Shire of Cohuna

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.

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Councillors

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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

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Shire Secretaries

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Shire Engineers

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