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The Surf Coast Shire is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 1,553 square kilometres (600 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 32,251.[1] It includes the towns of Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Lorne, Moriac, Torquay and Winchelsea. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Winchelsea, Shire of Barrabool and part of the former City of South Barwon, which was, at that point, part of the City of Greater Geelong.[2][3]

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Surf Coast Shire Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	32,251 (2018)[1]
• Density	20.767/km2 (53.786/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	9 March 1994[2]
Area	1,553 km2 (599.6 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Cr Libby Stapleton
Council seat	Torquay
Region	Barwon South West
State electorate(s)	Polwarth South Barwon
Federal division(s)	Corangamite
Website	Surf Coast Shire
LGAs around Surf Coast Shire: Golden Plains Golden Plains Greater Geelong Colac Otway Surf Coast Shire Bass Strait Colac Otway Bass Strait Bass Strait

The Shire is governed and administered by the Surf Coast Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Torquay. The Shire is named after its location on the popular surf coast of Victoria.

Post-2008, following an electoral representation review, the decision was made to re-subdivide the municipality into four wards, the current wards are Torquay, Anglesea, Winchelsea and Lorne. Between 2004 and 2008, the Shire was an unsubdivided municipality and as a result, the entire municipality voted to elect nine councillors. Between 1996 and 2004, the municipality was subdivided into six wards, where three councillors per ward were elected from the Torquay and Anglesea wards, and one councillor per ward was elected from the Lorne, Winchelsea, Moriac and Aireys Inlet wards. A position of Deputy Mayor was created in 2004, but it was abolished for the 2005 mayoral election.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and nine councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the Torquay Ward, two councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Anglesea and Winchelsea wards, and one councillor elected to represent the Lorne Ward.[4]

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Anglesea		Libby Stapleton	Mayor
		Mike Bodsworth
Lorne		Gary Allen
Torquay		Liz Pattison	Deputy Mayor
		Paul Barker
		Rose Hodge
		Kate Gazzard
Winchelsea		Adrian Schonfelder
		Heather Wellington

List of former and current mayors

• Cr Noel Bates (1995–1997)
• Cr Henry Love (1997–1998)
• Cr Julie Hansen (1998–2000)
• Cr Mike Barrow (2000–2001)
• Cr Beth Davidson (2001–2004)
• Cr Keith Grossman (2004–2005)
• Cr Libby Mears (2005–2006)
• Cr Rose Hodge (2006–2007)
• Cr Dean Webster (2007–2008)
• Cr Libby Mears (2008–2009)
• Cr Libby Coker (2009–2010)
• Cr Dean Webster (2010–2011)
• Cr Brian McKiterick (2011–2012)
• Cr Libby Coker (2012–2013)
• Cr Rose Hodge (2013–2014)
• Cr Margot Smith (2014–2015)
• Cr Rose Hodge (2015–2016)
• Cr Brian McKiterick (2016-2017)
• Cr David Bell (2017-2018)
• Cr Rose Hodge (2018–2020)
• Cr Libby Stapleton (2020–Present)

Administration and Governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Torquay Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its Municipal Office in Torquay.

Elections

Surf Coast Shire holds elections every 4 years to determine the composition of the council.

2016 election

Anglesea Ward

Surf Coast Shire Council election results, 2016: Anglesea Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Libby Coker	2,504	48.5
	Independent	Margot Ann Smith	1,393	27.0
	Independent	Jenna Robinson	1,268	24.6
Turnout			6,891	76.2
Registered electors			5,165
	Labor hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Lorne Ward

Lorne Ward was uncontested in the 2016 election, with Councillor Clive Goldsworthy being re-elected unopposed.

Torquay Ward

Surf Coast Shire Council election results, 2016: Torquay Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rose Hodge	2,866	27.2
	Independent	David Bell	1,962	18.6
	Liberal	Brian McKiterick	1,683	16.0
	Greens	Marian Smedley[5][6][7]	1,529	14.5
	Independent	Martin Paul Duke	1,522	14.2
	Independent	Joe Remenyi	993	9.4
Turnout			10,555	70.9
Registered electors			15,308
	Labor hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Greens		Swing

Main towns in shire

In 2021 census the shire had a population of 37,694.

See also

• List of localities (Victoria)

References

External links

• Surf Coast Shire Council official website
• Great Ocean Road Journey, Victoria, Australia (replaces the Surf Coast Tourist website)
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• The Anglesea & District Historical Society Inc.

На других языках

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[de] Surf Coast Shire

-38.33144.32 Das Surf Coast Shire ist ein lokales Verwaltungsgebiet (LGA) im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria. Das Gebiet ist 1552,9 km² groß und hat etwa 29.400 Einwohner.[1]

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