Berrigan Shire | |||||||||||||
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 Berrigan Shire Office, Chanter Street,Berrigan.  Location inNew South Wales | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:35°38′S145°48′E / 35.633°S 145.800°E /-35.633; 145.800 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Riverina | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1906 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Berrigan | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr. Julia Cornwell-McKean (Unaligned) | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 2,066 km2 (798 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Totals | 8,665 (2021 census)[2] 8,707 (2018 est.)[3] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.1941/km2 (10.863/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Berrigan Shire | ||||||||||||
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Berrigan Shire is alocal government area in the southernRiverina region ofNew South Wales,Australia. The Shire lies on the New South Wales State border withVictoria formed by theMurray River. The Shire is adjacent to theNewell andRiverina Highways. The Shire is a mainly agricultural region, with dairying, cattle raising, woolgrowing and cropping the main activities. The vast majority of the Shire isirrigated. Tourism is another major activity, concentrated on the river towns of Tocumwal and Barooga.
Themayor of Berrigan Shire isCr. Julia Cornwell-McKean, anunaligned politician.
Towns in the shire are:
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| Census year | 2011[4] | 2016[2] | ||||
| Population | Estimated residents oncensus night | 8,066 |  8,462 | |||
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 97th | |||||
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| Ancestry, top responses | English | |||||
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| Language, top responses (other than English) | Italian | |||||
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| Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | |||||
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A2015 review of local government boundaries by theNSW GovernmentIndependent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Berrigan Council merge with parts of theJerilderie Shire to form a new council with an area of 4,022 square kilometres (1,553 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 10,000.[5] The Jerilderie Shire Council submitted an alternate proposal to theMinister for Local Government that the entire Jerilderie Shire amalgamate with theMurrumbidgee Shire.[6]
The NSW Government decided in May 2016 not to proceed with the proposed amalgamation.[citation needed]
Berrigan Shire Council is composed of eightcouncillors electedproportionally as a singleward. 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:[7]
| Party | Councillors | |
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| Independents and Unaligned | 7 | |
| Total | 7 | |
The current Council, elected in 2024, is:[7]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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| Renee Brooker | Unaligned | ||
| Julia Cornwell-McKean | Unaligned | ||
| Matthew Hannan | Unaligned | ||
| Catherine Healy | Unaligned | ||
| Katie Ngatokoa | Independent | ||
| Renee Paine | Independent | ||
| John Stringer | Independent | ||
| Vacant | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Matthew Hannan (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Catherine Healy (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Julia Cornwell McKean (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Renee Brooker (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Renee Paine (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | John Stringer (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Katie Ngatokoa (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
A by-election will be held to fill the remaining eighth seat, with only several candidates nominating for the election.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Matthew Hannan (elected) | 833 | 17.6 | ||
| Independent | Carly Marriott (elected) | 654 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Sarah McNaught (elected) | 610 | 12.9 | ||
| Independent | Edward (Ted) Hatty (elected) | 488 | 10.3 | ||
| Independent | John Taylor (elected) | 347 | 7.4 | ||
| Independent | Roger Reynoldson (elected) | 313 | 6.6 | ||
| Independent | Julia Cornwell McKean (elected) | 302 | 6.4 | ||
| Independent | Renee Paine (elected) | 271 | 5.7 | ||
| Independent | Marcus Fry | 195 | 4.1 | ||
| Independent | Mandy Bonat | 185 | 3.9 | ||
| Independent | Clare Allan | 182 | 3.9 | ||
| Independent | Daryll Morris | 172 | 3.6 | ||
| Independent | Ross Bodey | 168 | 3.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,720 | 95.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 249 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,969 | 80.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | 1. Colin Jones (elected) 2. Denis Glanville (elected) | 937 | 22.6 | ||
| Independent | John Bruce (elected) | 828 | 20.0 | −1.6 | |
| Independent | Matt Hannan (elected) | 479 | 11.6 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Andrea O'Neill (elected) | 421 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
| Independent | Daryll Morris (elected) | 383 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
| Independent | Brian Hill (elected) | 355 | 8.6 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Bernard Curtin (elected) | 351 | 8.5 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | Gary Mexted | 252 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Independent | Liz McLaurin | 135 | 3.3 | −1.8 | |
| Turnout | 79.4 | ||||
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