Shire of York
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This article is about a local government area. For the town, see York, Western Australia.
| Shire of York Western Australia |
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 Location in Western Australia |
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| Population: | 3,638(2010)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1871 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2132.7 km² (823.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Pat Hooper | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | York | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Central Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Pearce | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of York is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, covering an area of 2,133 square kilometres (824 sq mi) just beyond the eastern fringe of Perth's metropolitan area. The Shire's seat of government is the town of York.
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[edit] History
In 1871, the York Road District and the Municipality of York were gazetted as two separate entities. On 1 July 1961, they became respectively the Shire of York and the Town of York under the Local Government Act 1960. The two entities merged on 15 March 1965.[2]
[edit] Wards
The council was previously split into three wards - Town (4 councillors), West (2 councillors) and East (3 councillors) - but these were abolished and an election for 6 councillors for the entire Shire was held on 6 May 2006.
[edit] Towns and localities
- Badgin
- Balladong
- Cold Harbour
- Greenhills
- Gwambygine
- Inkpen
- Mount Hardey
- Mount Observation
- Talbot
- York
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10 - Western Australia". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2009-10~Main+Features~Western+Australia?OpenDocument. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 May 2007.
