Municipality of Nyngan The first council was elected on April 16, 1891, and the first meeting was held at Tattersall's Hotel on the 20th April, 1891. The first aldermen were W. S. Brown, John Prince, Henry Herrick, A. M. Naylor, A. T. Bleakley, G. F. Callan. The first Mayor was Alderman John Prince and the first town clerk was Mr. John Kelly. Nyngan was given a water supply in 1894, and a Town Hall was built in 1897. The population of the municipal area on April 26, 1892, was 1027. The electric light was switched on 28th June, 1926. The plant comprises two 25 k.w. generators driven by two 45/491/2 b.h.p. Vickers Petters Oil Engines. The present council comprises Aldermen H. Evatt, P.C. Knight, R. A. Giddy, C. O'Reilly, G. Foreman, H. L. Hopkins. The present Mayor is Alderman H. Evatt, and the town clerk is Mr. G. A. Priest. The Over Shot Dam was completed in July, 1928, at a cost of £5000, to augment the water supply. The construction work was carried away twice, owing to floods in the Bogan River. The flood on February 24th, 1928, was the highest on record.