Port Pirie Regional Council

Port Pirie Regional Council
South Australia

Location of Port Pirie Regional Council
Population 17,540 (2015 est)[1]
 • Density 9.960/km2 (25.797/sq mi)
Area 1,761 km2 (679.9 sq mi)
Mayor John Rohde [2]
Council seat Port Pirie
Region Yorke and Mid North[3]
State electorate(s) Frome
Federal Division(s) Grey
Website Port Pirie Regional Council
LGAs around Port Pirie Regional Council:
Mount Remarkable
Port Pirie Regional Council Northern Areas
Barunga West Wakefield

The Port Pirie Regional Council is a local government area in South Australia, focused on the city of Port Pirie. It has a population of about 18,000 people. The council's main administrative facilities and works depot can be found in Port Pirie; it also have a rural office in Crystal Brook.[4] In addition to Port Pirie, the municipality also includes the surrounding towns and localities of Bungama, Collinsfield, Coonamia, Crystal Brook, Koolunga, Lower Broughton, Merriton, Napperby, Nelshaby, Pirie East, Port Davis, Port Pirie South, Port Pirie West, Redhill, Risdon Park, Risdon Park South, Solomontown, Wandearah East, Wandearah West and Warnertown, and part of Clements Gap, and Mundoora.[5]

The Port Pirie Regional Council was created in 1997, and resulted from two council mergers in short succession: the amalgamation of the District Council of Pirie into the City of Port Pirie in July 1996, and that council's subsequent amalgamation with the District Council of Crystal Brook-Redhill to create the present council in March 1997.[6]

Councillors

WardCouncillorNotes
Mayor [2]   John Rohde
Unsubdivided [2]   Debra Devlin
  Dino Gadaleta
  Michael Hopgood
  Kendall Jackson
  Darryl Johnson
  Joseph Paparella
  Leon Stephens Deputy Mayor
  Neville Wilson
  Alan Zubrinich

The Port Pirie Regional Council has a directly-elected mayor.[7]

Mayors of the Port Pirie Regional Council

References

  1. ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elected Members". Port Pirie Regional Council. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Contact". Port Pirie Regional Council. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 23 July 2014" (PDF). Port Pirie Regional Council. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Thursday, 25 May 1995" (PDF). The Government Gazette of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Shock results in local govt elections in SA". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Brock to be formally declared in Frome". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ousted Port Pirie mayor reflects on challenges and achievements". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Port Pirie has a new mayor". The Recorder. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

Coordinates: 33°10′37″S 138°00′37″E / 33.1769444444°S 138.010277778°E / -33.1769444444; 138.010277778

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