Cowra Shire New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°49′S148°44′E / 33.817°S 148.733°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 12,724 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 4.528/km2 (11.728/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2,810 km2 (1,084.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Ruth Fagan [2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Cowra [3] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Central West | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Cootamundra | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Riverina | ||||||||||||||
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.
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 | |
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Independents and Unaligned | 9 | |
Total | 9 |
The current Council is: [5]
Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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Bill West | |||
Erin Watt | |||
Sharon D'Elboux | Independent | ||
Nikki Kiss | Independent | ||
Cheryl Downing | Independent | ||
Peter Wright | Independent | ||
Ruth Fagan | |||
Paul Smith | |||
Judi Smith | Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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