Following the defeat of former ALGA President, Ms Rae Perry, at Local Government elections in Victoria in November, President of the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ), Councillor Paul Bell, was elected by the ALGA Board of Directors to fill the casual vacancy.
Councillor Geoff Lake, the President of the Municipal Association of Victoria, was elected to fill the position of Vice President vacated by Councillor Bell. He joins Councillor Bill Mitchell, President of the Western Australian Local Government Association, who is also Vice President.
Paul Bell was first elected to the Emerald Shire Council in 1985 becoming Mayor in 1991, a position he held for nine years. Councillor Bell was elected as Vice President of the Australian Local Government Association in November 2002 and became President of the LGAQ earlier this year.
