Shire of York

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shire of York
Western Australia

Location in Western Australia

Population:

2,996 (2001 census)

• Density:

1.4/km² (3.6/sq mi)

Established:

1871

Area:

2132.7 km² (823.4 sq mi)

Mayor:

Pat Hooper

Council Seat:

York

Region:

Wheatbelt

State District:

Avon

Federal Division:

Pearce

Website: http://www.york.wa.gov.au

LGAs around Shire of York:
Mundaring	Northam	Cunderdin
Mundaring	Shire of York	Quairading
Kalamunda	Beverley	Beverley

This article is about a local government area. For the town, see York, Western Australia.

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.

1 History
2 Wards
3 Towns/Localities
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1871, the York Road Board and York Municipal Council were gazetted as two separate entities. On 1 July 1961, they became respectively the York Shire Council and York Town Council following changes to the Local Government Act. The two entities merged on 15 March 1965.^[1]

[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.