Shire of Leonora
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| Shire of Leonora Western Australia |
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 Location in Western Australia |
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| Population: | 1,412 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 32189.3 km² (12428.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Graham Dawes | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Leonora | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Goldfields-Esperance | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Murchison-Eyre | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Kalgoorlie | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Leonora is a Local Government Area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about 240 kilometres (149 mi) north of the city of Kalgoorlie and about 830 kilometres (516 mi) northeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 32,189 square kilometres (12,428 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Leonora.
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[edit] History
Leonora started as part of the North Coolgardie Road Board's area when that entity was gazetted in 1898. The town of Leonora was gazetted as a municipality with its own mayor in 1900. In 1912, the North Coolgardie Road Board was dissolved and the Mount Malcolm, Kookynie and Menzies Road Boards were formed.
Mount Malcolm absorbed the Leonora Municipal Council in 1917 and became the Leonora-Mount Malcolm Road Board. In 1929, a neighbouring district, Lawlers, was dissolved and split between Mount Margaret (later Laverton) and Leonora-Mount Malcolm, which was renamed to simply Leonora a year later. On 1 July 1961, it became the Leonora Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[1]
[edit] Wards
As of the 2003 election, the shire is divided into two wards:
- North Ward (4 councillors)
- South Ward (5 councillors)
From 1979 until 2003, the shire was divided into Leonora (3), Leinster (4) and Country (2) wards.
[edit] Towns/Localities
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
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