Tony Mooney

Tony Mooney

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name = Tony Mooney
residence = Townsville, Queensland
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occupation = Politician
title = Former Mayor of Townsville City
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term = 1989 - 2008
predecessor = Mike Reynolds
successor = Les Tyrell
party = Australian Labor Party
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spouse = Cecelia Mooney
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Tony Mooney was an Australian politician and was the mayor of the City of Townsville, Queensland from 1989 to 2008 and a City Councillor from 1984 to 2008. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/15/2190613.htm Mooney loses Townsville mayoral race - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ] ]

Overview

Cr. Tony Mooney was first elected as Mayor in 1989 when he succeeded Mike Reynolds. Mooney was serving his sixth successive term in 2008 and achieved 80% two party preferred and 73.56 % primary vote at the 2004 election however he was resoundly defeated in the 2008 election with only 35% of the vote when he and former Thuringowa Mayor Les Tyrell were forced to go head to head for the top position when Townsville and Thuringowa City Councils were amalgamated by the State Government. cite web|url=http://election.lgaq.asn.au/results/index.aspx?CouncilID=117&DivisionNumber=0|title=Local Government Election Results Townsville City Council|author= Local Government Association of Queensland|accessdate=2006-07-10] [ [http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/03/15/11452_hpnews.html Mooney: 'I'm not finished' | Townsville Bulletin News ] ]

Education

Mooney received a scholarship to study at James Cook University in 1972 and completed a Degree in Education. Cooper, Linda "The Private Life of Tony Mooney" [http://www.citylifemagazine.com.au/index_files/online/aug/tvl/online.html CityLife Magazine August 2006] [http://www.citylifemagazine.com.au/index_files/online/aug/tvl/pdf/18.pdf p18] ] cite news |first= Melissa|last= Ketchell|title= Man of the people|publisher= Sunday Mail|page= 52|date= 25 May 2003]

References

External links

* [http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au Townsville City Council Website]


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