Shire of Cohuna

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Proclaimed on 8 March 1922, the Shire of Cohuna formed following the severing North East and South East Ridings from the Shire of Kerang.

The area the Shire of Cohuna originally covered was part of the Swan Hill Road District, which covered most of north-western Victoria. To learn more about the history of the Swan Hill Road District and the Shire of Kerang, please click here.

Councillors

Name     Term                        Shire President
Mr J.H. Nichol          1922-31                          1922, 1922/23
Mr A. McDonald 1922-32 1923/24
Mr G.E. Toll 1922-27 1924/25
Mr A.W. Walker 1922-39 1925/26
Mr T.R.J. Findlay 1922-48 1926/27, 1932/33, 1941/42, 1947/48
Mr M.J. Garner MBE                      1922-64 1927/28, 1936/37, 1945/46, 1954/55, 1963/64
Mr T.G. Major 1922-44 1928/29, 1931/32, 1934/35, 1940/41
Mr T.Opie 1922-47 1929/30, 1935/36, 1944/45
Mr N.A. Martin 1922-45 1930/31, 1939/40, 1933/34
Mr G. Carwardine 1927-39 1933/34
Mr A.E. Spence 1931-60 1937/38, 1946/47, 1955/56
Mr A.T.H. Hawken 1932-46 1938/39
Mr N.L. Cooper 1939-48 1943/44
Mr W.A. Lyons JP 1939-54 1942/43, 1951/52
Mr H.V. Stirling 1944-58 1949/50
Mr T.E.E. Bond 1945-60 1948/49, 1959/60
Mr A.E. Gow JP 1946-63 1950/51, 1959/60
Mr H.M.B. Barr 1948-59 1952/53, 1958/59
Mr A.O. Opie JP MBE 1947-77 1945/46, 1953/54, 1956/57, 1962/63, 1964, 1965/66, 1968/69, 1971/72
Mr H.M. Brown 1948-75
Mr J.T. Weymouth JP 1954-63 1960/61
Mr L.N. Veal 1958-71 1961/62, 1970/71
Dr P.W. Graham 1959-66
Mr W.L.P. Bond 1959-95 1964/65, 1973/74, 1979/80, 1982/83, 1988/89
Mr H.G. Salter 1960-64
Mr T.E. Allen 1963-68
Mr E.B. Henty 1963-67 1966/67
Mr S.J. McGlone JP 1964-66
Mr R.C. Lake 1964-82 1967/68, 1976/77
Mr R.J. Dunn 1965-80 1969/70, 1975/76
Mrs D.E. Fitch JP 1966-93 1972/73, 1978/79, 1981/82, 1990/91
Mr J. Heap 1967-73
Mr R Fehring 1968-82 1974/75, 1981/81
Mr F.A. Wight 1971-89 1985/86
Mr H.J. Bird 1973-79
Mr P. Johnson JP 1975-95 1977/78, 1983/84, 1986/87
Mr R. Opie 1977-86
Mr D.H. Orr 1977-86
Dr P.W. Graham 1980-88 1987/88
Mr A.I. Morrison 1980-89 1984/85
Mr K.A. Forbes 1982-90
Mr D.E. Gow 1982-85
Mr G.G. Borneman 1985-90 1989/90
Mrs G.P. Peace 1986-89
Mrs H.M. Williams 1988-95 1991/92
Mr N.F. Crouch 1989-95 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95
Mrs A.A. Brewer 1989-95
Mr P.J. O'Halloran 1989-92
Mrs C.A. Bond JP 1990-92
Mr J.C. Smith 1990-95
Mr W.M. Crichton 1992-95
Mr D.W. Macumber 1992-94
Mrs B. Mackenzie 1993-95

Shire Secretaries

1922              Mr V. Lewis
1922-23         Mr H. Diskcon
1923              Mr A. Anderson
1923-42         Mr F.R. Bloomfield
1942-51         Mr L.L. Smith
1951              Mr M.J Finch
1951-53         Mr L. Simpkin
1953-57         Mr J. Clarey
1957-78         Mr R.E. Knowles
1978-85         Mr G.B. Kohlman
1982-95         Mr B.A. Martin

Shire Engineers

1922-24         Mr G.W. Brown
1924-36         Mr G.F. Tisdall
1936-37         Mr E.F. Eberbach
1937-41         Mr L.L. Smith
1941-42         Mr McKenzie
1942-51         Mr L.L Smith
1952              Mr R.W. Whiteside
1952-53         Mr K.P. Higgins
1954-55         Mr C.V. Hore
1954              Mr R.C. Simmons
1954-55         Mr W.A. Pollard
1955-57         Mr G.F. Harding
1957-66         Mr R.J. Maklin
1966-75         Mr P.H. Nally
1975-81         Mr D.A.Park
1981-95         Mr G.A. Payne

 

 

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