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This article covers members of the Boroondara District Roads Board which was the predecessor to the Shire of Boroondara and the beginnings of local government in the area. On 11 July 1854, the Board was created to cover the present-day area of Boroondara. Kew and Hawthorn became separate municipalities in 1860, while the Roads Board was followed by the Shire of Boroondara in 1871 which would eventually become Camberwell Council.[1]
Powers and duties
Selection process
Members of the board served three year terms. Two positions would be open at each election.
If votes were tied, the returning officer of the election had the power to give a casting vote in favour of one candidate or the other.[2]
Remuneration
Members
For councillors after 1870, see Councillors of Boroondara Shire
1871 - 1864
Members[1] | ||||||
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Year | ||||||
1871 | George Taylor[3] | Thomas Robinson[3] | Edward Dillon[3] | William Blanksby[3] | J. McDonald[3] | Thomas Ragg[3] |
1870 | John Slater[4] | |||||
1869 | William Williamson[5][2] | |||||
1868 | ||||||
1867 | Andrew Murray | |||||
1866 | Thomas Cope | |||||
1865 | William Coakley[6] | William Blanksby | ||||
1864 | R. Cam |
1863 - 1854
During this period, it appears that there were nine members of the board, elected at annual general meetings. The 1864 election seems to be the first general election held among the ratepayers of Boroondara.
Members[1] | |||||||||
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Year | |||||||||
1863 | William Coakley | Thomas Robinson | R. Cam (Pain?) | Robert Kent | William Blanksby | H. Luxford | Thomas Ragg | M. Chambers | John Day |
1862 | |||||||||
1861 | J. Butterfield | E. Carter | G. C. Downing | G. Eastaway | R. Hurry | W. Webb | |||
1860 | M. Cranwell | J. Irwin | M. Logan | J. Hunter | William Blanksby | A. Priestley | Thomas Ragg | H. Roberts | Placeholder |
1859 | M. O'Grady | D. Hill | T. Johnson | ||||||
1858 | T. Brooks | ||||||||
1857 | J. Affleck | Arthur Bowley | W. H. Pettett | G. Lewis | M. Lynch | W. Wade | Henry Walsh | Placeholder | |
1856 | D. G. Stobie | ||||||||
1855 | |||||||||
1854 |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Blainey, Geoffrey (1980). 'A History of Camberwell'. Melbourne:Lothian.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 South Bourke Standard. Boroondara. 14 August 1868. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66842046, accessed: 5 December 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 South Bourke Standard. Boroondara Road Board. 8 September 1871. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70083538, accessed: 5 December 2016
- ↑ South Bourke Standard. Boroondara Road Board. 5 August 1871. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70083483, accessed: 5 December 2016
- ↑ South Bourke Standard. Boroondara Road Board - Saturday August 6. 12 August 1870. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66843257, accessed: 5 December 2016
- ↑ The Argus. Election Notice - Boroondara Road District. 5 August 1864. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5751306, accessed: 19 December 2016
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