| Type: | lga |
| District Council of Coonalpyn Downs | |
| State: | sa |
| Pop: | 1950 |
| Pop Year: | 1986 |
| Established: | 1957[1] |
| Abolished: | 1997 [2] |
| Area: | 4061 |
| Area Footnotes: | (1986) |
| Seat: | Coonalpyn |
| Map Type: | state |
| Coordinates: | -35.6983°N 139.8552°W |
| Coord Ref: | [3] |
The District Council of Coonalpyn Downs was a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia that existed from 1957 to 1997 on land in the state’s south-east.
It was established on 30 May 1957 with its seat being located in the town of Coonalpyn.[1]
At establishment, the district consisted of land in the hundreds of Jeffries, Strawbridge, Coneybeer, Lewis, Field, Colebatch, Richards and Coombe and parts of the hundreds of Archibald, Carcuma and Kirkpatrick.[1] The district therefore included parts of the cadastral counties of Buccleuch, Russell, Cardwell and Buckingham.[3]
At establishment, councillors were elected from the following five wards with all returning two councillors each with the exception of Yumali which returned one councillor – Coonalpyn, Mclntosh, Richards, Tintinara and Yumali.[1]
On 13 February 1997, it was amalgamated with the district councils of Meningie and Peake to create the Coorong District Council.[2]
The following persons were elected to serve as chairman of the council for the following terms: