City of Mount Gambier

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{{About|the local government area known as Mount Gambier||Mount Gambier (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = City of Mount Gambier

| state = sa

| image = Mt Gambier LGA.png

| caption = Location of the City of Mount Gambier in blue

| pop = 26,276

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA44620|name=Mount Gambier (C)|accessdate=29 November 2017|quick=on}}

| density =

| area = 308

| est = 1876

| seat = Mount Gambier

| mayor = Lynette Martin

| region = Limestone Coast{{cite web|title=Limestone Coast SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8589/Limestone_Coast_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}

| logo = CityOfMtGambier logo.jpg

| url = http://www.mountgambier.sa.gov.au

| stategov = Mount Gambier

| fedgov = Barker

| near-nw = Grant

| near-n = Grant

| near-ne = Grant

| near-e = Grant

| near-w = Grant

| near-sw = Grant

| near-s = Grant

| near-se = Grant

}}

The City of Mount Gambier is a local government area centred in Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. While it is the southernmost city council in the state, the District Council of Grant is the southernmost council because it completely surrounds but does not include the city of Mount Gambier. It was established on 25 May 1876 as the Corporate Town of Mount Gambier, and became the City of Mount Gambier when it gained city status in 1955.{{cite web | url=https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf | title=A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 | publisher=Local Government Association of South Australia | date=2012 | access-date=30 October 2015 | author=Marsden, Susan | pages=41 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317082016/https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf | archive-date=17 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/BRG+347/6835 | title=Mount Gambier City Status Celebrations | publisher=State Library of South Australia | access-date=9 April 2016}}

File:City of Mount Gambier headquarters.jpg

The city consists of a mayor and eight councillors, elected equally from the East and West wards once every four years by postal voting. In addition to Mount Gambier itself, the council also includes parts of Glenburnie, OB Flat, Suttontown and Worrolong, all shared with the District Council of Grant.{{cite web |title=Search result for "Mount Gambier (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0046869 ) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |date=31 March 2010 |access-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 }} Due to the City being entirely surrounded by the District Council of Grant and the growth of Mount Gambier, there have been ongoing talks of amalgamation, with the most recent boundary changes taking place in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://iken.collaborynth.com.au/consolidation-local-government-fresh-look-city-mount-gambier-and-district-council-grant |title=Consolidation in Local Government: A Fresh Look - City of Mount Gambier and District Council of Grant | IKEN |access-date=2012-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230105027/http://iken.collaborynth.com.au/consolidation-local-government-fresh-look-city-mount-gambier-and-district-council-grant |archive-date=2012-12-30 }}