City of Port Lincoln
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The City of Port Lincoln is a
History
The area was discovered and mapped by Matthew Flinders in 1802, who named the body of water Port Lincoln after his home county of Lincolnshire in England.[8]
The first white settlers in the area arrived in 1839, travelling from
The district first gained local government in 1880, when the
The City of Port Lincoln municipality was created when the town of Port Lincoln incorporated and seceded from the district council in 1921, becoming the Corporate Town of Port Lincoln. It gained its present name when it was granted city status on 21 January 1971.[10][13] The former District Council of Lincoln was renamed the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula in 1988, and continues to serve the rural areas surrounding Port Lincoln.
Localities
The boundaries of the City of Port Lincoln are almost contiguous with the town of
Elected Members
Ward | Councillor | Notes | |
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Mayor [2] | Diana Mislov[14] | ||
Unsubdivided [2] | Andrea Broadfoot[15] | ||
Dylan Cowley[16] | |||
Karen Hollamby[17] | |||
Peter Linn[18] | |||
Lillian Poynter[19] | |||
Shania Richards[20] | |||
Jack Ritchie[21] | Deputy Mayor 2022-Present | ||
Robyn Rowsell[22] | |||
Valerie Staunton[23] |
The City of Port Lincoln has a directly-elected mayor.[24]
Mayors of Port Lincoln
- Joseph Scoresby Shepherd (1921-1923) [10][25]
- Arthur Leech (1923-1928) [10][25]
- David Otto Whait (1928-1933) [10][25]
- Richard Francis Poole (1933-1939) [10][25]
- Albert Kent Mullner (1939-1940) [25]
- Richard Francis Poole (1940-1944) [25]
- Herbert Heath Bascombe (1944-1949) [25]
- Joseph Patrick O'Leary (1949-1950) [25]
- William Arthur Trigg (1950-1954) [25]
- Percival Lincoln Puckridge (1954-1967) [25]
- Harold John Freeman (1967-1973) [25]
- Ilmar Tohver (1973-1976) [25]
- Harold Franklin Hunt (1976-1978) [25]
- Geoffrey Rex Davey (1978-1981) [25]
- Thomas George Secker (1981-1993) [25]
- Ronald Vincent Carey (1993-1995) [25]
- Peter Woodley Davis (1995-2010) [25]
- Bruce Green (2010–2018) [25]
- Bradley Brian Flaherty (2018-2022) [25]
- Diana Lucia Mislov (2022-present) [25]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Lincoln (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Current Elected Members". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ a b "2014 Suburbs, Districts, and Postcodes List". South Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Search result(s) for Port Lincoln LOCB (Record No.SA0040601) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Contact Us". District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Flinders, Matthew (1814). "A Voyage To Terra Australias". G. and W. Nichol. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Port Lincoln Celebrates its Centenary". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 11 March 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 370, 654.
- ^ "COUNTRY TELEGRAMS". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "District Councils Act 1887". Flinders University. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Council History". City of Port Lincoln. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Mislov, Diana". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Broadfoot, Andrea". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Cowley, Dylan". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Hollamby, Karen". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Linn, Peter". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Poynter, Lillian". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Richards, Shania". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Ritchie, Jack". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Rowsell, Robyn". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Council Member Profile- Staunton, Valerie". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Elected Members of Council As at November 2022" (PDF). City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.