3: Jack Wilson (Labor)
Division 4: Ann Burnell (Labor)
Division 5: Dale Parker (Labor)
Division 6: Nonda Pass (Labor)
Division 7: Les Walker (Labor)
Division 8: John Robertson (Labor)
Division 9: David Mather (Labor)
Division 10: David Crisafulli (Liberal)

[edit] History

In 1939, Fred Paterson stood successfully as an alderman for the Townsville City Council, becoming the first member of the Communist Party to win such an office in Australia. He was then re-elected in 1943. The same year, he stood for the federal seat of Herbert, but was narrowly defeated.

[edit] Sister cities

	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea since 1983
	Shunan, Japan since 1990
	Iwaki City, Japan since August, 1991
	Changshu, The People's Republic of China since 1995
	Suwon, South-Korea since 1996