| Shire of Mingenew Western Australia |
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Location in Western Australia |
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| Population: | 457(2009)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1939.4 km² (748.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Michelle Bagley | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Mingenew | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Mid West | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Moore | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Durack | ||||||||||||
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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.
On 18 September 2009, it was announced that the Shires of Mingenew, Three Springs, Morawa and Perenjori intend to amalgamate. A formal agreement was signed five days later.[2] The resulting entity would have a 2006 census population of 2,487 and an area of 16,426 square kilometres (6,342 sq mi).
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The Shire of Mingenew was initially constituted as the Upper Irwin Road District in 1901, over a much larger area. On 12 December 1919, it was renamed to the Mingenew Road District. Between 1923 and 1928, it lost 80% of its land area to the neighboring Perenjori-Morawa district and the new districts of Carnamah and Three Springs. By 1930, it had adopted roughly its present boundaries.
On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire under the Local Government Act 1960.[3]
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 councilors and the remaining wards one each.
| Year | Population |
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| 1933 | 811 |
| 1947 | 690 |
| 1954 | 960 |
| 1961 | 985 |
| 1966 | 978 |
| 1971 | 987 |
| 1976 | 841 |
| 1981 | 736 |
| 1986 | 693 |
| 1991 | 621 |
| 1996 | 586 |
| 2001 | 542 |
| 2006 | 471 |