City of Victor Harbor
City of Victor Harbor | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Victor Harbor | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Moira Jenkins | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 386.5 km2 (149.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 16,139 (LGA 2021)[3] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 41,76/km2 (10,820/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Victor Harbor | ||||||||||||
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The City of Victor Harbor is a local government area of South Australia. It covers an area of 386.5 square kilometres (149.2 sq mi) along the coast, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The council is responsible for the town of Victor Harbor, which contains over 85% of its population, and the surrounding rural area to the north and west. The City of Victor Harbor had an estimated population of over 14,000 at the 2016 Census.
History
The City, then known as the District Council of Victor Harbor, was the product of a merger on 31 October 1975 between the District Council of Encounter Bay and the Corporation of Victor Harbor.
In 1996–1997, a merger with the small neighbouring councils in Port Elliot and Goolwa, (which, with the town of Middleton, form a contiguous coastal conurbation with Victor Harbor), was considered, but ultimately the District Council of Victor Harbor remained distinct, and the other councils merged on 1 July 1997 to form the Alexandrina Council.
On 1 February 2000, the District Council of Victor Harbor was renamed as the City of Victor Harbor.[4]
Council
The City has 10 councillors and no wards. Each councillor serves a four-year term; the last election was in November 2022.[5]
The 2022 elected council consists of:[6]
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes | |
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| Mayor | Independent | Dr Moira Jenkins | ||
| Unsubdivided | Independent | Stewart Burns | ||
| Independent | Michael Quinton | |||
| Australian Greens SA[7] | Marylin Henderson | |||
| Independent | Angela Schiller | Deputy Mayor and South Australia's first blind Council Member[8] | ||
| One Nation | Carlos Quaremba | President of One Nation SA[9] | ||
| Independent | Nick McKenzie | |||
| Independent | Brayden Mann | |||
| Independent | David Kemp | |||
| Liberal | Carol Schofield | |||
The 2018 elected council consisted of:
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes[6] | |
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| Mayor | Independent | Moira Jenkins | Re-elected in 2022 | |
| Unsubdivided | Independent | Brayden Mann | Re-elected in 2022 | |
| Independent | Nicholas Hayles | |||
| Independent | Marylin Henderson | Re-elected in 2022 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Robertson | |||
| Independent | Tim Glazbrook | |||
| Independent | Peter Charles | |||
| Independent | Bryan Littlely | |||
| Independent | David Kemp | Re-elected in 2022 | ||
| Liberal | Carol Schofield | Re-elected in 2022 | ||
Localities
The city consists of the following localities (also called suburbs):[10]
- Back Valley
- Encounter Bay
- Hayborough
- Hindmarsh Tiers
- Hindmarsh Valley
- Inman Valley
- Lower Inman Valley
- Mount Jagged
- McCracken
- Victor Harbor
- Waitpinga
See also
References
- ^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Victor Harbor (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Victor Harbor (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ City of Victor Harbor (12 July 2007). "Council Information". Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^ Council Elections, City of Victor Harbor
- ^ a b "Council Elections". Victor Harbor City Council. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Results". result.ecsa.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Angela Schiller". Victor Harbor City Council. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Carlos Quaremba to Lead One Nation's Upper House Push in South Australia". Pauline Hanson's One Nation. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Suburbs Map - District" (PDF). City of Victor Harbor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2015.