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Tom Tate is an Australian politician and the current Mayor of the City of Gold Coast, elected on 28 April 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Electoral Commission Queensland – 2012 Gold Coast City Mayoral Elections )〕 As Mayor, he is charged with representing the City and is directly elected by residents. Presiding over all council meetings; he is the only councillor to not represent a specific Gold Coast Council Division; and is the foremost representative of the City of Gold Coast and its policies. The City maintains a budget of an estimated $1.2 billion annually, among the highest of municipal governments in Australia.〔 The mayor's office is located in the Southport Town Hall building in Southport, Queensland.〔 Tate was elected after former Mayor, Cr. Ron Clarke, resigned on 27 February 2012, after announcing his nomination as an independent candidate for the seat of Broadwater in the 2012 Queensland state election. == Personal life == Tate was born in Vientiane, the capital Laos in 1959. He speaks three languages: English, Thai and Russian. He attended school at Scots College in Sydney where he was a drummer in the school's pipe band.〔 A civil engineer by trade, Tate graduated from the University of NSW in the early 1980s. He started his career in the construction industry and later moved into the tourism and hospitality industry.〔 Tom has been married to his wife, Ruth, for 35 years and together they have four children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Tate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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