Ward Representation
Your councillors and Shire President are elected by the community via the Local Government Elections. Elections are held every two years on the third Saturday of October. Councillors serve a four year term, thus at each ordinary election, approximately half of the eight positions are up for election.
In 2023, State Government reforms to the local government sector required the review of ward and councillor numbers across local governments in Western Australia. As a result, the Shire of Manjimup has been ordered to reduce it Wards from six (Coastal, North, South, Central, West and East) to two (Urban and Rural) and the number of Councillors reduced from eleven to eight plus a Shire President.
Each Councillor is elected to represent a ward in the local government district. For the purposes of the 2023 Election, and ongoing, the Shire of Manjimup will be divided into two wards, Urban Ward and Rural Ward, with four councillors in each ward, plus a Shire President. This meets the requirement for each Councillor to represent plus or minus 10% of the population.
To find out which ward you are in check the ward maps here.
