Shire of Mornington Peninsula

The Mornington Peninsula Shire came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington.^[2]

On August 13, 2019, the Shire voted to declare a climate emergency in response to other similar declarations from councils around Australia.

The Shire abolished the 150-year-old tradition of reciting a prayer before Council meetings in December 2020. According to the Australian National Secular Lobby, the Shire was the first council or parliament to be removed from their list of government institutions that impose prayers on elected representatives”.^[3]

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into six wards and eleven Councillors. The six wards are Briars, Cerberus, Nepean, Red Hill, Seawinds and Watson.^[4] The current council, as of December 2020, is:^[5]

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census^[6]

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

• List of Melbourne suburbs, for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities
• Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve

• Media related to Shire of Mornington Peninsula at Wikimedia Commons
• Mornington Peninsula Shire web site
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Archived 24 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine

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