Shire of Mingenew

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Mingenew
state =wa
region =Mid West
area =1939.4
seat =Mingenew
pop =471 (2006 census)


imagesize = 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
logo =
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url =http://www.mingenew.wa.gov.au
mayor =Michelle Bagley
fedgov =O'Connor
stategov =Moore
near-nw = Mullewa
near-n = Mullewa
near-ne = Morawa
near-e = Morawa
near-se = Perenjori
near-s = Three Springs
near-sw = Irwin
near-w = Irwin

The Shire of Mingenew is a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about convert|110|km|mi|0 southeast of the city of Geraldton and about convert|370|km|mi|0 north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|1939|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Mingenew.

History

The Shire of Mingenew was initially constituted as the Upper Irwin Road Board in 1901, over a much larger area. By 1919, it had adopted for the most part its present area and was renamed to the Mingenew Road Board. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

Since 2005, the shire has been divided into wards. Prior to this, a 5-ward system was in place with the Town Ward having 3 councillors and the remaining wards one each.

* Rural Ward (3 councillors)
* Town Ward (4 councillors)

Towns/Localities

* Mingenew
* Homewood
* Ikewa
* Mount Budd
* Nangetty
* Yandanooka

References

External links

* [http://www.mingenew.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Mingenew]