Earth:City of Mount Gambier
| City of Mount Gambier South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of the City of Mount Gambier in blue | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 26,276[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Established | 1876 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 308 km2 (118.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Lynette Martin | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Mount Gambier | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mount Gambier | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Mount Gambier | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Mount Gambier is a local government area centred in Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. While it is the southernmost city council in the state, the District Council of Grant is the southernmost council because it completely surrounds but does not include the city of Mount Gambier. It was established on 25 May 1876 as the Corporate Town of Mount Gambier, and became the City of Mount Gambier when it gained city status in 1955.[3][4]
The city consists of a mayor and eight councillors, elected equally from the East and West wards once every four years by postal voting. In addition to Mount Gambier itself, the council also includes parts of Glenburnie, OB Flat, Suttontown and Worrolong, all shared with the District Council of Grant.[5] Due to the City being entirely surrounded by the District Council of Grant and the growth of Mount Gambier, there have been ongoing talks of amalgamation, with the most recent boundary changes taking place in 2010.[6]
Mayors of Mount Gambier
- Lucas Adolphus DeGaris (1935-1937) [7]
- William Ewart Pyne (1937-1939) [7]
- Stanley Charles Davis (1939-1941) [7]
- William Ewart Pyne (1941-1945) [7]
- Stanley Charles Davis (1945-1946) [7]
- William Ewart Pyne (1946-1949) [7]
- John Hugh Marks (1949-1955) [7]
- Stanley Charles Davis (1955-1958) [7]
- John Hugh Marks (1958) [7]
- Stanley Hamilton Elliott (1959-1964) [7]
- Lenora Alice Bishop (1964-1967) [7]
- Stanley Hamilton Elliott (1967-1971) [7]
- Archibald Llewellyn Sealey (1971-1983) [7]
- Francis Newman (Don) McDonnell (1983-2002) [8][7]
- Steve Perryman (2002-2014) [9]
- Andrew Lee (2014-2018) [10]
- Lynette Martin (2018-present)
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Gambier (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/LGA44620.
- ↑ "Limestone Coast SA Government region". The Government of South Australia. http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8589/Limestone_Coast_SA_Government_region.pdf.
- ↑ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936". Local Government Association of South Australia. pp. 41. https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf.
- ↑ "Mount Gambier City Status Celebrations". State Library of South Australia. http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/BRG+347/6835.
- ↑ "Search result for "Mount Gambier (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0046869 ) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 31 March 2010. http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#.
- ↑ "Consolidation in Local Government: A Fresh Look - City of Mount Gambier and District Council of Grant | IKEN". http://iken.collaborynth.com.au/consolidation-local-government-fresh-look-city-mount-gambier-and-district-council-grant.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 355, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
- ↑ "Issue 50 - October 2002". LGA News. Local Government Association of South Australia. https://lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/october02_pdf1.pdf.
- ↑ "Mayoral duties done". The Border Watch. 23 October 2014. http://www.borderwatch.com.au/story/2647435/mayoral-duties-done/.
- ↑ "Andrew Lee doorknocks his way into Mount Gambier's top job". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 November 2014. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/11/10/4124896.htm.
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