City of Holroyd

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The final mayor of the Holroyd City Council was Councillor Greg Cummings, a member of the Labor Party. On 12 May 2016, the majority of Holroyd City Council merged into the newly formed Cumberland Council, with a small northern section merged into the newly re-formed City of Parramatta Council.

Council history

First proclaimed in July 1872 as the Municipal District of Prospect and Sherwood.[2] The first council, consisting of six aldermen at-large, was elected on 30 August 1872.[3] The council became the Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood from 1906 and on 11 January 1927 it was renamed the Municipality of Holroyd after Arthur Holroyd, the first mayor.[4] From 1 January 1991, city status was granted, becoming the Holroyd City Council. Originally located at the Council Chambers in Merrylands West from 1915, the administrative centre of Holroyd was located in the suburb of Merrylands from 1962.[5][6] The Holroyd Administration Centre was officially opened by the Premier of New South Wales, Bob Heffron, on 19 June 1962.[7]

Council amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundariesTemplate:Broken anchor by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that Holroyd merge with adjoining councils. The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of parts of Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta to form a new council with an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and support a population of approximately 219,000.[8]

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On 12 May 2016, Holroyd City Council, along with parts of the Auburn (South of the M4 Western Motorway) and the Parramatta (Woodville Ward) city councils merged to form Cumberland Council,[10] with a smaller minority in the suburbs of Holroyd, Westmead, Mays Hill and Parramatta becoming part of the new City of Parramatta Council.[11]

Suburbs in the local government area

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Demographics

At the 2011 Census, there were 99,163 people in the Holroyd local government area, of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Holroyd was 34 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.[1]

Population growth in the City of Holroyd between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 5.28%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 10.47%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Holroyd local government area was 20% higher than the national average.[12] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Holroyd was generally on par with the national average.[1][13]

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Holroyd local government area who stated their ancestry as Lebanese, was in excess of sixteen times the national average; and the proportion of Indian residents was in excess of five times the national average. The proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Islam or Hinduism was in excess of eight times and seven times the national average respectively; and the proportion of residents with no religion more than half the national average. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, the area was linguistically diverse, with Arabic, Tamil, or Hindi languages spoken in a high proportion of households, and ranged from five times to seventeen times the national averages.[1]

Selected historical census data for Holroyd local government area
Census year 2001[12] 2006[13] 2011[1]
Population Estimated residents on Census night 85,261 89,766 99,163
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
% of New South Wales population 1.43%
% of Australian population 0.45% Steady 0.45% Increase 0.46%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses
Australian 23.3% Decrease 21.8% Decrease 17.2%
English 19.7% Decrease 16.1% Decrease 14.7%
Lebanese 11.5% Decrease 11.1% Decrease 9.7%
Indian 3.3% Increase 5.5% Increase 9.2%
Chinese 5.2% Increase 5.6% Increase 6.0%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)
Arabic 10.7% Increase 12.4% Increase 12.5%
Tamil 1.3% Increase 2.4% Increase 3.4%
Hindi 1.6% Increase 2.0% Increase 2.9%
Mandarin 1.7% Increase 2.1% Increase 2.5%
Cantonese 2.4% Increase 2.5% Decrease 2.4%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses
Catholic 40.2% Decrease 33.9% Decrease 30.5%
Islam 6.2% Increase 8.3% Increase 10.4%
Hinduism 3.1% Increase 5.7% Increase 10.0%
Anglican 15.2% Decrease 12.1% Decrease 9.6%
No Religion 7.3% Increase 8.1% Increase 8.4%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income Median weekly personal income Template:AUD431 Template:AUD517
% of Australian median income 92.5% 89.6%
Family income Median weekly family income A$998 A$1,353
% of Australian median income 97.2% 91.4%
Household income Median weekly household income A$1,121 A$1,209
% of Australian median income 95.7% 98.0%

Council

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The Council Chambers in Merrylands, seat of the council from 1962 to 2016.

Final composition and election method

Holroyd City Council was composed of twelve councillors elected proportionally as four separate wards, each electing three councillors. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor and deputy mayor were elected annually by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the final makeup of the council for the term 2012–2016 was as follows:[14][15][16][17]

Ward Councillor Party Notes
East Ward[14] Template:Australian party style Peter Monaghan Labor
Template:Australian party style Michael Zaiter Liberal Elected to Cumberland Wentworthville Ward, 2017.
Template:Australian party style Eddy Sarkis Independents Elected to Cumberland Greystanes Ward, 2017.
North Ward[15] Template:Australian party style Joseph Rahme Liberal Elected to Cumberland Granville Ward, 2017.
Template:Australian party style Lisa Lake Labor Elected to Cumberland Wentworthville Ward, 2017.
Template:Australian party style Muriel Yvette Whitfield Holroyd Independents Deputy Mayor 2013–2015
South Ward[16] Template:Australian party style Nasr Kafrouni Liberal Mayor 2013–2014
Template:Australian party style John Brodie Holroyd Independents Deputy Mayor 2012–2013[18]
Template:Australian party style Pam Colman Labor Deputy Mayor 2011–2012
West Ward[17] Template:Australian party style Ross Grove Liberal Mayor 2012–2013[18]
Template:Australian party style Greg Cummings Labor Mayor 2014–2016; Elected to Cumberland Greystanes Ward, 2017.
Template:Australian party style Nadima Kafrouni Liberal Deputy Mayor 2015–2016

