Pristine Waters Council

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Pristine Waters Council
New South Wales
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Population10,700 (2003)
 • Density1.574/km2 (4.08/sq mi)
Established1 July 2000 (2000-07-01)
Abolished24 February 2004 (2004-02-24)
Area6,800 km2 (2,625.5 sq mi)
Region Northern Rivers
Website Pristine Waters Council

Pristine Waters Council (sometimes referred to as Pristine Waters Shire) was a short-lived local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. [1] [2] [3]

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It was proclaimed on 24 May 2000 and commenced operations officially on 1 July 2000, following a merger of Nymboida Shire and Ulmarra Shire. [4] [5]

After just four years, Pristine Waters amalgamated with Grafton, Copmanhurst and Maclean to form Clarence Valley Council on 24 February 2004. [6]

Prior to the amalgamation, Pristine Waters was scheduled to have an election on 27 March 2004, although only one candidate had nominated with the New South Wales Electoral Commission as of 24 February (the same day as the abolition). [7] The last-minute abolition prevented incumbent councillor Olive Boundy from contesting the election in Coffs Harbour. [8] [9]

Council

Final composition

Pristine Waters was an undivided council composed of nine councillors, with 10,676 people in the LGA were eligible to vote. [10] The position of mayor was elected by councillors. The only election was held on 29 July 2000, and the makeup of the council following the election was as follows:

PartyCouncillors
  Independents 8
  Independent Labor 1
Total9

The final council, elected in 2000, was:

CouncillorPartyNotes
 Olive Boundy Independent Labor Mayor (2003) [11] [12]
 Cec Hyde Independent Deputy Mayor (2003)
 Kerry Lloyd Independent Mayor (2000−2002) [13]
 Geoff Jones Independent
 Susan McPherson Independent
 Cathy Peck Independent
 Bruce Tucker Independent
 Tony Wade Independent
 Peter Williamson Independent

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