The Yorke Peninsula Council is a local government area in South Australia. Its boundaries include most of the Yorke Peninsula. The council seat is at Maitland; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown. History It came into existence on 10 February 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula, the District Council of Minlaton, the District Council of Warooka and the District Council of Yorketown. It was named as the District Council of Yorke Peninsula at its inception, but was renamed to Yorke Peninsula Council in 2013. Extent Yorke Peninsula Council includes the towns and localities of: Agery Ardrossan Arthurton Balgowan Black Point Bluff Beach Brentwood Chinaman Wells Clinton Clinton Centre Coobowie Corny Point Couch Beach Cunningham Curramulka Dowlingville Edithburgh Foul Bay Hardwicke Bay Honiton Inneston James Well Kainton Koolywurtie Maitland Marion Bay Minlaton Nalyappa Parsons Beach Petersville Pine Point Point Pearce Point Souttar Point Turton Port Arthur Port Julia Port Moorowie Port Rickaby Port Victoria Port Vincent Price Ramsay Rogues Point Sandilands Sheaoak Flat South Kilkerran Stansbury Sultana Point Sunnyvale The Pines Tiddy Widdy Beach Urania Warooka Wauraltee Weetulta White Hut Winulta Wool Bay Yorke Valley Yorketown Councillors Mayors The Yorke Peninsula Council has a directly-elected mayor. Thomas Malcolm Thomson (1997-2000) Robert Lloyd Schulze (2000-2006) Ray Agnew (2006-2018) Darren Braund (2018 - current) See also List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia References External links Yorke Peninsula