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{{Infobox ward
| name               = Maranoa
| council            = bor
| image              = 
| image_upright      = 
| image_alt          = 
| caption            = 
| created            = 1996
| cr                 = [[Cynthia Watson]]<ref name="TimSmithFacebook">Tim Smith MP, Member for Kew. http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.facebook.com/TimSmithKew/posts/1836402893260281, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref>
| cr-party           = Liberal
| namesake           = [[Maranoa Gardens]], named for [[wikipedia:Maranoa River|Maranoa River]] in [[wikipedia:Queensland|Queensland]], indigenous word for 'alive'<ref name="WardNameHistory">City of Boroondara. 'History of Ward Names'. https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/ward-names, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref><ref>McWilliams, Gwen. ''Balwyn Walks''. 1992</ref>
| electors           = 11,439
| electors_year      = 2020
| electors_footnotes = <ref name="VEC2020electionresults">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council election results 2020''. November 2020. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/2020-council-election-results/boroondara-city-council, accessed: 5 February 2021</ref>
| area               = 5.98
| class              = 
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Maranoa Ward''' is a [[wikipedia:Victorian Electoral Commission|Victorian Electoral Commission]] electoral division in the City of Boroondara.<ref>Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council profile''. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/ElectoralBoundaries/boroondaraprofile.html, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref> The ward was proclaimed at the time of Boroondara's return to democratic government in 1996 and covers parts of [[Balwyn]], [[Balwyn North]] and [[Mont Albert]].

== Councillors ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 1996—2020
|-
!colspan="2"|Member!!Party!!Term
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Cynthia Watson]] 
| [[Wikipedia:Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]<ref name="TimSmithFacebook">Tim Smith MP, Member for Kew. http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.facebook.com/TimSmithKew/posts/1836402893260281, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref>
| 2016—present
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Philip Mallis]] 
| [[Wikipedia:Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 2012—2016
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Nicholas Tragas]]
| Liberal<ref>Willingham, Richard. ''Former peacekeeper in preselection battle''. Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-peacekeeper-in-preselection-battle-20120504-1y3cx.html, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref>
| 2004—2012
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Chris Pattas]]
| Independent
| 1996—2004
|}

== Electoral results ==
{{Main|Electoral results for Maranoa Ward}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[Boroondara council election, 2016]]: Maranoa<ref name="VEC2016">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council 2016 Election''. http://web.archive.org/web/20160823002210/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/BoroondaraElection/, accessed: 21 February 2017 <small>(Archived from the original)</small></ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Cynthia Watson<ref name="TimSmithFacebook" />
|party = Liberal
|votes = 5,092
|percentage = 58.54
|change = +58.54
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Charles Pruden<ref>Tim Wilson. 27 May 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20161112035443/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153645230785980&set=t.100001312341366&type=3&theater, accessed: 21 February 2017 <small>(Archived from the original)</small></ref>
|party = Liberal
|votes = 1,579
|percentage = 18.15
|change = +18.15
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Xavier Larkin
|party = Independent
|votes = 2,027
|percentage = 23.30
|change = +23.30
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 8,698
|percentage = 97.58
|change = +0.77
}}
{{Election box informal|
|votes = 216
|percentage = 2.42
|change = -0.77
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,914
|percentage = 78.04
|change = +3.94
}}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
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{{Boroondara wards}}
{{City of Boroondara}}