City of Moreland

The City of Moreland is a local government area in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 11 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD.

"Moreland" redirects here. For other uses, see Moreland (disambiguation).

City of Moreland
Victoria
Location within Melbourne metropolitan area
Population181,725 (2018)[1] (33rd)
 • Density3,560/km2 (9,230/sq mi)
Established1994
Area51 km2 (19.7 sq mi)[1]
MayorAnnalivia Carli Hannan (Labor)
RegionMetropolitan Melbourne
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
WebsiteCity of Moreland
LGAs around City of Moreland:
Hume, Brimbank Hume Whittlesea
Moonee Valley City of Moreland Darebin
Moonee Valley Melbourne Yarra

It was created in 1994 during the forced amalgamations of local governments by the state government, being created from the former local government areas of the City of Brunswick, the City of Coburg and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows. The Moreland Local Government Area covers 51 km², and in June 2018, it had a population of 181,725.[1]

In 2004 the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), an independent authority created under Victorian state legislation, conducted a representation review of the Council's electoral structure, resulting in a recommendation that the 10 single Councillor wards be replaced by three multi-councillor wards. A consequence of the change from single-Councillor to multi-Councillor wards was a change in election method from preferential voting to proportional representation. Elections are held every four years, with the last elections held on Saturday 22 October 2016.

Council services

Moreland Council runs the Counihan Gallery at the Brunswick Town Hall, a free public art gallery named after the local artist, Noel Counihan. Other art events supported by Council include the MoreArt event, an art in public spaces show located along the Upfield transport corridor. The Council also sponsors various street festivals around the municipality, the best known being the Sydney Road Street Party.

One of the highlights of the Moreland City Council is the public library. Moreland City Libraries have five branches.

Other services provided by Moreland Council include maternal and child health service, waste and recycling collection, parks and open space, youth space called Oxygen, services for children, and aged services.

Suburbs
Suburbs of City of Moreland

Council

Current composition
Moreland City Council
Leadership
Mayor
Annalivia Carli Hannan
Deputy Mayor
Mark Riley
Structure
Council political groups
  Greens (4)
  Labor (3)
  Independent (3)
  Socialist Alliance (1)

Councillors are elected from three multi-member wards, two electing four members, and one electing three, for a total of eleven councillors. The current council was elected in October 2016, and its composition is:[2][3]

PartyCouncillors
  Greens 4
  Labor 3
  Independent 3
  Socialist Alliance 1
Total 11

In order of election by ward, is:

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
North-East   Labor Annalivia Carli Hannan
  Greens Adam Pulford
  Socialist Alliance Sue Bolton
  Independent Helen Pavlidis-Mihalakos
North-West[lower-alpha 1]   Independent Oscar Yildiz
  Independent Helen Davidson
  Greens Angelica Panopoulos
  Labor Milad El-Halabi
South   Labor Lambros Tapinos
  Greens Mark Riley
  Greens James Conlan

Council election results
Single-member wards, 1996–2004
Ward 1996–1999[4] 1999–2002[5] 2002–2004[6]
199920002001
Box Forest Tony AbelaKen Blair (Re-elected in 2002)
Glencairn Chris IliopoulosRobert Larocca (Re-elected in 2002)
Grandview Rosemary Kerr (Re-elected in 1999)Stephen Roach
Hoffman Mike HillAndy Ingham (Vacated seat in 2001)Joe Caputo (By-election in 2001, re-elected in 2002)
Lincoln Mills Rod Higgins (Re-elected in 1999, vacated seat in 2000)Vicki Yianoulatos (By-election in 2000, re-elected in 2004)
Lygon Glenyys RomanesLeigh SnellingFraser Brindley
Merri Anthony Helou (Re-elected in 1999 and 2002)
Moonah Andrew Rowe (Re-elected in 1999)Mark Higginbotham
Newlands Stella Kariofyllidis (Re-elected in 1999 and 2002)
Westbreen Geoff LutzMelanie RaymondJoe Ficarra
Multi-member wards, 2004–present
Ward 2004–2008[7] 2008–2012[8] 2012–2016[9] 2016–2020[2][3]
North-East Ward  LaborAnthony Helou[10] (Re-elected in 2008)  Socialist AllianceSue Bolton[11] (Re-elected in 2016)
Daniel De Lorenzis  LaborStella Kariofyllidis[12]  Ind. LiberalRob Thompson[11]  IndependentAli Irfanli
 LaborMark O'Brien[13]  LaborMichael Teti[11] (Re-elected in 2012)  LaborAnnalivia Carli Hannan
 GreensAndrea Sharam[14][15]  GreensToby Archer*[16]  GreensLenka Thompson*[11]  GreensNatalie Abboud
North-West Ward  LaborMark Higginbotham[17]  LaborOscar Yildiz[11] (Re-elected in 2012 as a Labor councilor)(Re-elected in 2016 as an Independent, no longer a Labor councilor)
 IndependentJohn Kavanagh[11] (Re-elected in 2008, 2012 and 2016)
 LaborKathleen Matthews-Ward[12] (Re-elected in 2008)  IndependentHelen Davidson[11] (Re-elected in 2016)
Michael El-Halabi  LaborEnver Erdogan[12]  LaborLita Gillies[11]  GreensDale Martin
South Ward  LaborJoe Caputo[18]  LaborLambros Tapinos[11][12] (Re-elected in 2012 and 2016)
 LaborAlice Pryor[12] (Re-elected in 2008)  LaborMeghan Hopper[11]  GreensMark Riley
 GreensJosephine Connellan[14][15] (Re-elected in 2008)  GreensSamantha Ratnam[11] (Re-elected in 2016, resigned 2017)
* Toby Archer resigned his seat in 2011 citing family reasons, it was subsequently won by Lenka Thompson in 2012 in a countback.[16][19]

Mayors
Main article: List of mayors of Moreland

The current Mayor is Lambros Tapinos and the Deputy Mayor is Oscar Yildizj. They were elected by council in October 2019 and will serve the 2020 year.[20]

Sister cities

See also

Notes
  1. Pending an investigation by Victoria Police and a decision by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, following allegations of voter fraud.

References
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  2. "Results for Moreland City Council Elections 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. Korssen, Tiffany (31 October 2016). "Former mayor Meghan Hopper ousted as Labor lose two seats in Moreland Council election". Moreland Leader. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. "First Council". Moreland City Council. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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  8. "Results for Moreland City Council Elections 2008". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  9. "Results for Moreland City Council Elections 2012". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  10. Bowe, William (29 June 2009). "Newspoll 56-44; ACNielsen 58-42; Galaxy 56-44". The Poll Bludger. Crikey. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  11. Tessa, Hoffman (27 October 2012). "Moreland Council elections 2012". Moreland Leader. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  12. Cooke, Dewi (25 March 2010). "ALP suspends trio for breaking ranks". The Age. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  13. "Moreland Council election – Candidate survey". Bicycle Network. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  14. "History". Victorian Greens. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  15. Boulton, Martin (29 November 2004). "Results put Greens in mood to celebrate". The Age. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  16. "New look at election after Greens councillor quits". Moreland Leader. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  17. Mayne, Stephen (30 January 2006). "The Green mayor who kept his council car". Crikey. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  18. Lucas, Clay (3 January 2008). "City to get 'lite' car-free day". The Age. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  19. "Countback results for the Moreland City Council 2008 election". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  20. "Mayor of Moreland". Moreland City Council. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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