{{Use Australian English|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Mid Murray Council | state = sa | image = Mid Murray LGA.png | caption = Location of the Mid Murray Council in SA | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | density = | area = 7957 | est = 1997 | coordinates = {{coord|-34.6129|139.5525|display=inline,title|region:AU-SA_type:adm2nd}} | seat = Mannum | mayor = Simone Bailey<ref name="elected">{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=745 | title=Elected Members | publisher=Mid Murray Council | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> | region = Murray and Mallee<ref>{{cite web|title=Murray and Mallee SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/16620/Murray_Mallee_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> | logo = Mid Murray Council Logo.jpg | url = http://www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au/ | stategov = Chaffey, Schubert, Hammond, Stuart | fedgov = Barker | near-nw = Goyder | near-n = Outback Communities Authority | near-ne = Loxton Waikerie | near-e = Loxton Waikerie | near-w = Barossa | near-sw = Adelaide Hills / Mount Barker | near-s = Murray Bridge | near-se = Karoonda East Murray }}
The '''Mid Murray Council''' is a local government area in South Australia in the Murray and Mallee region of South Australia.<ref name="mapviewer">{{cite web | url=http://www.location.sa.gov.au/viewer/ | title=Location SA Map Viewer | publisher=Government of South Australia | access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> The council spans the area from the Riverland through the Murraylands to the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It includes 220 km of the Murray River. The council seat is at Mannum; it also maintains secondary offices at Cambrai and Morgan.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=705 | title=Contact Us | publisher=Mid Murray Council | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
It was formed on 1 July 1997 from the amalgamation of the District Council of Mannum, the District Council of Morgan, the District Council of Ridley-Truro and part of the District Council of Mount Pleasant.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=742 | title=Council Information | publisher=Mid-Murray Council | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1997/22.pdf | title=Thursday, 13 February, 1997 | work=The Government Gazette of South Australia | publisher=Government of South Australia | access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1997/41.pdf | title=Thursday, 27 March 1997 | work=The Government Gazette of South Australia | publisher=Government of South Australia | access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>
==Geography==
The council's main centres include the river towns of Mannum, Swan Reach, Blanchetown and Morgan and the hills towns of Truro, Palmer and Tungkillo. It also includes a large number of rural localities, including Angas Valley, Annadale, Apamurra, Beatty, Beaumonts, Big Bend, Bolto, Brenda Park, Cadell, Cadell Lagoon, Cambrai, Caurnamont, Claypans, Cowirra, Dutton East, Eba, Fisher, Five Miles, Forster, Frahns, Frayville, Julanka Holdings, Keyneton, Lake Carlet, Langs Landing, Lindley, Maude, Marks Landing, McBean Pound, Morphetts Flat, Mount Mary, Milendella, Nildottie, North West Bend, Old Teal Flat, Pellaring Flat, Pompoota, Ponde, Port Mannum, Punthari, Punyelroo, Purnong, Rocky Point, Sanderston, Sandleton, Sedan, Stuart, Sunnydale, Teal Flat, Towitta, Walker Flat, Wombats Rest, Wongulla, Younghusband, Younghusband Holdings and Zadows Landing, and parts of Birdwood, Bower, Bowhill, Brownlow, Burdett, Caloote, Dutton, Eden Valley, Frankton, Mount Pleasant, Mount Torrens, Murbko, Rockleigh, Springton, Steinfeld, Taylorville, Tepko and Wall Flat.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.location.sa.gov.au/viewer/ | title=Location SA Map Viewer | publisher=Government of South Australia | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
==Councillors==
{| class="wikitable" |- !Ward!!colspan="2"|Mayor/Councillor!!Notes!! style=width:20em |Party Affiliation |- | rowspan="1"|Mayor<ref name="elected" /> | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| || Simone Bailey || Labor Candidate for Hammond at 2026 State Election| Labor Candidate for Hammond at 2026 State Election || Labor Party of South Australia |- | rowspan="3"|Eyre Ward<ref name="elected" /> | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || John Forrester || Deputy Mayor |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Jen Davis || |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || || |- | rowspan="2"|Murray Ward<ref name="elected" /> | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Geoff Barber || |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Roslyn Schultz || |- | rowspan="4"|Shearer Ward<ref name="elected" /> | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Kelly Gladigau || |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Kirsty MacGregor || |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Mandy Toczek McPeake || |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Victoria Hammond|| |- |}
Mid Murray Council has a directly-elected mayor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/rptResult_2014_Thurs%202-00pm.pdf | title=Election Results 2014 | publisher=Local Government Association of South Australia | access-date=14 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630122220/http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/2006_Election_Results_Update.pdf | archive-date=30 June 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au/ Official website]
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