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The 2024 Townsville City Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and 10 councillors to the City of Townsville. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia. [1] Incumbent mayor Jenny Hill was defeated after 12 years in the position by independent candidate Troy Thompson. She ...
The 2020 Townsville City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 to elect a mayor and 10 councillors to the City of Townsville. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia. [1] Team Jenny Hill won all but one wards, with their only loss coming in Division 2. Hill was also re-elected mayor, winning ...
1933 Townsville City Council election; 2008 Townsville City Council election; 2012 Townsville City Council election; 2016 Townsville City Council election; 2020 Townsville City Council election; 2024 Townsville City Council election; 2028 Townsville City Council election
First incarnation (1878–1885, 1 member) Member Party Term John Deane: Unaligned 1878–1879 John Murtagh Macrossan: Unaligned 1879–1885 Second incarnation (1885–1912, 2 members)
At local elections in Queensland, candidates and incumbent councillors can formally register groups (which operate similarly to parties) with the state electoral commission. These groups often contain members of other political parties, including the ALP and LNP .
The council is represented by 10 councillors and the mayor, who have been elected by the whole city. The current mayor is Jenny Hill, who was formerly the deputy mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Townsville in 2007 and early 2008. The council consists of one mayor, elected at large, and 10 councillors, elected from 10 individual divisions.
This is a list of mayors of the City of Townsville, a local government area of Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] [3] The current mayor is Troy Thompson. Elected in 2024, he beat previous mayor Jenny Hill, who was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. [4] [5] [6] Elections for mayor are held every 4 years as part of the statewide local ...
Following local government reform undertaken by the Government of Queensland prior to the March 2008 elections, the previous entities of NQ Water, The City of Townsville and the City of Thuringowa were amalgamated. In the 2024 Townsville City Council election, Troy Thompson (Independent), was sworn in as Mayor of Townsville. [74]