Cowra Shire

This article is about the local government area. For the regional town, see Cowra.

Cowra Shire
Local government area
Shire offices in Cowra Location in New South Wales
Coordinates: 33°49′S148°44′E / 33.817°S 148.733°E / -33.817; 148.733
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Central West
Established	1980
Council seat	Cowra [1]
Government
• Mayor	Ruth Fagan [2]
•  State electorate	Cootamundra
•  Federal division	Riverina
Area
• Total	2,810 km2 (1,080 sq mi)
Population
• Total	12,724 (2021 census) [3]
• Density	4.528/km2 (11.728/sq mi)
Website	Cowra Shire
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The Cowra Shire is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Lachlan River, the Mid-Western Highway and the Lachlan Valley Way.

The largest town and council seat is Cowra. The municipality also has a number of small villages: Billimari, Darbys Falls, Gooloogong, Morongla, Noonbinna, Wattamondara, Woodstock, and Wyangala.

The mayor of Cowra Shire Council is Ruth Fagan.

Council

Cowra Shire Council has nine councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent by-election was held on 21 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows: ^[4]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	7
	Independent Labor	1
	Independent National	1
	Total	9

The current Council is: ^[5]

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Bill West
	Erin Watt	Independent Labor
	Sharon D'Elboux	Independent
	Nikki Kiss	Independent
	Cheryl Downing	Independent
	Peter Wright	Independent
	Ruth Fagan	Independent National
	Paul Smith
	Judi Smith	Independent

Election results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Central West § Cowra results.[ edit ]

2024 New South Wales local elections: Cowra ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Robert Smith (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Cheryl Downing (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Tony Horton (elected)	unopposed
	Independent Labor	Erin Watt (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Cheryl Speechley (elected)	unopposed
	Independent National	Ruth Fagan (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Peter Wright (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Nikki Kiss (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors

2021

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Central West § Cowra.[ edit ]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cowra ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill West (elected)	2,132	27.5
	Independent	Erin Watt (elected)	1,138	14.7
	Independent	Sharon D'Elboux (elected)	705	9.1
	Independent	Nikki Kiss (elected)	676	8.7
	Independent	Cheryl Downing (elected)	527	6.8
	Independent	Peter Wright (elected)	428	5.5
	Independent	Paul Smith (elected)	386	5.0
	Independent National	Ruth Fagan (elected)	265	3.4
	Independent	Donna Peters	260	3.3
	Independent National	Ian Docker	235	3.0
	Independent	Rodrick Buhr	230	3.0
	Independent	Judi Smith (elected)	216	2.8
	Independent	Michael Nobes	152	2.0
	Independent	Alex Cozadinos	145	1.9
	Independent	Rebecca Morgan	143	1.8
	Independent	Simon Bray	126	1.6
Total formal votes			7,764	94.2
Informal votes			480	5.8
Turnout			8,244	85.0

Panoramic view from Cowra Mountain at the Cowra Japanese Garden. The view takes in the gardens and the plains of the Cowra Shire across to the nearby mountains.

References

1. "Cowra Shire Council". Division of Local Government . Retrieved 28 November 2006.
2. "Councillors | Cowra Council". cowracouncil.com.au.
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cowra (LGA)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
4. "Cowra Shire Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
5. "Cowra Shire Council".
6. "ERIN WATT". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
7. "RUTH FAGAN". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
8. "Cowra". ABC News.
9. "Fagan to run in all-female field for Nationals' Cootamundra preselection: photos, poll". Cowra Guardian.
10. "COWRA BRANCH CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON". NSW Nationals.

External links

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