Adelaide Hills Council South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°57′S 138°53′E / 34.950°S 138.883°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 40,879 ( LGA 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1997[ citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 795.08 km2 (307.0 sq mi)[ citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Jan-Claire Wisdom [2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Stirling | ||||||||||||||
Region | Adelaide Hills [3] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Heysen, Morialta, Kavel, Schubert | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | |||||||||||||||
Website | Adelaide Hills Council | ||||||||||||||
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Adelaide Hills Council is a local government area in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is in the hills east of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It extends from the South Para Reservoir in the north, to the Mount Bold Reservoir in the south.
The council was established in 1997 by the amalgamation of the District Council of East Torrens, the District Council of Gumeracha, the District Council of Onkaparinga and the District Council of Stirling. [4]
Council consists of 13 Elected Members comprising a Mayor, and 12 Ward Councillors. Valleys Ward is represented by five Council Members and the Ranges Ward is represented by seven.
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The current council as of November 2022
[update] is:
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Ward | Party Affiliation | Councillor | First Elected | Notes | |
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Mayor | Independent | Jan-Claire Wisdom | 2010 | ||
Ranges Ward | Independent | Kirrilee Boyd | 2014 | ||
Labor | Adrian Cheater | 2022 | |||
Independent | Nathan Daniell | 2014 | Deputy Mayor | ||
Labor | Leigh Mudge | 2018 | |||
Independent | Mark Osterstock | 2018 | |||
Independent | Kirsty Parkin | 2018 | |||
Independent | Louise Pascale | 2022 | |||
Valley Ward | Independent | Pauline Gill | 2018 | ||
Independent | Chris Grant | 2018 | |||
Independent | Malcolm Herrmann | 2010 | |||
Liberal | Lucy Huxter | 2022 | |||
Greens | Melanie Selwood | 2022 |
Since the establishment of the Council in 1997 there have been four Mayors. [7]
The Adelaide Hills Council contains the following suburbs and localities: [8]
Cudlee Creek selected as the centre of the Adelaide Hills LGA and the view has been set to show the full extent of the LGA