Shire of York


The Shire of York is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, covering an area of just beyond the eastern fringe of Perth's metropolitan area. The Shire's seat of government is the town of York.

History

The Shire of York was established as the York Road District on 24 January 1871. The townsite of York separated as the Municipality of York ten weeks later on 7 March 1871. It became a shire on 1 July 1961 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all road districts into shires. The Town of York merged back into the shire on 15 March 1965.

Wards

The council was previously split into three wards - Town, West and East - but these were abolished and an election for 6 councillors for the entire Shire was held on 6 May 2006.

Towns and localities