Yorke Peninsula Council

Yorke Peninsula Council
Local government area
Location of the Yorke Peninsula Council Council branch office at Minlaton
Coordinates: 35°13′26″S138°24′07″E / 35.2239°S 138.402°E / -35.2239; 138.402
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Yorke and Mid North [1]
Established	10 February 1997 [2] : 824
Council seat	Maitland
Government
• Mayor	Darren Braund [3]
•  State electorate	Narungga [4]
Area
• Total	5,834 km2 (2,253 sq mi)
Population
• Total	11,598 (LGA 2021) [5]
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 main Council office is at Maitland; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown. ^[7]

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]

• Agery
• Ardrossan
• Arthurton
• Balgowan
• Black Point
• Bluff Beach
• Brentwood
• Chinaman Wells
• Clinton
• Clinton Centre
• Coobowie
• Corny Point
• Couch Beach
• Cunningham
• Curramulka
• Dowlingville
• Edithburgh
• Foul Bay
• Hardwicke Bay
• Honiton
• Inneston
• James Well
• Kainton
• Koolywurtie
• Maitland
• Marion Bay
• Minlaton
• Nalyappa
• Parsons Beach
• Petersville
• Pine Point
• Point Pearce
• Point Souttar
• Point Turton
• Port Arthur
• Port Julia
• Port Moorowie
• Port Rickaby
• Port Victoria
• Port Vincent
• Price
• Ramsay
• Rogues Point
• Sandilands
• Sheaoak Flat
• South Kilkerran
• Stansbury
• Sultana Point
• Sunnyvale
• The Pines
• Tiddy Widdy Beach
• Urania
• Warooka
• Wauraltee
• Weetulta
• White Hut
• Winulta
• Wool Bay
• Yorke Valley
• Yorketown

Councillors

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Mayor [3]		Darren Braund
Gum Flat [3]		Naomi Bittner
		Trevor Clerke
		Scott Hoyle
Innes Pentonvale [3]		Adam Meyer
		Kristin Murdock
		Kylie Gray
		Michael O'Connell
Kalkabury [3]		Tania Stock
		Richard Carruthers
		Roger Johns
		Alan Headon

Mayors

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

• Thomas Malcolm Thomson (1997-2000) ^[11]
• Robert Lloyd Schulze (2000-2006) ^[12]
• Ray Agnew (2006-2018) ^[13]
• Darren Braund (2018 - current) ^[3]

See also

• List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia

References

1. "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
2. 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. "YORKE PENINSULA COUNCIL". 2018 Council Elections Results Page. Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
4. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yorke Peninsula (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
6. "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. "YORKE PENINSULA COUNCIL, Review of Elector Representation" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette . 2013 (78 ed.). Government of South Australia: 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
13. Novak, Lauren (28 September 2006). "Record number want to be mayor". The Advertiser.

External links

• Official website