Walcha is divided into four wards where Councillors are elected from each ward by electors enrolled in that ward.
In Walcha, the Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first Council meeting following their election, however the Electoral Office is not involved in those elections.
Parliament approved polling day for the Ordinary elections to be held Saturday, 13 September 2008. Subsequent elections will then be held on the fourth Saturday of September in every fourth year after 2008, ie September 2012.
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