Margaret Strelow

Margaret Fay Strelow is an Australian politician who served as the Mayor of the Rockhampton Region from April 2012 to November 2020.[1][2][3]

Margaret Strelow
Mayor of Rockhampton Region
In office
28 April 2012 – 9 November 2020
Preceded byBrad Carter
Succeeded byTony Williams
Mayor of the City of Rockhampton
In office
15 April 2000 – 15 March 2008
Preceded byJim McRae
Succeeded byBrad Carter (Rockhampton Region)
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Political partyIndependent (2017-present)
Other political
affiliations		Labor (1997-2017)
Alma materUniversity of South Australia
University of New England
Central Queensland University

Prior to her election as mayor of the newly amalgamated Rockhampton Region, Strelow served as a councillor for the City of Rockhampton from 1997 to 2000, and Mayor of the City of Rockhampton from 2000 to 2008.[4]

Strelow nominated to become the Australian Labor Party candidate for the Electoral district of Rockhampton at the 2017 Queensland state election, however was not successful.[5] She nominated to run for the seat as an independent candidate, and achieved 23.5% of the vote, finishing second on first preference votes to eventual winner Barry O'Rourke.[6]

On the 22nd of November 2020, following the result of a Councillor Conduct Tribunal, Margaret Strelow resigned from her position as Mayor of the Rockhampton Region.

References
  1. "Rockhampton mayor Margaret Strelow in shock resignation after misconduct findings". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. "Results - 2020 Local Government Elections - Rockhampton Mayor". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. "Mayor Margaret Strelow". Rockhampton Regional Council. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "Rockhampton mayor Margaret Strelow heading for 20 years in top job". Queensland Country Life. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. "Queensland election headache for Labor as Rockhampton mayor goes independent". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. "Strelow out in Rocky election bombshell". The Morning Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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