City of Queanbeyan


Queanbeyan City was a local government area located in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. The former area is located adjacent to Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory, the Queanbeyan River, the Molonglo River, the Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway.
On 12 May 2016 the Minister for [Local Government |Minister for Local Government] announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
The last mayor of the Queanbeyan City Council was Tim Overall, an independent politician.

Cities, towns and localities

The Queanbeyan City Council area included the suburbs and villages of:
In 1998 Queanbeyan Council applied to have the localities of Letchworth, Larmer, Dodsworth and De Salis recognised as suburbs and these names were assigned by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.

Council

Composition and election method

Until its dissolution, the Queanbeyan City Council was composed of ten councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was directly elected while the nine other councillors were elected proportionally as one entire ward., the makeup of the last council, including the mayor, was as follows:
The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:

Past Mayors of Queanbeyan

CouncillorTerm of office
J. J. Wright1885-1888
John Bull1888-1889
George Tompsitt1889-1890
Edwin Henry Land1890-1891
Nathan Moses Lazarus1891-1892
Edwin Henry Land1892-1897
William Pike1897-1899
Patrick Blackall1900-1903
James Pike1900
Henry Hungerford1904-1905
Edwin Atkinson1906-1907
Ernest Hincksman1907-1909
Richard Moore1909-1910
Arthur Collett1910-1912
Fredrick Woodward1913
Richard Moore1913-1914
Frederick Woodward1915-1917
Arthur Collett1917-1920
Frederick Woodward1920-1921
James Harris1922-1924
William Freebody1925-1927
Henry Land1927-1929
William Freebody1929-1932
Henry Taylor1932-1935
John Esmond1935-1939
Henry Taylor1939-1951
Ralph Spendelove1951-1954
Arthur Lambert1954-1963
Frederick Land1963-1980
David Madew1980-1991
Frank Pangallo1991-2008
Tim Overall2008–2016

Election results

2012

Amalgamation

A Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of [local government areas|2015 review of local government boundaries] recommended that the Queanbeyan City Council merge with adjoining councils. The NSW Government considered two options. The first option was to merge Queanbeyan Council with parts of the Palerang Council to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately. The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan Council. On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.