Huon Valley Council

43°15′17″S 146°35′22″E / 43.2546°S 146.5895°E / -43.2546; 146.5895Population17,219 (2018)^[1] • Density3.1267/km² (8.0982/sq mi)Established2 April 1993Area5,507 km² (2,126.3 sq mi)^[1]MayorSally DoyleCouncil seatHuonvilleRegionHuonville, Huon Valley, and Macquarie IslandState electorate(s)FranklinFederal division(s)FranklinWebsiteHuon Valley Council

LGAs around Huon Valley Council:
Derwent Valley	Derwent Valley	Glenorchy
West Coast	Huon Valley Council	Kingborough
Indian Ocean	Indian Ocean	Pacific Ocean

Huon Valley Council is a local government body in Tasmania, covering most of the south of the state. Huon Valley is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 17,219,^[1] towns and localities of the region include Cygnet, Dover, Franklin, Geeveston, Southport and the largest principal town, Huonville.

History and attributes

In 1993 the municipalities of Esperance, Huon and Port Cygnet were amalgamated to form the Huon Valley Council.^[2] Remote subantarctic Macquarie Island, which is located some 1400 km southeast of Tasmania proper, was part of Esperance until then, and has been administratively part of the Huon Valley since then.

Demographics

Huon Valley is classified as rural, agricultural and very large under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.^[3]

The townships in the south east region of Tasmania that experienced the largest growth over the decade ending June 2011 were Huonville, Franklin (where the population was up by 1,300 people) and Cygnet (up by 440).^[4]

Council

Council members as elected in 2022 elections.

Party		Councillor	Position
	Independent	Sally Doyle	Mayor
	Tasmanian Labor	Toby Thorpe	Deputy Mayor
	Independent	Debbie Armstrong	Councillor
	Tasmanian Greens	Paul Gibson	Councillor
	Independent	David O'Neill	Councillor
	Independent	Mark Jessop	Councillor
	Independent	Cathy Temby	Councillor
	Independent	Andrew Burgess	Councillor
	Tasmanian Greens	Jenny Cambers-Smith	Councillor

2016 Council misconduct and removal from office

In 2016 the entire Huon Valley Council was removed from council by the state Minister for Local Government after a long period of gross dysfunction and misconduct.^[5][6]The municipality was subsequently put under controlled of a Commissioner; former Glenorchy mayor and Elwick MLC Adriana Taylor,^[7] until new elections were held over a three-week period concluding on 30 October 2018.^[8]

Localities

See also

• List of local government areas of Tasmania

References

Further reading

• Tyson, Nell. and Rushton, Annie (1995) Family bushwalks in Tasmania's Huon valley Dover, Tas.: Driftwood Publishing. ISBN 0-646-26155-X

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