City of Mandurah

The City of Mandurah is a local government area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 174 km² in the Peel region of Western Australia just beyond the southern boundary of metropolitan Perth, and lies about 75 km south of the Perth central business district.

It is bordered by the City of Rockingham to the north, Shire of Murray to the east (the border being for the most part the Harvey Estuary and Serpentine River), and Shire of Waroona to the south.

History

The area that is now Mandurah was part of the Murray district until 1949. In that year, it split away to form the Mandurah Road District,^[2] and held its first meeting on 1 September 1949. The council was suspended on 12 July 1956 by an Order in Council and placed under the administration of Commissioner Richard Rushton, who ultimately served in the role for almost four years.^[3]

After the Local Government Act 1960 came into being, it became the Shire of Mandurah on 1 July 1961. It gained town status on 1 July 1987 and city status on 14 April 1990.^[4]

Wards

The City is divided into four wards, each electing three councillors:

East Ward
North Ward
Coastal Ward
Town Ward

Officials

NEEDS EDITING AFTER 2013 ELECTIONS

Updated after the results of the 2011 WA Local Government elections, the elected members on the Mandurah City Council are:^[5]

Mayor
- Paddi Creevey, OAM

East Ward
- Darren Lee, Deputy Mayor
- Lynn Rodgers
- Shane Jones

Coastal Ward
- Rhys Williams
- Hon. Fred Riebeling, JP
- Don Pember

North Ward
- Caroline Knight
- Marion Blair
- Ron Wortley

Town Ward
- Gary Brown
- Dave Schumacher
- Marina Vergone

Population

Year	Population
1954	1,687
1961	2,236
1966	3,008
1971	5,965
1976	8,296
1981	12,720
1986	18,872
1991	26,779
1996	37,815
2001	44,883
2006	55,814
2011	69,903

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 30 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
↑ "Road Districts Act 1919-1945 - Formation of the Mandurah Road District (per P.W. 400/48)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 20 April 1949. p. 1949:904.
↑ "Road Districts Act 1919-1954 - Mandurah Road District - Appointment of Commissioner - Order in Council (per L.G.D. 259/56)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 13 July 1956. p. 1956:1724.
↑ City of Mandurah (31 January 2004). "City of Mandurah Information Statement". Retrieved 2006-11-01.
↑ City of Mandurah (19 March 2012). Profiles "http://www.mandurah.wa.gov.au/councillors.htm=Councillor". Retrieved 2012-03-19.

External links

City of Mandurah website

v t e Suburbs of the Mandurah region, Peel Region, Western Australia

City of Mandurah	Bouvard Clifton Coodanup Dawesville Dudley Park Erskine Falcon Greenfields Halls Head Herron Lakelands Madora Bay Mandurah Meadow Springs Parklands San Remo Silver Sands Wannanup

Nearby suburbs	Barragup Furnissdale Golden Bay Keralup North Yunderup Singleton Stake Hill

Local government areas of Western Australia

Perth Metropolitan

Cities	Armadale^* Bayswater^* Belmont^* Canning^* Cockburn^* Fremantle^* Gosnells^* Joondalup^* Kwinana^* Melville^* Nedlands^* Perth^* Rockingham^* South Perth^* Stirling^* Subiaco^* Swan^* Vincent^* Wanneroo^*

Towns	Bassendean^† Cambridge^† Claremont^† Cottesloe^† East Fremantle^† Mosman Park^† Victoria Park^†

Shires	Kalamunda Mundaring Peppermint Grove Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

Peel

Pilbara

South West

Wheatbelt

Indian Ocean territories

^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995

Coordinates: 32°31′44″S 115°43′23″E / 32.529°S 115.723°E / -32.529; 115.723

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