title: Yorke Peninsula Council
text: # Yorke Peninsula Council
  
  The Yorke Peninsula Council is a local government area in South Australia. Its boundaries include most of the Yorke Peninsula. The council seat is at Maitland; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown.
  
  ## History
  
  It came into existence on 10 February 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula, the District Council of Minlaton, the District Council of Warooka and the District Council of $Yorketown.^{:824}$ It was named as the District Council of Yorke Peninsula at its inception, but was renamed to Yorke Peninsula Council in $2013.^{:823}$
  
  ## Extent
  
  Yorke Peninsula Council includes the towns and localities of:
  
  * Agery
  * Ardrossan
  * Arthurton
  * Balgowan
  * Black Point
  * Bluff Beach
  * Brentwood
  * Chinaman Wells
  * Clinton
  * Clinton Centre
  * Coobowie
  * Corny Point
  * Couch Beach
  * Cunningham
  * Curramulka
  * Dowlingville
  * Edithburgh
  * Foul Bay
  * Hardwicke Bay
  * Honiton
  * Inneston
  * James Well
  * Kainton
  * Koolywurtie
  * Maitland
  * Marion Bay
  * Minlaton
  * Nalyappa
  * Parsons Beach
  * Petersville
  * Pine Point
  * Point Pearce
  * Point Souttar
  * Point Turton
  * Port Arthur
  * Port Julia
  * Port Moorowie
  * Port Rickaby
  * Port Victoria
  * Port Vincent
  * Price
  * Ramsay
  * Rogues Point
  * Sandilands
  * Sheaoak Flat
  * South Kilkerran
  * Stansbury
  * Sultana Point
  * Sunnyvale
  * The Pines
  * Tiddy Widdy Beach
  * Urania
  * Warooka
  * Wauraltee
  * Weetulta
  * White Hut
  * Winulta
  * Wool Bay
  * Yorke Valley
  * Yorketown
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Ward | Councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Mayor | Darren Braund |
  | Gum Flat | Naomi Bittner |
  | Gum Flat | Leanne O'Brien |
  | Gum Flat | Jeffrey Cook |
  | Innes Pentonvale | Adam Meyer |
  | Innes Pentonvale | Kristin Murdock |
  | Innes Pentonvale | Anthony Bennett |
  | Innes Pentonvale | John Rich |
  | Kalkabury | Tania Stock |
  | Kalkabury | Richard Carruthers |
  | Kalkabury | Roger Johns |
  | Kalkabury | David Langford |
  
  ### Mayors
  
  The Yorke Peninsula Council has a directly-elected mayor.
  
  * Thomas Malcolm Thomson (1997-2000)
  * Robert Lloyd Schulze (2000-2006)
  * Ray Agnew (2006-2018)
  * Darren Braund (2018 - current)
  