Leeton Shire

This article is about the local government area. For the regional town, see Leeton, New South Wales.

Leeton Shire New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	34°33′S146°24′E / 34.550°S 146.400°E / -34.550; 146.400
Population	11,168 (2016) [1] 11,438 (2018 est.) [2]
• Density	9.570/km2 (24.786/sq mi)
Established	6 January 1928 (1928-01-06) [3]
Area	1,167 km2 (450.6 sq mi) [4]
Mayor	Cr George Weston
Council seat	Leeton [5]
Region	Riverina
State electorate(s)	Murray
Federal division(s)	Farrer [6]
Website	Leeton Shire
LGAs around Leeton Shire: Carrathool Narrandera Narrandera Griffith Leeton Shire Narrandera Murrumbidgee Narrandera Narrandera

Leeton Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Murrumbidgee River and falls within the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

The Shire includes the town of Leeton and the small towns of Yanco, Gogeldrie, Whitton, Wamoon, Stoney Point, Murrami, Corbie Hill, Amesbury, Merungle Hill, Fivebough and Stanbridge and the suburbs of Parkview, Wattle Hill, Wiradjuri, North Leeton, Gralee and Willimbong.

The shire was created on 6 January 1928 under the provisions of the Irrigation Act 1912 from land previously part of Yanko Shire and was originally called Willimbong Shire. ^[3] It was renamed as Leeton Shire on 10 July 1946. ^[7]

The mayor of Leeton Shire is Cr George Weston.

Council

Leeton Shire Council Chambers

Current composition and election method

Leeton Shire Council is composed of 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 election was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council is as follows: ^[8]

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

The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election, is: ^[8]

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Stephen Tynan	Independent
	Sandra Nardi	Independent
	George Weston	Independent	Mayor
	Krystal Maytom	Independent
	Michael Kidd	Independent Labor	Deputy Mayor
	Tracey Morris	Independent
	Boston Edwards	Independent Liberal
	Sarah Tiffen	Unaligned
	Nicholas Wright	Left-Wing Independent

History

The first election of council took place on 8 December 1928, electing eight councilors from four ridings (A through D). The first mayor of Willimbong Shire President was Major J.S. Dooley (1874–1946), who was elected at the council's first meeting by "draw from the hat" after the council vote between himself and Mr. W.J. Adams resulted in a tie. ^[9]

Election results

2024

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

2024 New South Wales local elections: Leeton ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Tynan (elected)	962	16.54	+16.54
	Independent	Nicholas Wright (elected)	194	3.34	+3.34
	Independent	Bill Robertson	155	2.67	+2.67
	Independent	Sandra Nardi (elected)	845	14.53	+5.85
	Independent	George Weston (elected)	938	16.13	+5.84
	Independent	Sarah Tiffen (elected)	169	2.91	+2.91
	Independent	Krystal Maytom (elected)	674	11.59	+2.60
	Independent Labor	Michael Kidd (elected)	886	15.23	+6.91
	Independent	Tracey Morris (elected)	545	9.37	+4.00
	Independent Liberal	Boston Edwards (elected)	448	7.70	+7.70
Total formal votes			5,711
Informal votes			491	7.92
Turnout			6,202

2021

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Riverina § Leeton results.[ edit ]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Leeton ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Smith (elected)	845	13.84	+5.58
	Independent	George Weston (elected)	628	10.29	+5.08
	Independent	Tony Reneker (elected)	823	13.48	+5.66
	Independent	Krystal Maytom (elected)	548	8.98	+8.98
	Independent	Tony Ciccia (elected)	512	8.39	+2.07
	Independent	Sandra Nardi (elected)	530	8.68	+3.16
	Independent Labor	Michael Kidd (elected)	508	8.32	+2.28
	Independent	Tracy Morris (elected)	345	5.65	+0.48
	Independent	Matthew Holt (elected)	308	5.05	+5.05
	Independent	Brian Conroy	210	3.44	+3.44
	Independent	Patricia Bowles	190	3.11	+0.79
	Independent	Daryl Odewahn	176	2.88	+2.88
	Independent	Emerson Doig	156	2.56	−0.33
	Independent	Lynsey Reilly	152	2.49	+2.49
	Independent	Bill Barwick	101	1.65	−0.41
	Independent	Jo Roberts	73	1.20	+1.20
Total formal votes			6,105	96.08	−0.12
Informal votes			249	3.92	+0.12
Turnout			6,354	82.54	+0.05

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 New South Wales local elections in Riverina § Leeton results.[ edit ]

2016 New South Wales local elections: Leeton ^{[15] [16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Maytom (elected 1)	2,374	38.75
	Independent	George Weston (elected 2)	319	5.21
	Independent	Paul Smith (elected 3)	506	8.26
	Independent	Tony Reneker (elected 4)	479	7.82
	Independent	Tracey Morris (elected 5)	317	5.17
	Independent Labor	Michael Kidd (elected 6)	370	6.04
	Independent	Tony Ciccia (elected 7)	387	6.32
	Independent	Sandra Nardi (elected 8)	338	5.52
	Independent	Peter Davidson (elected 9)	188	3.07
	Independent	Emerson Doig	177	2.89
	Independent	Michael Ierano	209	3.41
	Independent	Patty Bowles	142	2.32
	Independent	William Barwick	126	2.06
	Independent	Maryann Vitelli	112	1.83
	Independent	Arnah Garwood	82	1.34
Total formal votes			6,126	96.20
Informal votes			242	3.80
Turnout			6,368	82.49

1928

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1928 New South Wales local government elections § Willimbong Results.[ edit ]

1928 New South Wales local government elections: Willimbong Shire Riding A ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. T. McKay (elected)	157
	Independent	W. J. Adams (elected)	137
	Independent	W. C. Barker	127
	Independent	P. M. Lynch	75
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

1928 New South Wales local government elections: Willimbong Shire Riding B ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Struck (elected)	191
	Independent Labor	Ambrose George Enticknap (elected)	150
	Independent	T. E. Wright	74
	Independent	P. E. Errey	50
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

1928 New South Wales local government elections: Willimbong Shire Riding C ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Jamieson (elected)	198
	Independent	Major John Sylvester Dooley (elected)	128
	Independent	W. Newman	113
	Independent	A. Marston	51
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

1928 New South Wales local government elections: Willimbong Shire Riding D ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. J. Blackmore (elected)	58
	Independent	J. McCleary (elected)	45
	Independent	A. McDowell	44
	Independent	T. Darchy	36
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

Heritage listings

Leeton Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Gogeldrie Weir ^[19]
• Hydro Hotel ^[20]
• Koonadan Historic Site ^[21]
• Leeton District Lands Office ^[22]
• Leeton District Office artefacts ^[23]
• Leeton railway station ^[24]
• Roxy Community Theatre ^[25]
• Yanco Weir ^[26]

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