Yorke Peninsula Council
# Yorke Peninsula Council

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.

## 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 $Yorketown.^{:824}$ It was named as the District Council of Yorke Peninsula at its inception, but was renamed to Yorke Peninsula Council in $2013.^{:823}$

## Extent

Yorke Peninsula Council includes the towns and localities of:

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

### Mayors

The Yorke Peninsula Council has a directly-elected mayor.

* Thomas Malcolm Thomson (1997-2000)
* Robert Lloyd Schulze (2000-2006)
* Ray Agnew (2006-2018)
* Darren Braund (2018 - current)
