City of Holdfast Bay explained

Type:	lga
City of Holdfast Bay
State:	sa
Area:	13.72
Density:	2736,37
Seat:	Brighton
Mayor:	Amanda Wilson
Region:	Southern Adelaide^[1]
Url:	http://www.holdfast.sa.gov.au
Stategov:	Bright, Morphett
Fedgov:	Boothby, Hindmarsh
Near-N:	City of West Torrens
Near-Ne:	City of West Torrens
Near-E:	City of Marion
Near-S:	City of Marion
Near-Se:	City of Marion

The City of Holdfast Bay is a local government area in the south-western coastal suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

History

The council was formed 1 January 1997, when the City of Glenelg and City of Brighton councils were amalgamated by the state government. As a result, there are two council offices, one in the historic Glenelg Library on Colley Terrace and the other on Jetty Road, Brighton.

Council

The current council is:^[2]

Ward	Party^[3]		Councillor	Notes
Mayor			Independent	Amanda Wilson
Brighton			Labor	Rosemary Clancy
			Independent	Robert Snewin
			Independent	Jane Fleming
Glenelg			Independent	Bob Patton
			Independent	Rebecca Abley
			Independent	Philip Chabrel
Seacliff			Independent	Annette Bradshaw
			Independent	Susan Lonie
			Independent	Clare Lindop
Somerton			Independent	Janet Fletcher
			Independent	John Smedley
			Independent	Will Miller

Mayors

The Council has had 4 mayors: Brian Nadilo (1997-2006), Ken Rollond (2006-2014), Stephen Patterson (2014-2017) and Amanda Wilson (2018-).^[4]

Suburbs

• Brighton (5048)
• Glenelg (5045)
• Glenelg East (5045)
• Glenelg North (5045)
• Glenelg South (5045)
• Hove (5048)
• Kingston Park (5049)
• North Brighton (5048)
• Seacliff (5049)
• Seacliff Park (5049)
• Somerton Park (5044)
• South Brighton (5048)

Wards

The council consists of four Wards: Glenelg, Somerton, Brighton and Seacliff. Each Ward is represented by three Ward Councillors.

Sister city

There is one Sister city to Holdfast Bay.^[5]

Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

See also

• List of Adelaide parks and gardens

External links

• • City of Holdfast Bay community profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Southern Adelaide SA Government region . The Government of South Australia . 17 April 2017 . 27 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327054812/https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/24082/Southern_Adelaide_SA_Government_region.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: Elected Members. www.holdfast.sa.gov.au. 18 May 2018.
3. Web site: Elected Members Register of Interests. City of Holdfast Bay. 6 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116022132/https://www.holdfast.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Council%20Members%20Registers%20of%20Interests%20-%20June%202015.pdf. 16 January 2017. dead.
4. Web site: First Female Mayor . 18 Dec 2022.
5. Web site: Hayama Sister City . City of Holdfast Bay . 4 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100531052749/http://www.holdfast.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=937 . 31 May 2010 . dmy .