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:''This article is about the 'local governement area' of Townsville in Northern Queensland.''

:''For the urban centre see Townsville, Queensland.
For other uses see Townsville (disambiguation).''
The 'City of Townsville' is an Australian Local Government Area (LGA) located in north Queensland. The LGA encompasses most of the city of Townsville, together with surrounding rural areas, the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstockand Magnetic Island. It currently has a population of 95,464 people. The current Mayor of Townsville is Cr Tony Mooney.
As of March 2008, the LGAs City of Townsville and City of Thuringowa will combine as a result of the Queensland State Governments Local Government Reform Commission.

Contents

History

Townsville City Council

Civic Cabinet

Sister cities

References

External links

History

Townsville became a gazetted town in 1865 and was upgraded to a municipality in 1866. The surrounding rural area was granted a Divisional Board in 1879 and was named Thuringowa. In 1902 Thuringowa was upgraded to become a Shire and in 1903 Townsville became a city. The borders of the Town and then Municipality of Townsville were expanded to keep pace with urban growth in 1882, 1918, 1936, 1958 and 1964, the purpose of expanding the borders was to keep urban and rural administrations separate. Townsville City Council Submission to the Local Government Reform Commission, , , , Townsville City Council, 2007, This State Government convention changed under the Bjelke-Peterson Government and the borders between the two Local Governments became static. By 1986 the Shire of Thuringowa had grown to a population of 27 000 and was declared a city.
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.

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 $103.3M ^[2]

Civic Cabinet

The current Civic Cabinet comprises of one Australian Labor Party Mayor and eight Councilors of the same Party, these Labor Party Councillors hold the Deputy Mayor position and all the Committee Chair positions. The Liberal Party of Australia hold two Council Divisions and act as an opposition to the Civic Cabinet, the Labor Party has held a majority of Council positions since 1976.

★ 'Mayor': Tony Mooney (Labor) - Chair of 'Audit and Risk Management' Committee

★ 'Chief Executive Officer': Brian Guthrie
'Divisional Councillors:'

★ 'Division 1': Jenny Hill (Labor) - 'Deputy Mayor' and Chair of 'Sustainable Development' Committee

★ 'Division 2': Fay Barker (Liberal)

★ 'Division 3': Jack Wilson (Labor) - Chair of 'Community Safety' Committee

★ 'Division 4': Terry Goldsworthy (Labor) - Chair of 'Lifestyle and Community Development' Committee

★ 'Division 5': Dale Parker (Labor) - Chair of 'Corporate Governance' Committee

★ 'Division 6': Nonda Pass (Labor)

★ 'Division 7': Les Walker (Labor)

★ 'Division 8': John Robertson (Labor) - Chair of 'Neighbourhood and Strategic Planning' Committee

★ 'Division 9': David Mather (Labor) - Chair of 'City Infrastructure' Committee^[3]

★ 'Division 10': David Crisafulli (Liberal).

Sister cities

★ Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea since 1983

★ Shunan, Japan since 1990

★ Iwaki City, Japan since August, 1991

★ Changshu, People's Republic of China since 1995

★ Suwon, South Korea since 1996

★ Foshan, People's Republic of China since 2006^[4]

References

1. Census data
2. http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au Townsville City Council web site - Budget 2006/07
3. Council reshuffle, Mayor unveils his 'new look' civic cabinet Selina Sharratt
4. Townsville City Council -
Townsville's Sister Cities

External links

★ Official website

★ Population stats of LGA

★ The Strand

★ Townsville Enterprise

★ Extensive Community Directory

★ Townsville Forums

★ Townsville Airport

★ Port of Townsville

★ Museum of Tropical Queensland

★ Reef HQ Aquarium

★ Mount Stuart Weather Radar

★ Townsville Hospital

★ Mater Hospital

★ Department of Defence

★ Townsville City population stats

★ Townsville Region Social Atlas (2001 Census)