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List Of Mayors Of Richmond
This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Richmond, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1855 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Collingwood and City of Fitzroy to form the new City of Yarra. Council name Chairman (1856–1862) Mayors (1862–1982) Commissioner (1982–1988) In 1982, the Richmond council was sacked by the state government following a report which revealed allegations of electoral malpractice and fraud. The council was replaced by a state-appointed commissioner to administer the city in its stead until an elected council was restored in 1988. Mayors (1988–1994) City of Yarra mayors (from 1996) See also * Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne * List of mayors of Collingwood * List of mayors of Fitzroy External links Yarra City Council References {{Reflist Richmond Chairmen and MayorsHistory of the City of Yarra, List of Former Mayors Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Richmond
The City of Richmond was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1855 until 1994. History Richmond was incorporated as a municipality on 24 April 1855, having split from the City of Melbourne on the same day as the neighbouring City of Collingwood. It became a town on 28 September 1872, and a city on 17 February 1882. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. In 1920, it became the first municipal council in Australia to have a female councillor, when Mary Catherine Rogers of the Labor Party was elected. The Richmond council was sacked in 1982 by the State Government following a report which revealed allegations of electoral malpractice and fraud. The council was replaced by a state-appointed commissioner, Alex Gillon, to administer the city in its stead until an elected council was restored in 1988. On 22 June 1994, the City of Richmond was abolished, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Cremean
Herbert Michael "Bert" Cremean (8 May 1900 – 24 May 1945) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the districts of Dandenong (1929–1932) and Clifton Hill (1934–1945). He was Deputy Premier of Victoria for four days in September 1943.Cremean, Herbert Michael ''Re-member'' (Parliament of Victoria). Early life Cremean was born in Richmond, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, in May 1900. His parents were Timothy Carton Cremean, a carpenter, and Cecelia Hannah O'Connell. He was educated at St Ignatius' School in Richmond and St Patrick's College in East Melbourne, and held a broad range of occupations including clerk, timberworker, machinist and tram driver.Geoff Browne[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Fitzroy
This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Fitzroy, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1858 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Collingwood and City of Richmond to form the new City of Yarra. Council name Chairman (1856-1862) Mayors (1862-1994) City of Yarra Mayors (from 1996) {{main, List of Mayors of Yarra See also * List of mayors of Richmond * List of mayors of Collingwood External links Yarra City Council References Fitzroy Chairmen and Mayors Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ... Mayors Fitzroy Fitzroy, Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Collingwood
This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Collingwood, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1855 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Fitzroy and City of Richmond to form the new City of Yarra. Council name Chairmen (1855–1876) Mayor (1876–1994) City of Yarra mayors (from 1996) {{main, List of mayors of Yarra See also * List of mayors of Fitzroy * List of mayors of Richmond This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Richmond, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1855 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Collingwood and City of Fitzroy to ... External links Yarra City Council References Collingwood Mayors Collingwood Mayors Collingwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne
Richmond Town Hall is a civic building located on Bridge Road in Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Architecture Built in the 1890s, the original Richmond Town Hall was in the Venetian Gothic Revival style, consisting of polychrome brickwork and a large tower. In the 1930s, the façade was remodelled in the Interwar Academic Classical Revival style, with Art Deco decorations, to become the Richmond City Hall. The Town Hall was refurbished in 1991, but some sections of the rear of the building, and some interior spaces, retain the original Victorian era detailing. After the amalgamation of the City of Richmond with the City of Collingwood and the City of Fitzroy in 1994, to form the new City of Yarra, the Town Hall became the corporate headquarters for the new Yarra City Council. See also *List of Town Halls in Melbourne *City of Yarra *List of mayors of Yarra *List of mayors of Richmond This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Richmond, a former local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sang Nguyen
Sang Minh Nguyen or Nguyễn Minh Sang (born 1 January 1960) is a Vietnamese-Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from May 1996 until November 2006, representing Melbourne West Province. Biography Nguyen was born in the Vietnamese town of Long Xuyên. He studied at Lasan Duc-Minh High School in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) from 1970–1974, but fled Vietnam in 1977 as a refugee with the fall of the city to the Communists and the end of the Vietnam War, spending 10 months in Leamsing refugee camp in Thailand. After securing refugee status in 1978, he briefly studied at Greythorn High School then completed his secondary studies at Swinburne TAFE in 1980. He became involved in a series of positions related to helping the community, working as a mathematics teacher at the Collingwood Education Centre from 1983 to 1984, as a youth worker at the Ecumenical Migration Centre from 1985 to 1987, and as a coordinator at the Indochinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gillon
