Lockhart Shire is a local government area in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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 in the Riverina

Riverina

The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales , Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop...

 region. It was created in 1906 and is an agricultural and pastoral area. Its main towns and villages include Lockhart

Lockhart, New South Wales

Lockhart is a town and a Local Government Area in the Riverina Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of the Lockhart Shire Council offices. At the 2006 census, Lockhart had a population of 837 people.-History:...

 (950 people), The Rock

The Rock, New South Wales

The Rock is a town, with a population of 860, in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in Lockhart Shire and the City of Wagga Wagga. It is situated 32km south west of Wagga Wagga on the Olympic Highway....

 (860), Yerong Creek

Yerong Creek, New South Wales

Yerong Creek is a small village situated in the Riverina area of southern New South Wales. It is about south-west of Wagga Wagga on the Olympic Highway...

 (145), Pleasant Hills

Pleasant Hills, New South Wales

Pleasant Hills is a small village about 26 kilometres west of Henty in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Pleasant Hills had a population of 393 people....

 (39) and Milbrulong

Milbrulong, New South Wales

Milbrulong is a village in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 14 kilometres east from Lockhart and 18 kilometres west from Tootool...

 (35). It has 1302 rural residents.

Council

Lockhart Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally. The area is divided into three wards, each electing three councillors. The mayor is not directly elected. The current makeup of the council is as follows:

Party		Councillors
	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	9
	Total	9

The current council, elected in 2008, is:

Ward

A Ward

Jean Gooden

Unaffiliated

Rodney McDonnell

Unaffiliated

Sylvia Mulholland

Unaffiliated

B Ward

Ken Hogan

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...

Leia Thiele

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...

Anthony Male

Unaffiliated

C Ward

John Paterson

Unaffiliated

Deputy Mayor

Peter Yates

Unaffiliated

Mayor

Joy Schultz

Unaffiliated