Balranald Shire

Balranald Shire is a local government area in the Riverina area of western New South Wales, Australia on the Sturt Highway. It is the location of World Heritage listed Mungo National Park. It includes the towns of Balranald and Euston. Other localities in the Shire include Kyalite, Hatfield, Penarie, Clare and Oxley.

The Mayor of Balranald Shire Council is yet to be determined, following the 2012 local government election.

Council

Current composition and election method

Balranald Shire Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the council is as follows:^[2]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	8
	Total	8

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:^[2]

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Steve O'Halloran	Independent
	Leigh Byron	Unaligned
	Trevor Jolliffe	Independent
	Jeff Mannix	Independent
	Alan Purtill	Unaligned
	Lynda Cooke	Independent
	Ken Barnes	Independent
	Elaine Campbell	Independent

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Balranald Shire Council: Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

Local government areas of New South Wales

Metropolitan Sydney

Inner Sydney	Ashfield Botany Bay Burwood Canada Bay Canterbury Hurstville Kogarah Lane Cove Leichhardt Manly Marrickville Mosman North Sydney Randwick Rockdale Strathfield Sydney Waverley Willoughby Woollahra

Outer Sydney	Auburn Bankstown Blacktown Camden Campbelltown Fairfield The Hills Holroyd Hornsby Hunter's Hill Ku-ring-gai Liverpool Parramatta Penrith Pittwater Ryde Sutherland Warringah

Sydney Surrounds	Blue Mountains Gosford Hawkesbury Wollondilly Wyong

Mid North Coast

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Hunter

Illawarra

Richmond Tweed

Southeastern

Northern

Central West

North Western

Far West

v t e Local government areas of the Riverina

Cities	Albury Griffith Wagga Wagga

Towns	Deniliquin

Shires	Balranald Berrigan Carrathool Conargo Coolamon Cootamundra Corowa Greater Hume Gundagai Hay Jerilderie Junee Leeton Lockhart Murray Murrumbidgee Narrandera Temora Tumbarumba Tumut Urana Wakool

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