Barunga West Council
South Australia
Location of the Barunga West Council
Population2,619 (LGA 2021)[1]
Area1,528 km2 (590.0 sq mi)
MayorLeonie Kerley [2]
Council seatPort Broughton
RegionYorke and Mid North[3]
State electorate(s)Frome[4]
Goyder[5]
Federal division(s)Grey
WebsiteBarunga West Council
LGAs around Barunga West Council:
Spencer Gulf Port Pirie Regional Council Port Pirie Regional Council
Barunga West Council Wakefield Regional Council
Copper Coast Council Yorke Peninsula Council Wakefield Regional Council

The Barunga West Council is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia.[3] The council seat is at Port Broughton, with a sub-office at Bute.[6]

Description

The council takes its name from the Barunga Range in the eastern part of the council area.[7] The council covers an area in the Mid North and bordering the top of the Yorke Peninsula which includes the towns and localities of Alford, Bute, Clements Gap, Fisherman Bay, Kulpara, Melton, Ninnes, Port Broughton, Thomas Plain, Wokurna and Ward Hill, and parts of Mundoora, Paskeville, South Hummocks, Tickera and Willamulka.[8] The main industries are tourism and growing grain.

History

It was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of the District Council of Bute and the District Council of Port Broughton.[9] The council boundaries closely follow the boundaries of the six cadastral hundreds of the County of Daly which formed the original local governing bodies in the area in the late 1800s, namely the hundreds of Mundoora and Wokurna (District Council of Mundoora), and the hundreds of Ninnes, Wiltunga, Tickera and Kulpara (District Council of Ninnes).

Council

Current composition

PartyCouncillors
  Labor 1
  Independents 8
Total 9
WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided[2]
 Leonie KerleyMayor
 Cynthia Axford
 Kevin Beinke
 Peter ButtonDeputy Mayor
 Dave Eason
 Kim Gregory
 Brian Lockyer
 Margaret McDonald
 Grant Rowlands

2022 election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian local elections § Barunga West.[edit]
2022 South Australian local elections: Barunga West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Button (elected) 265 25.2
Independent Cynthia Axford (elected) 247 23.5
Independent Leonie Kerley (elected) 161 15.3
Independent Labor Kim Gregory (elected) 122 11.6
Independent Kevin John Beinke (elected) 67 6.4
Independent Grant Rowlands (elected) 56 5.3
Independent Brian John Lockyer (elected) 53 5.0
Independent Dave Eason (elected) 35 3.3
Independent Margaret McDonald (elected) 21 2.0
Independent Georgie Simmons 17 1.6
Independent Rob Locke 9 0.9
Total formal votes 1,053 96.87
Informal votes 34 3.13
Turnout 1,087 51.31

Mayors

  • unknown (1997-????)
  • Dean Dolling (2011-2013?)
  • Cynthia Axford (2014–2018)

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Barunga West (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. 1 2 "Elected Members". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "District of Frome Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "District of Goyder Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Council". District Council of Barunga West. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Explanatory Statement and Analysis" (PDF). District Council of Barunga West. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Mid North locals honoured". The Flinders News. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "New-look Council set to deliver". Barunga West Council.

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