Yorke Peninsula Council

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Yorke Peninsula Council
South Australia
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Location of the Yorke Peninsula Council
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Council branch office at Minlaton
Coordinates Coordinates: 35°13′26″S138°24′07″E / 35.2239°S 138.402°E / -35.2239; 138.402
Population11,598 (LGA 2021) [1]
Established10 February 1997 [2] : 824 
Area5,834 km2 (2,252.5 sq mi)
MayorDarren Braund [3]
Council seat Maitland
Region Yorke and Mid North [4]
State electorate(s) Narungga [5]
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Website Yorke Peninsula Council
LGAs around Yorke Peninsula Council:
Copper Coast [6] Barunga West
Wakefield [6]
Spencer Gulf [6] Yorke Peninsula Council Gulf St Vincent [6]
Investigator Strait [6]

The Yorke Peninsula Council is a local government area in South Australia. Its boundaries include most of the Yorke Peninsula. The council seat is at Maitland; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown. [7]

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History

It came into existence on 10 February 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula, the District Council of Minlaton, the District Council of Warooka and the District Council of Yorketown. [2] : 824  It was named as the District Council of Yorke Peninsula at its inception, but was renamed to Yorke Peninsula Council in 2013. [2] : 823  [8]

Extent

Yorke Peninsula Council includes the towns and localities of: [9]

Councillors

WardCouncillorNotes
Mayor [3]  Darren Braund
Gum Flat [3]  Naomi Bittner
 Leanne O'Brien
 Jeffrey Cook
Innes Pentonvale [3]  Adam Meyer
 Kristin Murdock
 Anthony Bennett
 John Rich
Kalkabury [3]  Tania Stock
 Richard Carruthers
 Roger Johns
 David Langford

Mayors

The Yorke Peninsula Council has a directly-elected mayor. [8] [10]

See also

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The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strait. The most populous town in the region is Kadina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minlaton, South Australia</span> Town in South Australia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yorketown, South Australia</span> Town in South Australia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Copper Coast Council</span> Local government area in South Australia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hardwicke Bay, South Australia</span> Town in South Australia

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The Hundred of Dalrymple is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia on the southern Yorke Peninsula. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Fergusson. Proclaimed on 20 June 1872, it is officially thought to be named after Dalrymple, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hundred of Melville</span> Cadastral in South Australia

The Hundred of Melville is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia on the southern Yorke Peninsula. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Fergusson. Proclaimed on 18 February June 1869, it was named after Lord Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty in the 1810s and 1820s.

The District Council of Yorke Peninsula was a local government area on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia from 1888 to 1969.

The District Council of Minlaton was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1997 seated at Minlaton on the Yorke Peninsula.

Koolywurtie is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Yorke Peninsula about 93 kilometres (58 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the municipal seat of Maitland.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yorke Peninsula (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 Kotz, D.C. (6 February 1997). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL YORKE PENINSULA, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MINLATON, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF YORKETOWN AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WAROOKA" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. pp. 823–825. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "YORKE PENINSULA COUNCIL". 2018 Council Elections Results Page. Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council" (PDF). pp. 232&341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Branch Offices". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  8. 1 2 "YORKE PENINSULA COUNCIL, Review of Elector Representation" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (78 ed.). Government of South Australia. 2013: 4503. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Search results for 'Yorke Peninsula (Pen)' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Local Government Areas'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Huston, D. A. (15 May 1997). "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF YORKE PENINSULA Periodical Election Results" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 1994. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Maitland Matters: March 2014" (PDF). Maitland & District Progress Association. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. ↑ Novak, Lauren (28 September 2006). "Record number want to be mayor". The Advertiser.
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