Flinders Ranges Council
The Flinders Ranges Council | |||||||||||||
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 Location of The Flinders Ranges Council | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1 January 1997[2] | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Quorn | ||||||||||||
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| • Mayor | Ken Anderson[3] | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 4,198 km2 (1,621 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 1,646 (LGA 2021)[4] | ||||||||||||
| Website | The Flinders Ranges Council | ||||||||||||
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The Flinders Ranges Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres.
The main towns within the council are Hawker and Quorn; it also includes the localities of Barndioota, Kanyaka and Stephenston, and part of Bruce, Cradock, Flinders Ranges, Moockra, Saltia, Shaggy Ridge, Wilmington and Yarrah.[5]
It was created on 1 January 1997 following the merger of the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn and the District Council of Hawker.[2]
The LGA adjoins the following to the south - City of Port Augusta, District Council of Mount Remarkable and District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, while the remainder of the adjoining land is within the unincorporated area of South Australia, where municipal services are provided by the Outback Communities Authority.[5][6]
The Flinders Ranges Council is entirely in the state electorate of Giles and the federal Division of Grey.[7]
Council
| Ward | Councillor | Notes | |
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| Mayor[8] | Ken Anderson | ||
| Unsubdivided[9] | Steven (Steve) Taylor | ||
| Julian Hipwell | |||
| Angus Searcy | |||
| Patricia (Patsy) Reynolds | Deputy Mayor | ||
| David Hunter | |||
| Ashley Parkinson | |||
| Ian Carpenter | |||
| Greg Flint | |||
The Flinders Ranges Council has a directly elected Mayor. The last Mayoral election was completed in November 2022 with Mayor Anderson, defeating the incumbent Mayor Flint with 426 votes to 307.[10] Anderson was preceded by:
- 1997-2010: Max McHugh
- 2010-2020: Peter Slattery
- 2021-2022: Greg Flint
The current Chief Executive Officer of The Flinders Ranges Council is Sean Holden.[11] He was preceded by:
- 1997-2002: D A Cearns
- 2002-2004: R D Walsh
- 2004-2009: L E Connors
- 2009-2019: C J Davies
- 2020-2023: E J Brown
References
- ↑ "Far North SA Government Region" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- 1 2 Ashenden, E.S. (12 December 1996). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF HAWKER AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KANYAKA-QUORN" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 1850–1852. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "Election Results 2022". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Flinders Ranges Council (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- 1 2 "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "Communities". Outback Communities Authority. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "2014 Suburbs, Districts, and Postcodes List". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "Election Results 2022". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ "The Flinders Ranges Council Elected Members". The Flinders Ranges Council. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ "Election Results 2022". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ "Council Staff Permanent". The Flinders Ranges Council. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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