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The Toowoomba Region is a local government area (LGA) located within the larger Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local government authorities with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond.
This is a list of results for the 2024 Queensland local elections in the Darling Downs region. [ 1 ] The Darling Downs region encompasses the local government areas (LGAs) of Goondiwindi , Southern Downs , Toowoomba , and Western Downs .
Councillors were elected from a single pool of candidates by a "First Past the Post" poll, Toowoomba having abandoned the system of wards (electorates). [citation needed] As with other local governments in Queensland, Toowoomba City Council was bound by the Local Government Act 1993. Under this act and other legislation, the state government ...
The Local Government (Albert, Beaudesert and Gold Coast) Regulation 1994 was gazetted on 16 December 1994, resulting in the amalgamation of the Shire of Albert into City of Gold Coast at the 1995 local government elections. City of Ipswich: Ipswich: South East Queensland: 1860 1,094: 233,302 242,884 Lockyer Valley Region: Gatton: South East ...
The Local Government Reform Commission was an independent, purpose-specific authority established by the Beattie Labor Queensland Government on 1 May 2007 to recommend the most appropriate future structure and boundaries for local government in Queensland. This was in part due to the number of financially weak councils with small populations in ...
Former local government areas of Queensland This page was last edited on 31 March 2014, at 03:57 (UTC) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ; additional terms may apply.
Toowoomba is the seat of the Toowoomba Region local government area. The city is represented in the Parliament of Queensland by three seats: Toowoomba North, Toowoomba South and Condamine. In the Commonwealth Parliament, Toowoomba forms part of the Division of Groom, which is held by Garth Hamilton for the Liberal National Party of Queensland. [44]
Toowoomba North State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls on the south-west corner of Mort and Taylor Streets [ 49 ] [ 50 ] It includes a special education program. In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 157 students with 12 teachers (11 full-time equivalent). [ 51 ]