Shire of Mornington Peninsula
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The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a local government area in southeastern metropolitan, Victoria, Australia. Located to the south of the Melbourne city centre, it covers its namesake Mornington Peninsula, and is headquartered in the suburb of Rosebud. It has an area of 724 square kilometres (280 sq mi) and at the Template:CensusAU it had a population of 168,948.[1]
History
[edit]The Mornington Peninsula Shire came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington.[2]
On August 13, 2019, the Shire voted to declare a climate emergency in response to other similar declarations from councils around Australia. This declaration was later overturned by a motion in April 2025, which passed with a 6–5 vote.[3]
The Shire abolished the 150-year-old tradition of reciting a prayer before Council meetings in December 2020. According to the Australian National Secular Lobby, the Shire was "the first council or parliament to be removed from their list of government institutions that impose prayers on elected representatives”.[4]
Council
[edit]Current composition
[edit]Template:Victoria LGA ward map The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the 2024 council election:[5]
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beek Beek | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Kate Roper | |
| Benbenjie | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Max Patton | |
| Briars | Template:Australian party style| | Independent Liberal | Anthony Marsh | Mayor |
| Brokil | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Patrick Binyon | |
| Coolart | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | David Gill | |
| Kackeraboite | Template:Australian party style| | Independent Liberal | Stephen Batty | |
| Moorooduc | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Bruce Ranken | |
| Nepean | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Andrea Allen | |
| Tanti | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Paul Pingiaro | Deputy Mayor |
| Tootgarook | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Cam Williams | |
| Warringine | Template:Australian party style| | Independent | Michael Stephens | |
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]Townships and localities
[edit]The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census[6]
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
See also
[edit]- List of Melbourne suburbs, for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities
- Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
References
[edit]- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedABSPopulation - ↑ "Hastings". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ Preiss, Benjamin (23 April 2025). "Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan". The Age. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ McCullough, Cameron (14 December 2020). "God purged from council 'prayer'". Mornington Peninsula News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ "Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results". VEC. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
External links
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Media related to Shire of Mornington Peninsula at Wikimedia Commons- Mornington Peninsula Shire web site
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Archived 24 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link
Template:Shire of Mornington Peninsula suburbs Template:Local Government Areas of Victoria