Temora Shire

This article is about the local government area. For the regional town, see Temora, New South Wales.

Temora Shire New South Wales
Location in NSW
Population	5,969 (2012)
• Density	2.1303/km2 (5.5174/sq mi)
Area	2,802 km2 (1,081.9 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr. Rick Firman (Unaligned)
Council seat	Temora
Region	Riverina
State electorate(s)	Cootamundra
Federal Division(s)	Riverina
Website	Temora Shire
LGAs around Temora Shire: Bland Bland Weddin Coolamon Temora Shire Young Coolamon Junee Cootamundra

Temora Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on Burley Griffin Way.

It includes the town of Temora and the small towns of Springdale, Sebastapol, Ariah Park, Gidginbung, Narraburra and Wallundry.

The mayor of Temora Shire is Cr. Rick Firman, an unaligned politician.

Council

Current composition and election method

Temora Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012 and the makeup of the Council is as follows:

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	9
	Total	9

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Rick Firman	Unaligned	Mayor
	Peter Speirs	Unaligned
	Nigel Judd	Unaligned
	Graham Sinclair	Unaligned	Deputy Mayor
	Ken Smith	Independent
	Dennis Sleigh	Unaligned
	Max Oliver	Unaligned
	Graham Coates	Unaligned
	Rachael Schliebs	Unaligned