Harden Shire

Harden Shire was a local government area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire included the twin towns of Harden and Murrumburrah and the small towns of Galong, Jugiong, Wombat and Kingsvale.

The Shire was established in 1975 from the merger of the Municipality of Murrumburrah with Demondrille Shire.^[3] In 2016, Harden Shire was amalgamated with Boorowa Shire and Young Shire to create Hilltops Council.^[4]

The last Mayor of Harden Shire was Cr. John Horton, an unaligned politician.

Council

Composition and election method

Harden Shire Council was composed of seven Councillors elected proportionally as one entire ward. All Councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor was elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The last democratic election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council was as follows:^[5]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	7
	Total	7

The final Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:^[5]

	Party	Notes
Chris Manchester	Unaligned	Mayor^[6]
Matthew Stadtmiller	Independent Deputy Mayor
John Horton	Unaligned
Tony Flanery	Unaligned
Cathy Sanderson	Unaligned
Neil Reid	Unaligned	^[6]
Tony Campbell	Unaligned

Amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that Harden Shire merge with adjoining councils. The NSW Government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger between the Harden, Boorowa and Young shires to form a new council with an area of 7,139 square kilometres (2,756 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 19,000.^[7] The alternative, proposed by Harden Shire on 28 February 2016, was for an amalgamation of the Cootamundra, Gundagai and Harden shires.^[8] Following an independent review, on 12 May 2016, the Minister for Local Government announced the dissolution of the Boorowa, Harden and Young shires and merged the areas to form the Hilltops Council with immediate effect.^[4]

Gallery

The former Harden Shire Council office
A former shire boundary sign (circa 2015)

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Harden Shire". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
1 2 "Harden Shire Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 7 November 2006.
↑ "Murrumburrah Municipal Council Council". Search. State Records NSW. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
1 2 "Hilltops Council". Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
1 2 "Harden Shire Council: Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
1 2 "Grant to investigate raising houses at Jugiong". ABC News. Australia. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
↑ "Merger proposal: Boorowa Council, Harden Shire Council, Young Shire Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ Harden Shire Council (28 February 2016). "Fit For Future: Alternate Merger Proposal - Harden Shire Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

Former local government areas in New South Wales

Cities and municipalities	Alexandria Annandale Armidale (C) Ashfield Auburn (C) Ballina Balmain Bankstown (C) Barraba Bathurst (C) Bega Berry Bexley Blayney Bombala Botany Bay (C) Bowral Broughton's Vale Cabramatta and Canley Vale Carcoar Camperdown Canterbury (C) Casino Castlereagh Concord Condobolin Cook Cooma Cootamundra Corowa Cowra Darlington Deniliquin Drummoyne Dubbo (C) Dundas Eastwood Enfield Ermington and Rydalmere Erskineville Forbes The Glebe Glen Innes Goulburn (C) Grafton (C) Granville Greater Taree (C) Gosford (C) Gosford (1886-1908) Gulgong Gundagai Gunnedah Hay Hill End (B) Hillgrove Hillston Holroyd (C) Hurstville (C) Ingleburn Inverell Jerilderie Junee Kempsey Kogarah (C) Leichhardt Lidcombe Manilla Manly Marrickville Mascot Moama Molong Moree Mullumbimby Murwillumbah Muswellbrook Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Newtown Nowra Nyngan Paddington Parkes Peak Hill Petersham Picton Pittwater Port Macquarie Queanbeyan (C) Redfern Richmond Rockdale (C) Singleton South Grafton South Shoalhaven South Sydney (C) St. Mary’s St. Peters Tamworth (C) Temora Taree Tumut Ulladulla Uralla Vaucluse Waterloo Wellington Windsor Wingham Yass Young

Shires	Abercrombie Adjungbilly Amaroo Armidale Dumaresq Ashford Barraba Bibbenluke Bingara Blaxland Bombala Boolooroo Boomi Boorowa Boree Burrangong Cambewarra Canobolas Clyde Cockburn Colo Coolah Cooma-Monaro Coonabarabran Cootamundra Conargo Copmanhurst Coreen Corowa Crookwell Culcairn Demondrille Denman Dorrigo Dumaresq Erina Evans Gadara Gloucester Goobang Goodradigbee Gostwyck Great Lakes Gundagai Gundurimba Gunning Guyra Harden Harwood Hastings Holbrook Hume Illabo Imlay Jerilderie Jemalong Jindalee Kyeamba Liverpool Plains (1906-1980) Lyndhurst Macintyre Maclean Macleay Macquarie Mandowa Manilla Manning Valley Merriwa Mitchell Mittagong Molong Monaro Mudgee Mulwaree Mumbulla Murray Murrumbidgee Murrurundi Namoi Narraburra Nepean Nundle Nymboida Orara Palerang Parry Patrick Plains Peel Pristine Waters Quirindi Richmond River Rylstone Scone Severn Snowy River Talbragar Tallaganda Tamarang Terania Timbrebongie Tintenbar Tomki Tumbarumba Tumut Turon Ulmarra Urana Wakool Waradgery Warringah Waugoola Wellington Windouran Woodburn Woy Woy Wunnamurra Wyaldra Wyong Yallaroi Yanko Yarrowlumla Young

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