REDLAND City Council's 10 electorates will be adjusted for population increases before next year's local government election on March 19.
Major changes suggested by the commission include handing over Division 1's popular beach and park at Wellington Point to Division 10 and hiving off Redland Bay's village from Division 5 to Division 6.
The proposals have raised the ire of Division 1 councillor Wendy Boglary who said they would divide communities and destroy the soul of the Wellington Point Village.
Cr Boglary, whose electorate covers Wellington Point and Ormiston, said the boundary would cut Wellington Point Village out of her electorate.
"The regulations say community interest and linkages have to be considered," she said.
“In these changes, Division 1 loses 1391 voters to gain 1227 - a net change of 164 voters which is hardly a significant number.
"The new area was originally in Division 1 but let's not split retail and residential communities just for the sake of change ... what's the point?"
Electoral Commission Queensland unveiled the changes last week saying they were necessary so each division contained an average 9964 voters.
In its determination, released on Thursday, ECQ said the city had 99,635 voters on the electoral roll and each electorate must contain a minimum of 8967 voters up to a maximum of 10,960.
In February, council reported Division 5 and Division 6 would have too many voters to meet the commission's reasonable proportion requirements for the 2016 election.
The council also found Division 7 would have too few voters and would fall below the quota for the march ballot.
Council Organisational Services general manager Nick Clarke said the boundaries needed to be redrawn to ensure a fairer distribution of the city’s projected 100,350 voters before the 2016 election.
A council report in November found the average number of voters in each division last year was 9769 with Cr Mark Edwards’s Division 5, having the most with 10,726 voters.
Cr Murray Elliott’s Division 7 was the smallest with 9065 voters.
The commission recommendations took into consideration a request from Cr Edwards to ensure his Division 5 electorate included the least number of voters.
Currently, Division 5, which incorporates four southern bay islands, is the largest with 10,726 voters compared with the smallest, Division 7's 9065 voters.
The proposal suggested no changes to the southern bay islands, which will remain part of Cr Edward's Division 5.
Other adjustments include Division 2 expanding south to take in more of Cleveland currently in Division 3 but losing some of it's western boundary to Division 7.
Division 3 will gain eastern parts of Thornlands from Divisions 4 and 6 and lose northern parts of Thornlands and Alexandra Hills to Division 7.
Division 4 will expand west to take in more of Victoria Point from Division 6 and lose parts of Thornlands to Division 3 and some of Redland Bay to Division 6.
Division 6 will lose part of Victoria Point to Division 4, part of Thornlands to Division 3 and some of Thornlands and Sheldon to Division 7.
Division 7 will expand to take in some of Thornlands and Alexandra Hills from Division 3 as well as part of Thornlands and Sheldon from Division 6.
It will lose part of Alexandra Hills to Division 8, which will gain parts of Birkdale from Division 10.
The commission will consider objections received before 5pm on Monday, September 28 before making its final determination.
