Shire of Mingenew

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Shire of Mingenew
Western Australia

Location in Western Australia
Population: 542 (2001 census)
• Density: 0.39/km² (1.0/sq mi)
Area: 1939.4 km² (748.8 sq mi)
Mayor: Michelle Bagley
Council Seat: Mingenew
Region: Mid West
State District: Greenough
Federal Division: O'Connor
Website: http://www.mingenew.wa.gov.au
LGAs around Shire of Mingenew:
Mullewa Mullewa Morawa
Irwin Shire of Mingenew Morawa
Irwin Three Springs Perenjori
This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Mingenew, Western Australia.

The Shire of Mingenew is a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about 110 kilometres (68 mi) southeast of the city of Geraldton and about 370 kilometres (230 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 1,939 square kilometres (749 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Mingenew.

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[edit] History

The Shire of Mingenew was initially constituted as the Upper Irwin Road Board in 1901, over a much larger area. By 1919, it had adopted for the most part its present area and was renamed to the Mingenew Road Board. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [1]

[edit] Wards

Since 2005, the shire has been divided into wards. Prior to this, a 5-ward system was in place with the Town Ward having 3 councillors and the remaining wards one each.

  • Rural Ward (3 councillors)
  • Town Ward (4 councillors)

[edit] Towns/Localities

  • Mingenew
  • Homewood
  • Ikewa
  • Mount Budd
  • Nangetty
  • Yandanooka

[edit] References

  1. ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

[edit] External links

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