Mackellar County Council
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| State–owned enterprise | |
| Industry | Public utility |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Sydney County Council |
| Founded | 11 August 1951 |
| Defunct | 1 January 1980 |
| Headquarters | 48-52 Sydney Road, Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
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Area served
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Municipality of Manly Warringah Shire Council |
| Services | Electricity retail and distribution Natural gas retail and distribution |
| Owner | Government of New South Wales |
The Mackellar County Council (MCC) was a state–owned enterprise of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1951, it was an electricity and gas supplier and retailer which primarily supplied the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, New South Wales, being jointly managed and operated by Manly Municipal Council and Warringah Shire Council.
The Local Government Act 1919 (NSW) had provided for the establishment of District Counties and County Councils by whole, groups of, or parts of municipalities and shires to perform nominated functions delegated by the Councils concerned, although the majority of those councils dealt with infrastructure or utility planning. In the Northern Beaches area, the idea of a County Council, specifically dealing with the control and development of electric utilities in the area shared by Manly Municipality and Warringah Shire first occurred in 1938 and again in 1943 but was postponed for consideration because of the Second World War.
Manly and Warringah Councils considered the matter at a conference held on 17 March 1950, but Warringah Shire later withdrew its support for the proposal. However, later that same year, the Electricity Commission of New South Wales began investigations into the overal feasibility of the proposal. In its report of 14 March 1951 the Commission identified advantages of creating a county council comprising the two local government areas for the purpose of developing consistent electric utilities in the region. After further discussions in 1951, the councils of Manly and Warringah resolved to establish the Mackellar County Council consisting of three elected representatives from each Council to commence on 1 September 1951. The council adopted its name, following the 11 May 1949 proclamation of the local federal parliament Division of Mackellar, in honour of politician Sir Charles Mackellar and poet Dorothea Mackellar.
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