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-{{Infobox Officeholder
-| honorific-prefix    = [[Cairns Region|Councillor]]
-| name                = Amy Eden
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-| birth_name          = Amy Maree Eden<ref>{{cite web |title=AMY MAREE EDEN |url=https://event.elections.qld.gov.au/Candidate/CandidateDetail?EventID=622&EventType=2&ContestID=0&BoundaryID=0&LGAID=27&ID=49461 |publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland |date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
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-| nationality         = [[Australia]]n
-| office              = [[List of mayors of Cairns|Mayor of Cairns]]
-| term_start          = 16 March 2024
-| term_end            = 16 March 2024
-| predecessor         = [[Terry James]]
-| successor           =
-| office1             = Leader of Team Eden
-| term_start1         = 2023
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-| predecessor1        =
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-| office2             = Councillor of the [[Cairns Region]] <br/> for [[Cairns Region|Division 5]]
-| term_start2         = 28 March 2020
-| term_end2           = 16 March 2024
-| predecessor2        = Richie Bates
-| successor2          = [[Rob Pyne]]
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-| party               = [[List of local government political parties in Australia#Queensland|Team Eden]] (since 2023)
-| otherparty          = [[Cairns Unity Team|Cairns Unity]] (until 2023)
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-'''Amy Maree Eden''' is an Australian politician who has served as [[List of mayors of Cairns|mayor of Cairns]] in [[Queensland]] since 2024. She is the second woman to hold the role, after [[Val Schier]].
-==Political career==
-Eden was elected to [[Cairns Region|Division 5]] on [[Cairns Region|Cairns Regional Council]] in [[2020 Cairns Regional Council election|2020]], narrowly defeating incumbent [[Independent politician|independent]] councillor Richie Bates (who had defected from [[Cairns Unity Team|Cairns Unity]] in 2017).<ref>{{cite web |title=Cairns Regional Division 5 Councillor |url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020/01305/preference |publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bates calls quits from Manning’s Unity Team ticket |url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/bates-calls-quits-from-mannings-unity-team-ticket/news-story/a646699fa0132c05fd7affa0b13f1740?fbclid=IwAR1vAN83LyMBg4oa2uv3pDXL02ZsRTfvjgbtXViUtlMesbdOnBAlkFVtv0A_aem_AZxuEjWoqTX3IxVuX1xkQDQDGKJvFvqO623KPkpe7EtsnRsZ6d9XdYbyAesT6dC1JSRt17B6B_FqWHXB3pMBk6F5 |publisher=Cairns Post |date=13 December 2017}}</ref>
-In 2023, she herself defected from Unity to form [[List of local government political parties in Australia#Queensland|Team Eden]] ahead of the [[2024 Cairns Regional Council election|2024 local government elections]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Cairns’ likely mayor Amy Eden? |url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/who-is-cairns-likely-mayor-amy-eden/news-story/e152542de1b6dcb82bfd14cb7c867fe4 |publisher=Cairns Post}}</ref>
-Eden was [[2024 Cairns Regional Council election|elected]] with 56.64% of the vote after preference distribution, defeating incumbent [[Terry James]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Queensland local government election results show several incumbent mayors face 'kicking' from voters |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-17/regional-queensland-council-election-results/103598136 |publisher=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cairns Regional Mayor |url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/2024QLGE/013/preference |publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland}}</ref>
-==References==
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