Greater Hume Shire
Greater Hume | |||||||||||||
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 Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 35°42′14.94″S 147°9′13.07″E / 35.7041500°S 147.1536306°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Riverina | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Holbrook[1] | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Tony Quinn | ||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 5,746 km2 (2,219 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Totals | 10,351 (2016)[2] 10,686 (2018 est.)[3] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.80143/km2 (4.6657/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Greater Hume | ||||||||||||
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Greater Hume Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia.[4] The Shire was formed in 2004 incorporating Culcairn Shire, the majority of Holbrook Shire and part of Hume Shire. The shire had an estimated population of 10,137 as at 2012.[5]
The Shire is located adjacent to the Hume, Olympic and Riverina Highways and the Sydney–Melbourne railway.
The mayor of the Greater Hume Shire Council is Heather Wilton, an independent politician.[6]
Towns and localities
[edit]Major towns in the Shire are Holbrook and Culcairn. Other towns are: Brocklesby, Bungowannah, Burrumbuttock, Gerogery and Gerogery West, Henty, Jindera, Morven, Walbundrie and Walla Walla.
Towns such as Howlong were cut off from Hume Shire in the amalgamation. Howlong is now a part of Federation Council.
Council
[edit]
Current composition and election method
[edit]Greater Hume Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as three separate wards, each electing three councillors. 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 4 December 2021.
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Independents and Unaligned | 9 | |
| Total | 9 | |
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | |||||||
| Independent Liberal | |||||||
| Formal votes | |||||||
| Informal votes | |||||||
| Total | 9 | ||||||
2021
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 4,037 | 100.0 | 9 |  | |||
| Formal votes | 4,037 | 95.60 | |||||
| Informal votes | 186 | 4.40 | |||||
| Total | 4,223 | 100.00 | 9 | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Greater Hume Shire Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Greater Hume Shire (A) (Local Government Area)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "Riverina Cities population and household forecasts" (PDF). Forecast.id. .id Consulting. Retrieved 15 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2012". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Councillors". Great Hume Shire Council. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ↑ "Greater Hume Shire". ABC News.
