State electorate(s) Kalgoorlie Shire of Leonora Laverton Population 1,412 (2006) Council seat Leonora Federal division Division of O'Connor | Website Shire of Leonora Area 32,189 km² Region Goldfields-Esperance Mayor Graham Dawes | |
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The Shire of Leonora is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about 240 kilometres (149 mi) north of the city of Kalgoorlie and about 830 kilometres (516 mi) northeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 32,189 square kilometres (12,428 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Leonora.
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Map of Leonora, WA, Australia
History
Leonora was originally part of the North Coolgardie Road District when that entity was gazetted in 1898. The town of Leonora was gazetted as a municipality with its own mayor in 1900. In 1912, the North Coolgardie Road District was dissolved and the Mount Malcolm, Kookynie and Menzies Road Districts were formed.
Mount Malcolm absorbed the Municipality of Leonora on 1 July 1917 and became the Leonora-Mount Malcolm Road District. In 1929, a neighbouring district, Lawlers, was dissolved and split between Mount Margaret (later Laverton) and Leonora-Mount Malcolm, which was renamed to simply Leonora a year later. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Leonora under the Local Government Act 1960.
Wards
As of the 2003 election, the Shire is divided into two wards:
From 1979 until 2003, the Shire was divided into Leonora (3), Leinster (4) and Country (2) wards.