Shire of Toodyay

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Toodyay
state = wa


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 4,112 (2006 census)
area = 1693.8
est = 1871
seat = Toodyay
mayor = Charlie Wroth
region = Wheatbelt

url = http://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au
stategov = Moore
fedgov = Pearce
near-nw = Chittering
near-n = Victoria Plains
near-ne = Goomalling
near-w = Chittering
near-e = Goomalling
near-sw = Swan
near-s = Mundaring
near-se = Northam

The Shire of Toodyay is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, beyond the north-eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. The Shire covers an area of convert|1694|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Toodyay.

History

In 1871, the Toodyay Road Board was gazetted, and in 1877, the Newcastle Municipal Council followed. The latter was abolished and merged in 1912, shortly after the town's move, and on 1 July 1961, it became the Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The shire has been divided into 4 wards.

* North Ward
* Central Ward
* West Ward (3 councillors)
* East Ward (2 councillors)

Towns/Localities

* Toodyay
* Bailup
* Bejoording
* Culham
* Dewars Pool
* Dumbarton
* Julimar
* Morangup
* West Toodyay

References

External links

* [http://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Toodyay]