The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 107,325.[1] It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Ballarat urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Buninyong, Waubra, Learmonth and Addington. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ballarat, Shire of Ballarat, Borough of Sebastopol and parts of the Shire of Bungaree, Shire of Buninyong, Shire of Grenville and Shire of Ripon.[2]
City of Ballarat Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 107,325 (2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 145.23/km2 (376.14/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Gazetted | 6 May 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 739 km2 (285.3 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Cr Des Hudson | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
Region | Western Victoria | ||||||||||||||
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Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
Website | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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The City is governed and administered by the Ballarat City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballarat, it also has a service centre located in Buninyong. The City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the centre-south of the LGA, Ballarat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 105,471.[3]
Ballarat City Council | |
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Type | Council of the City of Ballarat |
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Council political groups | Labor: 2 seats Greens: 1 seat Independent: 3 seats Liberal: 3 seats |
The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[4] The current Council, elected in 2020, in order of election by ward, is:[5]
Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes | |
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Central | Independent | Mark Harris | ||
Liberal | Samantha McIntosh[6] | |||
Greens | Belinda Coates[7] | |||
North | Liberal | Amy Johnson[6] | Deputy Mayor | |
Independent | Peter Eddy | Former CEO of Basketball Ballarat | ||
Labor | Daniel Moloney | |||
South | Labor | Des Hudson[6] | Mayor | |
Liberal | Ben Taylor | |||
Independent | Tracey Hargreaves | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Amy Johnson | 6,335 | 26.75% | -0.77 | |
Independent | Peter Eddy | 3,868 | 16.34% | +16.34 | |
Greens | Ellen Burns | 3,392 | 14.33% | +4.33 | |
Labor | Daniel Moloney | 2,931 | 12.38% | +1.92 | |
Labor | Jay Morrison | 2,691 | 11.36% | +11.36 | |
Independent | David Harris | 1,968 | 8.31% | +8.31 | |
Liberal | Grant Tillett | 1,834 | 7.75% | -6.85 | |
Animal Justice | Bryn Hills | 659 | 2.78% | +2.78 | |
Turnout | 23,678 | 84.68% | +6.98 | ||
Registered electors | 28,970 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.77 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.34 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.92 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Greens | Belinda Coates | 5,889 | 26.16% | +4.83 | |
Independent | Mark Harris | 4,090 | 18.17% | -11.97 | |
Liberal | Samantha McIntosh | 3,886 | 17.26% | -3.04 | |
Independent | Nick Shady | 2,884 | 12.81% | ||
Labor | Geoff Howard | 2,306 | 10.24% | +1.75 | |
Labor | Kumuda Simpson | 1,691 | 7.51% | +7.51 | |
Independent | John Dooley | 1,012 | 4.50% | +4.50 | |
Independent | Stephen Jones | 754 | 3.35% | +3.35 | |
Turnout | 23,186 | 82.47% | |||
Registered electors | 28,114 | ||||
Greens hold | Swing | +4.83 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | -11.97 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.04 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Des Hudson | 5,841 | 26.13% | +3.87 | |
Liberal | Ben Taylor | 5,348 | 23.92% | +5.02 | |
Greens | Jackson Snep | 2,333 | 10.44% | +3.95 | |
Independent | Tracey Hargreaves | 2,315 | 10.36% | +10.36 | |
Independent | Jim Rinaldi | 2,079 | 9.30% | +9.30 | |
Labor | Bridget Aitchison | 1,753 | 7.84% | +7.84 | |
Australia First | Susan Jakobi | 1,391 | 6.22% | +6.22 | |
Independent | Rachel Muir | 1,296 | 5.80% | +5.80 | |
Turnout | 23,102 | 83.67% | |||
Registered electors | 27,610 | ||||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.87 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.02 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | +10.36 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Amy Johnson | 5,520 | 27.52% | +7.22 | |
Liberal | Grant Tillet | 2,929 | 14.60% | ||
Independent | Vicki Coltman | 2,214 | 11.04% | -14.75 | |
Independent | John Philips | 2,156 | 10.75% | -10.27 | |
Labor | Daniel Moloney | 2,089 | 10.42% | -4.65 | |
Greens | Angus McAlpine | 2,005 | 10.00% | ||
Independent | Rob Edward Smith | 1,593 | 7.94% | ||
Independent | Pauline Fay | 902 | 4.50% | ||
Independent | Jeni Eastwood | 649 | 3.24% | ||
Turnout | 20,869 | 77.7 | |||
Registered electors | 26,859 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | +14.60 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.22 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.65 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Mark Harris | 6,077 | 30.14% | +15.88 | |
Greens | Belinda Coates | 4,301 | 21.33% | +2.17 | |
Liberal | Samantha McIntosh | 4,092 | 20.30% | -5.8 | |
Independent | William Bennett | 2,086 | 10.35% | ||
Labor | Ron Egeberg | 1,711 | 8.49% | ||
Independent | Gary Fitzgerald | 960 | 4.76% | +1.63 | |
Independent | Glen Crompton | 934 | 4.63% | -3.38 | |
Turnout | 20,806 | 74.22% | |||
Registered electors | 28,031 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.88 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.8 | |||
Greens hold | Swing | +2.17 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Des Hudson | 4,125 | 22.26% | -4.36 | |
Liberal | Ben Taylor | 3,502 | 18.90% | -0.23 | |
Independent | Jim Rinaldi | 2,785 | 15.03% | -0.46 | |
Independent | Peter Innes | 1,768 | 9.54% | -6.72 | |
Greens | Tony Goodfellow | 1,221 | 6.59% | ||
Independent | Dave Armstrong | 1,149 | 6.20% | ||
Independent | Dianne Colbert | 1,006 | 5.43% | ||
Independent | Merle Hathaway | 889 | 4.80% | ||
Independent | Nick Shady | 845 | 4.56% | ||
Independent | Tim Powell | 653 | 3.52% | ||
Independent | Brian Pola | 396 | 2.14% | ||
Independent | Koby Lance Bunney | 195 | 1.05% | ||
Registered electors | 25,695 | ||||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.36 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.23 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | -0.46 | |||
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballarat Town Hall Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballarat, and its service centre in Buninyong.
The council's main offices are in a modern extension behind the Town Hall called The Phoenix. In 2009 the council voted to move to a new headquarters at Civic Hall on Mair Street,[9] which would turn the heritage listed Town Hall building into a public general purpose venue.
The City of Ballarat's sister cities are:[10]
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