Parkes Shire

{{About|the local government area|the regional town|Parkes, New South Wales}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Parkes Shire

| state = nsw

| image = Parkes LGA NSW.png

| caption = Location in New South Wales

| pop = 14361

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA16200|name=Parkes (A) |accessdate=27 November 2017|quick=on }}

| area = 5958

| est = 1981

| coordinates = {{Coord|33|08|S|148|10|E|region:AU-NSW_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

| seat = Parkes{{cite web |title=Parkes Shire Council |publisher=Division of Local Government |url= http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=6200 |access-date=28 November 2006}}

| mayor = Neil Westcott (Unaligned)

| region = Central West

| logo = Parkes Shire Council logo.png

| url = http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au

| stategov = Orange

| fedgov = Parkes

| near-nw = Lachlan

| near-n = Narromine

| near-ne = Dubbo Regional

| near-w = Lachlan

| near-e = Cabonne

| near-sw = Lachlan

| near-s = Forbes

| near-se = Cabonne

}}

Parkes Shire is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Broken Hill railway line and the Newell Highway.

The area under administration includes the town of Parkes and the surrounding region of {{convert|5919|km2}}, with a population of approximately 14,592 as of 2011. The Shire includes the towns of Peak Hill, Alectown, Bogan Gate, Trundle and Tullamore.

The mayor of Parkes Shire Council is Cr. Neil Westcott, who is unaligned with any political party.

Heritage listings

Parkes has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

39 Currajong Street: Parkes Post Office{{cite NSW SHR|5045060|Parkes Post Office|hr=00717|fn=S90/04521 & HC 89 1293|access-date=18 May 2018}}
May Street: Parkes railway station{{cite NSW SHR|5012129|Parkes Railway Station group|hr=01220|access-date=18 May 2018}}

Council

=Current composition and election method=

Parkes Shire Council is composed of ten 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 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:{{cite web |date=4 December 2021 |title=Parkes Shire Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/parkes/councillor/fp-by-grp-and-candidate-by-vote-type |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=Local Government Elections 2021 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales}}

colspan="2"\|Party	Councillors
class="wikitable"
{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| Independents \| align=right \| 10
{{Australian party style\|Independent National}}\| \| Independent National \| align=right \| 1
colspan="2" \| Total \| align=right \| 10

Past councillors

=2016−present=

class="wikitable"
Year ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor ! colspan="2"\|Councillor
align="center" \| 2016 \| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="2"; align="center" \| Neil Westcott (Ind.) \| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="2"; align="center" \| Louise O'Leary (Ind.) \| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent national}}\| \| rowspan="2"; align="center" \| Ken Keith (Ind. Nat) \| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="2"; align="center" \| Kenny McGrath (Ind.) \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Wally Biles (Ind.) \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Barbara Newton (Ind.) \| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="2"; align="center" \| George Pratt (Ind.) \| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="2"; align="center" \| Bill Jayet (Ind.) \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Alan Ward (Ind.) \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Patrica Smith (Ind.)
align="center" \| 2021 \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Glenn Wilson (Ind.) \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Marg Applebee (Ind.) \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Jacob Cass (Ind.) \| rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style\|independent}}\| \| rowspan="1"; align="center" \| Daniel Weber (Ind.)

class="wikitable"

Year

! colspan="2"|Councillor

align="center" | 2016

| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}|

| rowspan="2"; align="center" | Neil Westcott (Ind.)

| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}|

| rowspan="2"; align="center" | Louise O'Leary (Ind.)

| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent national}}|

| rowspan="2"; align="center" | Ken Keith (Ind. Nat)

| rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}|

| rowspan="2"; align="center" | Kenny McGrath (Ind.)