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Yorke Peninsula Council

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Yorke Peninsula Council
South Australia

Location of the Yorke Peninsula Council

Council branch office at Minlaton

Coordinates

35°13′26″S 138°24′07″E / 35.2239°S 138.402°E

Population

11,598 (LGA 2021)^[1]

Established

10 February 1997^[2]^: 824

Area

5,834 km² (2,252.5 sq mi)

Mayor

Darren Braund^[3]

Council seat

Maitland

Region

Yorke and Mid North^[4]

State electorate(s)

Narungga^[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 areainSouth 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Agery

Councillors[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yorke Peninsula (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "YORKE PENINSULA COUNCIL". 2018 Council Elections Results Page. Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

^ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council" (PDF). pp. 232&341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

^ "Branch Offices". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

^ ^a ^b "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.

^ "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.

^ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

^ 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.

^ "Maitland Matters: March 2014" (PDF). Maitland & District Progress Association. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

^ Novak, Lauren (28 September 2006). "Record number want to be mayor". The Advertiser.

External links[edit]

Official website

Localities of the Yorke Peninsula Council

v t e Local government areas of South Australia
Metropolitan Adelaide	Adelaide Adelaide Hills Burnside Campbelltown Charles Sturt Gawler Holdfast Bay Marion Mitcham Norwood Payneham & St Peters Onkaparinga Playford Port Adelaide Enfield Prospect Salisbury Tea Tree Gully Unley Walkerville West Torrens
Eyre Peninsula	Ceduna Cleve Elliston Franklin Harbour Kimba Lower Eyre Peninsula Port Augusta Port Lincoln Streaky Bay Tumby Bay Wudinna Whyalla
Central	Adelaide Plains Barossa Barunga West Clare and Gilbert Valleys Copper Coast Flinders Ranges Goyder Light Mount Remarkable Northern Areas Orroroo Carrieton Peterborough Port Pirie Wakefield Yorke Peninsula
Southern and Hills	Alexandrina Kangaroo Island Mount Barker Victor Harbor Yankalilla
Murray Mallee	Berri Barmera Coorong Gerard Karoonda East Murray Loxton Waikerie Mid Murray Murray Bridge Renmark Paringa Southern Mallee
Southeast	Grant Kingston Mount Gambier Naracoorte Lucindale Robe Tatiara Wattle Range
Outback	Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Coober Pedy Maralinga Tjarutja Nepabunna Outback Communities Authority Roxby Downs Yalata