Mayors

Mayor Party Term Notes
Template:Australian party style Arthur Holroyd Independent 3 September 1872 – 9 February 1875 [19]
Template:Australian party style John Good Independent 9 February 1875 – 21 July 1875 [20]
Template:Australian party style Henry Tucker Jones Independent 22 July 1875 – 19 February 1876 [21]
Template:Australian party style Gilbert Hunter Smith Independent 19 February 1876 – 13 February 1878 [22][23]
Template:Australian party style Joseph Booth Independent 13 February 1878 – 14 February 1879 [24]
Template:Australian party style John William Pass Independent 14 February 1879 – 13 February 1880 [25]
Template:Australian party style John Booth Independent 13 February 1880 – 20 February 1888 [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
Template:Australian party style Henry Tucker Jones Independent 20 February 1888 – 23 February 1889 [34]
Template:Australian party style Thomas Muston Independent 23 February 1889 – 4 February 1892 [35][36][37]
Template:Australian party style George McCredie Independent 4 February 1892 – 20 February 1895 [38][39]
Template:Australian party style William P. Noller Independent 20 February 1895 – 9 February 1897 [40][41]
Template:Australian party style Thomas Muston Independent 9 February 1897 – 15 February 1899 [42][43]
Template:Australian party style Henry Tucker Jones Independent 15 February 1899 – 15 February 1900 [44]
Template:Australian party style Edward Pascoe Pearce Independent 15 February 1900 – 9 February 1901 [45]
Template:Australian party style Henry Tucker Jones Independent 9 February 1901 – 19 February 1903 [46][47]
Template:Australian party style Hugh Miller Independent 19 February 1903 – 15 February 1905 [48][49]
Template:Australian party style Charles Shepherd Independent 15 February 1905 – 17 February 1906 [50]
Template:Australian party style Herbert Soames Independent 17 February 1906 – 19 February 1907 [51]
Template:Australian party style Peter Antony Pavesi Independent 19 February 1907 – 11 February 1908 [52]
Template:Australian party style Benjamin Crowe Independent 11 February 1908 – 8 February 1909 [53]
Template:Australian party style William Freame Independent 8 February 1909 – 14 February 1910 [54][55]
Template:Australian party style George Ringrose Independent 14 February 1910 – 12 February 1912 [56][57]
Template:Australian party style Ludovic George Houston McCredie Independent 12 February 1912 – 13 February 1914 [58][59]
Template:Australian party style George William Brewer Independent 13 February 1914 – 19 February 1915 [60]
Template:Australian party style John Kelly Independent 19 February 1915 – 18 February 1916 [61]
Template:Australian party style Robert Donnelly Independent 18 February 1916 – 6 July 1917 [62]
Template:Australian party style Frederick George Tucker Jones Independent 6 July 1917 – 20 December 1921 [63][64][65][66][67][68]
Template:Australian party style John Hamilton Shaw Independent 20 December 1921 – 5 December 1922 [69]
Template:Australian party style John Arthur Williams Independent 5 December 1922 – 4 December 1923 [70]
Template:Australian party style Archibald John Webb Independent 4 December 1923 – 6 December 1928 [71][72][73][74][75]
Template:Australian party style John Spencer Bowman Bacon Independent 6 December 1928 – 10 December 1929 [76]
Template:Australian party style William Alfred Rainbow Independent 10 December 1929 – 9 December 1930 [77]
Template:Australian party style Frederick George Tucker Jones Independent 9 December 1930 – 5 January 1932 [78]
Template:Australian party style George Ernest Maunder Independent 5 January 1932 – 6 December 1932 [79]
Template:Australian party style William Campbell Independent 6 December 1932 – 5 December 1933 [80]
Template:Australian party style George Ernest Maunder Independent 5 December 1933 – 4 December 1934 [81]
Template:Australian party style Matthew Warnock Independent 4 December 1934 – 8 December 1936 [82][83]
Template:Australian party style Frederick George Tucker Jones Independent 8 December 1936 – 7 December 1937 [84]
Template:Australian party style William Campbell Independent 7 December 1937 – 12 December 1939 [85]
Template:Australian party style John Bennett Thorburn Independent 12 December 1939 – 16 September 1941 [86]
Template:Australian party style George Ernest Maunder Independent 16 September 1941 – 22 December 1947 [87]
Template:Australian party style William Campbell Independent 22 December 1947 – 2 December 1950 [88][89]
Template:Australian party style George Ernest Maunder Independent 12 December 1950 – 13 December 1955 [90][91]
Template:Australian party style Montague James Bennett Template:Post-nominals Independent 13 December 1955 – 10 July 1967 [92][93]
Template:Australian party style Bob Devlin Template:Post-nominals Independent 13 July 1967 – 24 September 1983 [94][95]
Template:Australian party style Henry Lionel Maley Template:Post-nominals Independent 4 October 1983 – 25 September 1984 [94][96][97]
Template:Australian party style Keith Matthew Warnock Template:Post-nominals Independent 25 September 1984 – 17 September 1985 [94][98][99]
Template:Australian party style Allan Gordon Ezzy Independent 17 September 1985 – 20 September 1988 [94]
Template:Australian party style Graham Gard Template:Post-nominals Independent 20 September 1988 – 18 September 1990 [94][100]
Template:Australian party style Bob Downing Independent 18 September 1990 – 24 September 1991 [94][101]
Template:Australian party style Allan Gordon Ezzy Independent 24 September 1991 – 20 September 1994 [94]
Stuart Graham 20 September 1994 – 16 September 1997 [94]
Template:Australian party style Allan Gordon Ezzy Independent 16 September 1997 – 21 September 1999 [94]
Template:Australian party style Peter Herlinger Labor 21 September 1999 – 21 September 2000 [94]
Template:Australian party style Andrew Pigram Independent 21 September 2000 – 17 September 2002 [94]
Template:Australian party style Malcolm Tulloch Labor 17 September 2002 – 13 April 2004 [94]
rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style Dr. John Brodie Holroyd Independents 13 April 2004 – 20 September 2005 [94]
Allan Gordon Ezzy Template:Post-nominals 20 September 2005 – 19 September 2006 [94][102][103][104]
Dr. John Brodie 19 September 2006 – 30 September 2008 [94]
Template:Australian party style Greg Cummings Labor 30 September 2008 – 15 September 2009 [94]
Template:Australian party style John Frederick Perry Holroyd Independents 15 September 2009 – 21 September 2010 [94]
Template:Australian party style Peter Monaghan Labor 21 September 2010 – 20 September 2011 [94]
Template:Australian party style Yvette Whitfield Holroyd Independents 20 September 2011 – September 2012 [105]
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style Ross Grove Liberal September 2012 – September 2013 [106]
Nasr Kafrouni September 2013 – 16 September 2014 [107]
Template:Australian party style Greg Cummings Labor 16 September 2014 – 12 May 2016 [108][109]

