| Cowra Shire New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Shire offices inCowra | |||||||||||||||
 Location inNew South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°49′S148°44′E / 33.817°S 148.733°E /-33.817; 148.733 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Cowra Shire | ||||||||||||||
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TheCowra Shire is alocal government area in theCentral West region ofNew South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to theLachlan River, theMid-Western Highway and theLachlan Valley Way.
The largest town and council seat isCowra. The municipality also has a number of small villages:Billimari,Darbys Falls,Gooloogong,Morongla,Noonbinna,Wattamondara,Woodstock, andWyangala.
Themayor of Cowra Shire Council is Ruth Fagan.
Cowra Shire Council has ninecouncillors electedproportionally as a singleward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. Themayor 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 | 9 | |
| Total | 9 | |
The current Council is:[5]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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