Charters Towers Region
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The Charters Towers Region is a
It has an estimated operating budget of
History
Prior to 2008, the Charters Towers Region was an entire area of two previous and distinct local government areas:
- the City of Charters Towers;
- and the Shire of Dalrymple.
The City of Charters Towers had its beginning in the Charters Towers Municipality which was proclaimed on 21 June 1877 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864.
The Shire of Dalymple began as
In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that the two areas amalgamate. Amongst its reasons given for this recommendation were improved service delivery and capacity through a larger asset base and increased operating revenue, and the fact that a significant (and growing) proportion of the Shire's population lived in Charters Towers's outer suburbs and bringing all of Charters Towers under one local government was viewed as desirable. It did not consider amalgamation with the neighbouring Townsville/Thuringowa region due to disparate communities of interest. Both councils opposed the amalgamation, although the City Council concluded it was inevitable due to a shared community of interest.[5] On 15 March 2008, the City and Shire formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council.
Wards
The council remains undivided and its elected body consists of six councillors and a mayor.
Mayors
- 2008–2012: Ben Callcott [6]
- 2012–2016: Franklin Beveridge[7]
- 2016–2020: Liz Schmidt [8]
- 2020–present: Franklin Charles Beveridge [9]
Towns and localities
The Charters Towers Region includes the following settlements:
Libraries
Charters Towers Regional Council operate the Excelsior public library in Charters Towers.[10]
Population
The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The 2011 census was the first for the new Region.
Year | Population (Region total) |
Population (Former City) |
Population (Former Shire) |
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1933 | 10,238 | 6,978 | 3,260 |
1947 | 9,872 | 7,561 | 2,311 |
1954 | 8,875 | 6,961 | 1,914 |
1961 | 9,839 | 7,633 | 2,206 |
1966 | 9,605 | 7,602 | 2,003 |
1971 | 9,796 | 7,518 | 2,278 |
1976 | 10,494 | 7,914 | 2,580 |
1981 | 10,161 | 6,823 | 3,338 |
1986 | 11,460 | 7,208 | 4,252 |
1991 | 12,500 | 9,016 | 3,484 |
1996 | 12,562 | 8,893 | 3,669 |
2001 | 12,345 | 8,492 | 3,853 |
2006 | 11,937 | 8,155 | 3,782 |
2011 | 12,169 | ||
2016 | 11,876 | ||
2021 | 11,794 |
References
- ^ a b "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Gugu Badhun". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ 28 Vic No. 21 (Imp)
- ^ Queensland Government Gazette, Vol. XCII, 13 April 1909, p.1019.
- ISBN 978-1-921057-11-3. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "2008 Charters Towers Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "2012 Charters Towers Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "2016 Charters Towers Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.[dead link]
- Charters Towers Regional Council. Retrieved 2 February 2018.