Town Clerk/General Manager

The Local Government Act, 1993 removed the requirement that the administrative head of a council be a "Town or Shire Clerk" and specified that the head was to be known as the "General Manager".

Town Clerk/General Manager Term Notes
William Alfred Brodie 2 October 1872 – 15 March 1873 [110]
George Edward Young 15 March 1873 – 16 September 1873 [111]
Richard Amos 16 September 1873 – 3 November 1874 [112]
George W. Bowden 3 November 1874 – 1 May 1875 [113]
George Edward Young (acting) 1 May 1875 – 5 February 1876 [114]
John Bergan (acting) 5 February 1876 – 1877 [115]
James Chisholm 1877 – November 1879 [116]
Emma K. Chisholm 3 December 1879 – June 1884 [117]
John Overton June 1884 – 11 July 1884 [118]
Joseph John Drew 11 July 1884 – 30 October 1885 [119]
Daniel Watsford 30 October 1885 – 15 May 1886 [120]
Arthur Philip McManis 15 May 1886 – 1 November 1888 [121][122]
George Edward Young 1 November 1888 – 17 August 1891 [123]
Arthur Philip McManis 17 August 1891 – 1 July 1908 [124]
Joseph Orton Miller 1 July 1908 – March 1909 [125][126]
Arthur J. Williamson March 1909 – 8 July 1914 [127][128][129]
George M. Shaw 8 July 1914 – 25 April 1917 [130]
E. W. E. Kelly (acting) 25 April 1917 – 16 June 1917 [131]
A. D. Hume 16 June 1917 – 2 April 1939 [132][133][134]
A. E. Bavington 2 April 1939 – 3 December 1946 [135][136][137]
Philip Arthur Arnett Template:Post-nominals 3 December 1946 – 31 December 1970 [138][139][140]
Colin H. Kennedy 1 January 1971 – 1973 [141][142][143]
Ivan R. Wilson 1973 – 1988 [144]
Graham R. Towle 1988 – 1992 [145]
Dennis Trezise 1992 – 2007 [146]
Merv Ismay 2007 – 12 May 2016 Cumberland Council GM, 2016

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