City of Belmont

The City of Belmont is a local government area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about Template:Convert east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River. The City covers an area of Template:Convert, maintains 225 km of roads and had a population of approximately 42,000 as at the 2021 Census.

Belmont contains Perth's domestic and international airports which account for 33.7% of the City of Belmont's land area.

History

The Belmont Road District was created on 2 December 1898. On 4 October 1907, it was renamed Belmont Park. From 1906 until 1909, Burswood Island was part of the district.

On 1 July 1961, the Belmont Park Road District became the Shire of Belmont following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960. On 17 February 1979 it attained city status.<ref>WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.</ref><ref>Template:Gazette WA</ref>

Ascot and Belmont are suburbs long associated with horses, being close to the race tracks (see Ascot Racecourse and Belmont Park). Until 1956 the Belmont Spur Railway linked Bayswater on the Perth to Midland line to the Ascot race track.

Wards

The city is divided into four wards: East Ward, West Ward, Central Ward, and South Ward, each represented by two councillors. Previously, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor were elected from among the councillors. In 2023, voters elected Robert Rossi, former West Ward Councillor and Deputy Mayor, as the city's first popularly elected Mayor. He won the election from a field of five candidates. Elections are held on the third Saturday in October every odd year, with councillors elected to four year terms. Approximately half of all positions are up for election at each election.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Political parties do not typically endorse candidates in local government in Western Australia. However, elected members are required to disclose membership of any political party.<ref name="Elected Members' register">Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward<ref name=":0" />	Councillor<ref name=":0" />	Joined council<ref name=":0" />	Term ends<ref name=":0" />	Notes<ref name=":0" />
-	Robert Rossi (Mayor)	2003	2027	Was Deputy Mayor from 2013 - 2019 and 2021 - 2023. Elected as Mayor in 2023
East	Phillip Marks	1999	2027	Was Mayor from 2011 - 2023
	Bernie Ryan	2013	2025
West	Deborah Sessions	2021	2025	Elected as Deputy Mayor in 2023
	Christopher Kulczycki	2023	2027
Central	George Sekulla	2017	2025	Was Deputy Mayor between 2019 - 2021
	Jarod Harris	2024	2027
South	Janet Powell	2024	2025
	Jenny Davis	2017	2025

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Belmont with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Suburb	Population	Area	Map
Ascot	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q4804018}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Belmont	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q607942}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Cloverdale	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5135941}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Kewdale	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q6397943}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Perth Airport *	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7170808}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Redcliffe	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7305554}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Rivervale	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7338698}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe

( * indicates suburb partially located within City)

Sister cities

• Template:Flagicon Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan Template:Endash 1 October 1984<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Heritage-listed places

Template:Main Template:As of, 124 places are heritage-listed in the City of Belmont,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Garratt Road Bridge.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

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