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The City of Canning is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 64.8 square kilometres (25.0 sq mi) and had a population of approximately 90,000 as at the 2016 Census .
Moonee Valley City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards electing three members each, but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020. [28] In March 2024, Buckley Ward councillor Cam Nation resigned from council. [29]
The council increased from eleven members to twelve prior to the 2024 election; members were previously elected across six wards (five two-member and one single-member). [12] This is the first election for the City of Casey since 2016, as the council was dismissed and put into administration in February 2020. [13] [14] [15]
Different councils have different numbers of councillors. All local government areas (i.e. cities, rural cities, shires and boroughs) are governed in a similar fashion, with an elected council, one of whom is the mayor (in shires the mayor may use the title "president"; the City of Melbourne has the title "lord mayor").
2025 is the first election year in Western Australia where electoral reforms implemented in November 2021 will take effect for the Legislative Council.This reform eliminated seats in the Legislative Council, making each region more equal in size while creating a single electorate for all members elected under a one-vote, one-value system.
The Canning showgrounds includes the Cannington Exhibition Centre and was home to the Cannington Raceway owned by the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association from 1974 to 2015. [5] The greyhound racing now takes place across the road on the north side on a new track which opened on 23 March 2016.
Cannington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is based in the inner southern suburbs of Perth. Cannington is a safe Labor seat. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 63.3% to 36.7% versus the Liberal ...
Local government area Council seat [13] Year est. Land area [14] Population density (2022) Population [15] Notes km² sq mi 2021 2022 Armadale, City of: Armadale: 1894: 560 216