City of Marion
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City of Marion South Australia |
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| Population | 88,983 (2015 est) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,603/km2 (4,150/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Area | 55.5 km2 (21.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Kris Hanna | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Sturt (Town Hall) | ||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Adelaide | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Elder, Bright, Ashford, Mitchell, Morphett | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Boothby, Hindmarsh, Kingston | ||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Marion | ||||||||||||
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The City of Marion is a local government area in part of the southern and western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The council offices are in the suburb of Sturt.
The District Council of Brighton was established in 1853, centred at the then rural village of Marion (laid out in 1838) 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south west of Adelaide. The district council was renamed to District Council of Marion in 1886 to distinguish it from the adjacent Town of Brighton, the latter having been detached from the Brighton district council in 1858. In 1944 the district council was gazetted a municipality and thereafter known as the City of Marion.
As of June 2016[update] the Marion council comprises the mayor and 12 ward councillors across 6 wards, as follows:
Kris Hanna is the fifth Mayor of the City of Marion and was sworn in on 18 November 2014. Adrian Skull commenced as the current chief executive on 31 August 2015.
The November 2014 local government elections saw a new mayor and seven new councillors elected to serve the City of Marion. Kris Hanna was elected unopposed after Dr Felicity-Ann Lewis decided not to stand in the election. Jerome Appleby, Bruce Hull, Luke Hutchinson, Tim Pfeiffer and Jason Veliskou were re-elected. Seven new councillors were elected; Janet Byram, Ian Crossland, Tim Gard, Nick Kerry, Nathan Prior, Raelene Telfer and Nick Westwood.
The 2010 mayoral election saw sitting Mayor Felicity-ann Lewis go up against Councillor Raelene Telfer. Lewis ran with the campaign slogan "Experienced Leadership", whilst Raelene Telfer went with "A Full-time Mayor for Marion", which tried to tap into concerns that Lewis was too occupied with the Local Government Association of SA. Telfer's campaign failed and Mayor Lewis was returned for another term. Lewis received 7766 votes to Telfer's 6764.
The 2006 mayoral election saw Bruce Hull and Felicity-Ann Lewis go up against each other for the position for a second time. It had been expected that Lewis would not re-contest but she nominated at the eleventh hour. Former councillor Andrew Cole also ran. Bruce Hull failed once again, gaining 7988 votes to Lewis' 8345 after the distribution of Cole's preferences.
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