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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 | 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 [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell Council]].<ref name="BlameyHistoryCamberwell">Blainey, Geoffrey (1980). 'A History of Camberwell'. Melbourne:Lothian.</ref> | ||
== Powers and duties == | == Powers and duties == | ||
== Selection process == | == 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.<ref name="SouthBourke14Aug1868">South Bourke Standard. ''Boroondara''. 14 August 1868. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66842046, accessed: 5 December 2016</ref> | |||
== Remuneration == | == Remuneration == | ||
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|rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | [[George Henry Taylor|George Taylor]]<ref name="SouthBourke8Sep1871">[[South Bourke Standard]]. ''Boroondara Road Board''. 8 September 1871. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70083538, accessed: 5 December 2016</ref> | |||
|rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | [[Edward Dillon]]<ref name="SouthBourke8Sep1871" /> | |||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[William Blanksby]]<ref name="SouthBourke8Sep1871" /> | |||
|rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | [[J. McDonald]]<ref name="SouthBourke8Sep1871" /> | |||
|rowspan="11" style="text-align: center;" | [[Thomas Robinson]]<ref name="SouthBourke8Sep1871" /> | |||
|rowspan="10" style="text-align: center;" | [[Thomas Ragg]]<ref name="SouthBourke8Sep1871" /> | |||
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|1870 | |1870 | ||
|rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | [[John | |rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | [[John Slater]]<ref name="SouthBourke11Aug1871">South Bourke Standard. ''Boroondara Road Board''. 5 August 1871. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70083483, accessed: 5 December 2016</ref> | ||
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|rowspan=" | |rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[William A. S. Williamson|William Williamson]]<ref name="SouthBourk12Aug1870">South Bourke Standard. ''Boroondara Road Board - Saturday August 6''. 12 August 1870. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66843257, accessed: 5 December 2016</ref><ref name="SouthBourke14Aug1868" /> | ||
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|rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[Andrew Murray]] | |||
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