Shire of York

The Shire of York is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, covering an area of 2133km2 just beyond the eastern fringe of Perth's metropolitan area. The Shire's seat of government is the town of York.HistoryIn 1871, the York Road District and the Municipality of York were gazetted as two separate entities. On 1 July 1961, they became respectively the Shire of York and the Town of York under the Local Government Act 1960. The two entities merged on 15 March 1965.WardsThe 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 localitiesBadginBalladong Cold Harbour Greenhills GwambygineInkpen Mount HardeyMount ObservationTalbot YorkNotable councillors Frederick Monger, York Municipality councillor 1892; later a state MP Garnet Wood, York Road Board member 1932–1951; also a state MP