Shire of Mount Magnet

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Shire of Mount Magnet
Western Australia

Location in Western Australia
Population: 458 (2006 census)
Area: 13691.6 km² (5286.4 sq mi)
Mayor: Ashley Dowden
Council Seat: Mount Magnet
Region: Mid West
State District: Murchison-Eyre
Federal Division: Kalgoorlie
Website: http://www.mtmagnet.wa.gov.au
LGAs around Shire of Mount Magnet:
Yalgoo Cue Sandstone
Yalgoo Shire of Mount Magnet Sandstone
Yalgoo Sandstone Sandstone
This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Mount Magnet, Western Australia.

The Shire of Mount Magnet is a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about 570 kilometres (354 mi) north-northeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 13,692 square kilometres (5,287 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Mount Magnet.

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[edit] History

Mount Magnet was gazetted as a municipality in 1896, with the surrounding area gazetted as a Road Board in 1901. The former merged into the latter in October 1918, and on 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[1]

[edit] Wards

As of the 2005 elections, the shire is no longer divided into wards and the nine councillors sit at large. Previously, there were two wards - Town Ward (6 councillors) and Country Ward (3 councillors).

[edit] Towns/Localities

[edit] References

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

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