The City of Victor Harbor is a local government area of South Australia. It covers an area of along the coast, about 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.
Council
The City has 10 councillors and no wards. Each councillor serves a four-year term; the last election was in November 2022.Council Elections, City of Victor Harbor
The 2022 elected council consists of:
WardPartyCouncillorNotes Mayor Independent Dr Moira JenkinsUnsubdivided Independent Stewart Burns Independent Michael Quinton Australian Greens SA Marylin Henderson Independent Angela SchillerDeputy Mayor and South Australia's first blind Council Member One Nation Carlos QuarembaPresident of One Nation SA Independent Nick McKenzie IndependentBrayden Mann Independent David Kemp Liberal Carol Schofield
The 2018 elected council consisted of:
WardPartyCouncillorNotes Mayor Independent Moira JenkinsRe-elected in 2022Unsubdivided Independent Brayden MannRe-elected in 2022 Independent Nicholas Hayles Independent Marylin HendersonRe-elected in 2022 Independent Andrew Robertson Independent Tim Glazbrook Independent Peter Charles Independent Bryan Littlely Independent David KempRe-elected in 2022 Liberal Carol SchofieldRe-elected in 2022
Localities The city consists of the following localities (also called suburbs): Back Valley Encounter Bay Hayborough Hindmarsh Tiers Hindmarsh Valley Inman Valley Lower Inman Valley Mount Jagged McCracken Victor Harbor Waitpinga
See also List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia
References
External links City of Victor Harbor Website