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The city is governed and administered by the Greater Geelong City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Geelong, it also has service centres located in Drysdale, Ocean Grove and several other locations within Geelong. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in ...
Greater Geelong City Council is composed of eleven single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of four multi-member wards (three three-member wards and one two-member ward), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020. [11]
The previous Greater Geelong City Council was elected in 2012, while Mayor Darryn Lyons was elected at a 2013 by-election.. The council was sacked by the Andrews Government in May 2016 after allegations of bullying, with administrators installed to manage city and council affairs as well as to remove cultural problems that led to the sacking.
2020 Victorian local elections: Greater Geelong [6] Party Votes % Swing Seats Change Independent: 58,513 35.52 4 Independent Liberal: 43,263 26.46 4 Independent Labor: 25,648 15.57 1 Greens: 17,081 10.37 1 Put Climate First: 12,518 7.60 +7.60 1 1 Socialist Alliance: 4,292 2.61 0 Animal Justice: 3,408 2.07 0 Formal votes 164,723
Elections were held for the City of Greater Geelong council in Australia on 27 October 2012. In addition to electing a new 12 member council, Geelong also directly elected its first Mayor. Independent candidate Keith Fagg won the election convincingly, winning 43.28% of the primary vote. Then-mayor Labor aligned John Mitchell won 13.88% of the ...
This is a list of the mayors of the City of Greater Geelong, a local government area, and the second largest city in Victoria, Australia.Before amalgamation in 1993 the central area of Geelong was covered by the City of Geelong, with the surrounding suburbs falling into the Shire of Barrabool, Shire of Bannockburn, Rural City of Bellarine, Shire of Corio, City of Geelong West, City of Newtown ...
Council elections are held every four years on the fourth Saturday in October. [3] The last council elections were held on 22 October 2016. [4] An election was not held for the City of Greater Geelong, which was under administration until council elections were held on 27 October 2017. [5]
Stretch Kontelj and his wife Paula have three children. Paula is a former radio personality on 93.9 Bay FM, and ran unsuccessfully for the seat of Geelong in the 2014 Victorian state election, representing the Liberal Party. Kontelj's brother Eddy Kontelj has also served on the Greater Geelong City Council since 2010, representing Cowie Ward.