Conargo Shire Council
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New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is the smallest (by population) Local Government Area in New South Wales. Conargo Shire was established in 1907. In 2001 the former Windouran shire was absorbed into Conargo Shire. This amalgamation resulted in an additional 5090 square kilometres and another 387 residents. It is divided into four wards, and contains six villages - Conargo
Conargo, New South Wales
Conargo is a small rural town located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia and is the seat of Conargo Shire. It is situated on the Billabong Creek, a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River. The nearest towns are Jerilderie and Deniliquin...
, Blighty
Blighty, New South Wales
Blighty is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the Riverina Highway between the towns of Finley and Deniliquin. It is located in the Conargo Shire Council Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Blighty and the surrounding area had a population...
, Mayrung
Mayrung, New South Wales
Mayrung is a community in the central part of the Riverina and situated about 55 kilometres east from Pretty Pine and 40 kilometres north east from Deniliquin....
, Pretty Pine
Pretty Pine, New South Wales
Pretty Pine is a community in the central part of the Riverina and situated about 17 kilometres south from Wanganella and 18 kilometres north west from Deniliquin....
, Wanganella
Wanganella, New South Wales
Wanganella is a village community on the Billabong Creek in New South Wales, Australia. The settlement is on the Cobb Highway, located between Hay and Deniliquin . Wanganella is within the Conargo Shire Council local government area...
and Booroorban
Booroorban, New South Wales
Booroorban is a locality in the central part of the Riverina and is situated about 47 kilometres south of Hay and 55 kilometres north from Pretty Pine. The community sits alongside the Booroorban State Forest. ...
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Before mergers in recent decades it was a common in New South Wales for rural shires to have their offices in an adjacent rural municipality (rural town). The only surviving case is Conargo Shire Council's offices in Deniliquin.
Council
Conargo Shire Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally. The shire is divided into four wards, each electing two councillors. The mayor is not directly elected. The current makeup of the council is as follows:| Party | Councillors | |
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| Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... and Unaffiliated |
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| Total | 8 | |
The current council, elected in 2008, is:
| Ward | A Ward | Bernard Clancy | Unaffiliated | ||
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| Mac Wallace | Unaffiliated | ||||
| B Ward | Nick Metcalfe | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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| Norm Brennan | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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| C Ward | Norm McAllister | Unaffiliated | Mayor | ||
| Donald Henderson | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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| D Ward | Peter McCrabb | Unaffiliated | |||
| Sally Dye | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Deputy Mayor |