Berri Barmera Council Explained

Type:lga
Berri Barmera Council
State:sa
Area:508
Density:20,64
Est:1996
Seat:Berri
Mayor:Peter Hunt [1]
Region:Murray and Mallee[2]
Url:http://www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au/
Stategov:Chaffey
Fedgov:Barker
Near-Nw:unincorporated area
Near-N:unincorporated area
Near-Ne:unincorporated area
Near-W:Loxton Waikerie
Near-E:Renmark Paringa
Near-Sw:Loxton Waikerie
Near-S:Loxton Waikerie
Near-Se:Loxton Waikerie

Berri Barmera Council is a local government area in the Riverland region of South Australia.

It includes the towns of Barmera, Berri, Cobdogla, Glossop, Katarapko, Loveday and Winkie, and parts of Monash and Overland Corner.[3]

History

The Berri Barmera Council was created on 1 October 1996 with the amalgamation of the District Council of Barmera and the District Council of Berri.[4]

The District Council of Berri had been created in 1922, 11 years after the town was proclaimed. Its first major project was to provide reliable electricity to the entire area. It bought the Berri Electric Supply Company in 1936 to facilitate this, and later sold it to the Electricity Trust of South Australia, a state government agency.

The District Council of Barmera had been created as the "District Council of Cobdogla" on 17 June 1925 and been renamed Barmera in 1937. Barmera had been a soldier settlement community after World War I.

Council

The Berri Barmera Council has a directly-elected mayor.[5]

2022 election results

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elected Member Details . Berri Barmera Council . 1 April 2016 . 2 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160402184121/http://berribarmera.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=140 . dead .
  2. Web site: Murray and Mallee SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 1 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Past Elected Members . Berri Barmera Council . 31 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Election Results 2014 . Local Government Association of South Australia . 15 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070630122220/http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/2006_Election_Results_Update.pdf . 30 June 2007 . dead .