District Council of Loxton Waikerie
District Council of Loxton Waikerie | |||||||||||||
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 Location of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 34°26′43″S 140°46′24″E / 34.4454°S 140.7733°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 3 May 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Loxton | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Leon Stasinowsky[2] | ||||||||||||
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| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 7,957 km2 (3,072 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 11,666 (LGA 2021)[3] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.466/km2 (3.80/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | District Council of Loxton Waikerie | ||||||||||||
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The District Council of Loxton Waikerie provides local government in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia.[1] The council seat is at Loxton; a branch office is at Waikerie.[4]
The council was formed on 3 May 1997 as an amalgamation of the District Council of Brown's Well, the District Council of Loxton and the District Council of Waikerie.[5]
It includes the towns and localities of Alawoona, Boolgun, Bakara Well, Billiatt, Bookpurnong, Bugle Hut, Caliph, Devlins Pound, Golden Heights, Good Hope Landing, Holder, Holder Siding, Kanni, Kingston on Murray, Kringin, Loxton, Loxton North, Lowbank, Maggea, Malpas, Markaranka, Meribah, Moorook, Moorook South, Naidia, New Residence, New Well, Notts Well, Paisley, Paruna, Pata, Peebinga, Pooginook, Pyap, Pyap West, Qualco, Ramco, Ramco Heights, Schell Well, Stockyard Plain, Sunlands, Taldra, Taplan, Taylorville, Taylorville Station, Veitch, Waikerie, Wappilka, Wigley Flat, Woodleigh, Woolpunda, Wunkar and Yinkanie, and parts of Galga, Mantung, Mercunda, Murbko and Westons Flat.[6]
Councillors
As of 2014, the following councillors were elected:
| Ward | Councillor | |
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| Mayor[2] | Leon Stasinowsky | |
| Deputy Mayor[2] | Trevor Norton | |
| Unsubdivided[2] | Jody Flavel | |
| Sonya Altschwager | ||
| Jordann Kleemann | ||
| Clive Matthews | ||
| Debbie Thiele | ||
| Michael Vowles | ||
| Peter Walker | ||
| Kym Webber | ||
| Terry Wheeldon | ||
The mayor is directly elected.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Murray and Mallee SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Elected Members". District Council of Loxton Waikerie. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Loxton Waikerie (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "District Council of Loxton Waikerie". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ "Introduction". District Council of Loxton Waikerie. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.