Leeton Shire is a
local government area
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in the
Riverina
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region of
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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. The Shire is located adjacent to the
Murrumbidgee River
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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
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,
Merungle Hill,
Fivebough and
Stanbridge and the suburbs of
Parkview,
Wattle Hill,
Wiradjuri
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,
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.
It was renamed as Leeton Shire on 10 July 1946.
The
mayor
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of Leeton Shire is Cr George Weston.
Council
Current composition and election method
Leeton Shire Council is composed of nine
councillor
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s elected
proportionally as a single
ward
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. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The
mayor
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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:
The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election, is:
[
]
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.
Election results
2024
2021
2016
1931
1928
Heritage listings
Leeton Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Gogeldrie Weir
* Hydro Hotel
* Koonadan Historic Site
* Leeton District Lands Office
* Leeton District Office artefacts
The Leeton District Office artefacts is a heritage-listed collection of artefacts at a waterworks at Chelmsford Place, Leeton in the Leeton Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Leeton District Office ...
* Leeton railway station
* Roxy Community Theatre
* Yanco Weir
Notes
References
Leeton, New South Wales
Local government areas of the Riverina
Local government areas of New South Wales
1928 establishments in Australia
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