List of shire presidents of Trayning

The Shire of Trayning is a local government area in Western Australia. It was established on 30 June 1911 as the Korrelocking Road District, with a chairman as its head. It was renamed several times as a road district. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, it became the Shire of Trayning-Kununoppin-Yelbeni, with a shire president as its head. It was renamed to its present name on 10 September 1965.[1]

Road district chairmen

Chairman[2] Term
William L. R. Hall[3] 1912
P. M. Dove 1912
T. Sutherland 1912–1916
L. B. Riley 1916–1918
F. C. Weyman 1918–1919
F. Ridgway 1920–1923
T. J. Appleyard 1923–1925
Donald Alexander Couper 1925–1946
G. M. Appleyard 1946–1949
J. M. O"Meara 1949–1952
H. Pope 1952–1953
William Donald Couper 1953–1960
B. S. Rance 1960–1961

Shire presidents

Chairman[2] Term
B. S. Rance 1961–1965
P. T. Main 1965–1969
D. R. M. Mason 1969–1986
W. D. Couper 1986–1996
Trevor R. Lamond[4] 1996–2013
Freda Tarr[4][5] 2013–2017
Melanie Brown[5] 2017–present

References

  1. ^ "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Appleyard, Reg; Couper, Don (2009). A history of Trayning: the shire's contribution to the development of Western Australia's eastern wheatbelt. UWA Press. p. 281. ISBN 9781921401381.
  3. ^ "Korrelocking Notes". The Northam Advertiser. 20 January 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b "Shire of Trayning: Annual Report: 2013/2014". Shire of Trayning. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Shire of Trayning: Annual Report: 2017–2018". Shire of Trayning. Retrieved 31 July 2021.