Alexander George Gillon (23 December 1909 – 25 August 2007) was a civic and sporting administrator in Melbourne, Australia. He was most notable as the longest-serving president of the Victorian Football Association, and as a mayor of the City of Brunswick. Gillon was born in Broadmeadows in north-western Melbourne. He played Australian rules football when he was young, and at his peak played 88 games for the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1930s, where he was part of Brunswick's 1938 premiership team. He was cleared to Coburg in May 1939 and played there for one season. After World War II, Gillon took a position on the Brunswick Football Club committee. He served as a club delegate on the VFA Board of Management from 1949 until 1953. Then in February 1954, he successfully challenged Lewis Page for presidency of the VFA. When Gillon took on the presidency, the VFA was in decline and struggling badly compared with the strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Connell (Australian Politician)
Geoffrey John O'Connell (16 June 1903 – 20 April 1972) was an Australian politician. He was born in Richmond, Victoria, Richmond to contractor John O'Connell and Annie McNamara. He was a tanner and publican before entering politics, and joined the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party around 1919. He was the cousin of Jack Cremean and Bert Cremean, both Labor politicians, and on 18 December 1926 married Lillian May Lester, with whom he had four children. He served on City of Richmond, Richmond City Council from 1948 to 1972, and was mayor from 1957 to 1958 and from 1964 to 1965. In 1958 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne Province. He served until his death in Richmond in 1972. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnell, Jack 1903 births 1972 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bolger
Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie '' Deep Impact'' * Tom Buchanan, the main antagonist from the 1925 novel ''The Great Gatsby'' * Tom Cat, a character from the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons * Tom Lucitor, a character from the American animated series ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' * Tom Natsworthy, from the science fantasy novel ''Mortal Engines'' * Tom Nook, a character in ''Animal Crossing'' video game series * Tom Servo, a robot character from the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' television series * Tom Sloane, a non-adult character from the animated sitcom '' Daria'' * Talking Tom, the protagonist from the ''Talking Tom & Friends'' franchise * Tom, a character from the '' Deltora Quest'' books by Emily Rodda * Tom, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurie Sheehy
Maurice Patrick Sheehy (12 June 1893 – 10 January 1961) was an Australian politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne Province. As a young man, "Maurie" Sheehy (as he was then known) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL). As an older gentleman, Sheehy was a politician, better known as Patrick Sheehy. Sports notoriety Sheehy began his sports career at Collingwood in 1914. After just two games he crossed to Fairfield Football Club, Fairfield where he spent the 1915 football season. The Northcote District recruit returned to Collingwood the following year and went on to appear in four Grand finals, Grand Finals. A back pocket in their 1919 premiership team, Sheehy also participated in the club's losing 1918, 1920 and 1922 Grand Final sides. He left Collingwood to coach Northcote Football Club, Northcote in 1923. Politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Webber (politician)
Gordon Charles Webber (6 January 1885 – 4 June 1960) was an Australian politician. Webber was born in Richmond to carpenter Henry Moore Webber and Harriett Bastin. He attended state school in Collingwood and then worked as a saddler. He eventually became a wickerworker, and served as president of the Wickerworkers' Union. On 6 February 1915 he married Doris Edna Brown, with whom he had one son; he would later remarry Maud Glenister on 12 January 1922 and have a further three children. During World War I he served with the 4th Light Horse as a stretcher-bearer. Webber joined the Labor Party in 1901, and was president of the state executive from 1910 to 1914 and from 1921 to 1922. He also served on Richmond City Council from 1908 to 1920 and was its first Labor mayor from 1913 to 1915. In 1912 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Abbotsford (in 1927 he would transfer to Heidelberg). He was a minister without portfolio from July to November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Areas Of Victoria
This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region. Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a city council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a shire council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification. Greater Melbourne Regional Victoria Barwon South West Grampians Gippsland Hume Loddon Mallee See also * Government of Australia *Australian Local Government Association *Municipal Association of Victoria References External links *Victorian Local Governance Association {{Politics of Australia * Local government areas A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
