Municipality of Mosman

Mosman
New South Wales

Population: 28,767(2009)[1]
• Density: 3000/km² (7,770.0/sq mi)
Area: 9 km² (3.5 sq mi)
Mayor: Anne Connon (Independent)
Council Seat: Mosman
Region: Metropolitan Sydney
State District: North Shore
Federal Division: Warringah
Website: http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/
LGAs around Mosman:
City of Willoughby Middle Harbour Manly Council
North Sydney Council Mosman Sydney Heads
City of Sydney Sydney Harbour Municipality of Woollahra

The Municipality of Mosman is a Local Government Area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Demographics

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics[2]

Suburbs

In February 1997, the Government Gazette published a notice advising that they had assigned Mosman as the only suburb in the Mosman Local Government Area. However, Mosman Council decided that residents should continue to be allowed to use the traditional locality names if they wished.[3]

Localities in the local government area

The municipality consists entirely of the suburb of Mosman, which includes the following localities:

The municipality also manages and maintains the following locations:

Council

Mosman Municipal Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally. The area is divided into three wards, each electing three councillors. The mayor is not directly elected.[4] The current makeup of the council is as follows:[4]

Party Councillors
  Independents and Unaffiliated 9
Total 9

The current council, elected in 2008, is:[4]

Ward Councillor Party Notes
Balmoral Ward   Dom Lopez Independent
  Tom Sherlock Independent
  Libby Moline Independent Elected on Dom Lopez's ticket
Middle Harbour Ward   Jim Reid Independent
  Denise Wilton Independent
  Warren Yates Unaffiliated
Mosman Bay Ward   Simon Menzies Independent Deputy Mayor
  Anne Connon Independent Mayor
  Belinda Halloran Independent Elected on Simon Menzies' ticket

Sister city

Mosman has twin town status with Glen Innes, New South Wales.

Notes

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features42008-09?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2008-09&num=&view=. Retrieved 3 June 2010. 
  2. ^ "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06 (catalogue no.: 3218.0)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://abs.gov.au. Retrieved 2007-03-12. 
  3. ^ Mosman Municipal Council - Ordinary Meeting Agenda - Meeting Date: 29 November 2005 pg 83.
  4. ^ a b c "Mosman Municipal Council". 2008 Election results. Electoral Commission NSW. http://www.lg.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Mosman.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 

External links

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