City of Orange (New South Wales)

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City of Orange
New South Wales
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Location in New South Wales
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Orange Civic Centre
Coordinates 33°17′S149°06′E / 33.283°S 149.100°E / -33.283; 149.100
Population43,512 (LGA 2021) [1]
Established9 January 1860
Area285 km2 (110.0 sq mi)
MayorJason Hamling (Independent)
Council seat Orange [2]
Region Central West
State electorate(s) Orange
Federal division(s) Calare
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Website City of Orange
LGAs around City of Orange:
Cabonne Dubbo Regional Mid-Western
Cabonne City of Orange Bathurst
Cowra Blayney

The City of Orange is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. Based in Orange, the area is located adjacent to the Mitchell Highway and the Main Western railway line.

Contents

Suburbs and localities

Suburbs of Orange

Other localities

Heritage listings

The City of Orange has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Council history

Situated on Blackman's Swamp Creek, Orange was proclaimed a village in 1846 and the local parish was named by the Surveyor General, Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, in honour of Prince William of Orange, whom had been an associate of in the Peninsular War, when both were aides-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, whose title was bestowed on the valley to the west by John Oxley. [13] Much of the town's subsequent growth and development in the early years was due to the discovery of gold in 1851 at Ophir and Lucknow. The resulting gold rush attracted a wide range of people and business to the district, many of whom settled in the region and developed a strong agricultural industry, particularly in the growing of wheat and barley.

Orange was first incorporated on 9 January 1860 when the Municipality of Orange was proclaimed. [14] The first election for a six-member council was held on 9 February 1860, with John Peisley elected as the first chairman. The first meeting of the council was held at the Court House on 18 February 1860, with George Dolquhorn appointed as the first Town Clerk. [15]

This new council fell into controversy within a few years however, with the legality of the council constitution questioned in 1866 and the council suspended by order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. With the Municipalities Act 1867, the Council was reconstituted and a new council was elected on 14 February 1868. In 1888, the Municipality of East Orange was proclaimed and merged with the Orange Municipality on 24 December 1912. [15] [16] [17]

Orange was proclaimed a City on 19 July 1946 when its population was over 15,000. [18] On 1 October 1977, the City of Orange was extended in area to 298 km2 when parts of the surrounding shires of Cabonne, Blayney, and Lyndhurst were transferred to the City of Orange. [15]

2016–17 amalgamation proposal

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the City of Orange merge with the Cabonne Shire and Blayney Shire Councils to form a new council with an area of 7,833 square kilometres (3,024 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 63,000. [19] Despite originally planning for the amalgamation to go ahead, the merger scheduled for May 2016 was delayed due to legal action, and in February 2017 the NSW Government decided not to proceed with the amalgamation. [20] [21] [22]

Council

Current composition and election method

Orange City Council is composed of eleven councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected directly by a popular vote. A referendum was held on 8 September 2012 and an absolute majority of voters resolved in favour to directly-elect the mayor, which took effect from the 2017 election. [23] The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021. Due to delays caused by council amalgamations and the pandemic the current term will last only to 2024. The makeup of the council is as follows: [24]

PartyCouncillors
  Independents and Unaligned4
 For Our Future2
 Team Hamling2
 Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association1
 Refresh Orange1
  Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party 1
  The Greens NSW 1
Total12

The current Council, elected in 2021, is: [24]

MayorPartyNotes
 Jason HamlingTeam HamlingDeputy Mayor, 2016–2017 [25]
CouncillorPartyNotes
 Glenn Floyd Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
 Jack EvansFor Our Future
 Jeffery WhittonIndependent
 Frances KinghorneOrange Residents and Ratepayers Association
 Tony MiletoFor Our FutureTony is also a member of the National Party (Australia)
 Steven PetersonRefresh Orange
 David Mallard Greens
 Gerald PowerIndependent
 Tammy GreenhalghTeam Hamling
 Melanie McDonellIndependent
 Kevin DuffyIndependent

Election results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Central West § Orange results.[ edit ]
2024 New South Wales local elections: Orange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (Group A)
Independent (Group B)
Independent (Group C)
Independent (Group D)
Greens
Independent (Group F)
Independent (Group G)
Independent (Group H)
Labor
Independent (Group J)
Independent (Group K)
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

2021

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Central West § Orange.[ edit ]
Elected councillorParty
 Tony MiletoFor Our Future
 Jack EvansFor Our Future
 Tammy GreenhalghTeam Hamling
 Glenn FloydSFF
 Steven PetersonRefresh Orange
 Kevin DuffyIndependent
(Group F)
 David MallardGreens
 Melanie McDonellMcDonell Team
 Jeff WhittonInd. Labor
 Frances KinghorneORRAP
 Gerald PowerIndependent
(Group I)
2021 New South Wales local elections: Orange [26] [27] [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
For Our Future3,78615.9
Team Hamling3,15513.3
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 2,92812.3
Refresh Orange2,46910.4
Independent (Group F) 2,3519.9
Greens 2,1859.2
McDonell Team1,8707.9
Independent Labor 1,7867.5
Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association1,4085.9
Independent (Group I) 8463.6
Independent Amanda Spalding3471.5
Independent Geoff Naughton2661.1
Independent Lesley Smith1920.8
Independent Scott Munro1050.4
Independent Josh Girle-Bennett460.2
Total formal votes23,74093.4
Informal votes1,6846.6
Turnout 25,42484.4

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