City of Marion

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.

History
The District Council of Brighton was established in 1853, centred at the then rural village of Marion (laid out in 1838) 10 km 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, and its first mayor, Frederick Henson Trott, was elected.

List of mayors

 * 1944–1947: Frederick Henson Trott
 * 1947–1953: William John White
 * 1953–????: Patrick William Tippins
 * 1962–????: Ray T. Edwards
 * 1964–1972: Ron Keen
 * 1972–1978: Livingstone Ralph Grey
 * 1978–1985: E. R. "Ted" Newberry
 * 1985–1991: Kevin V. Hodgson
 * 1991–2000: Colin Haines
 * 2000–2014: Felicity-Ann Lewis
 * 2014–present: Kris Hanna

Council
As of September 2022, the council comprises the Mayor and 12 ward councillors across 6 wards, as follows:

Kris Hanna is the current Mayor of the City of Marion and was sworn in for his third term as Mayor in November 2022. Tony Harrison commenced as the current chief executive on 27 April 2021.

2022 Mayoral election
The Local Government elections were held in November 2022. Sitting Mayor, Kris Hanna was opposed by Councillor Bruce Hull and Jason Midzi. Mayor Hanna secured the majority vote of 11988, followed by Bruce Hull with 4563 and Jason Midzi with 2695. Five Councillors were re-elected with seven new members sworn in covering all six wards. Amar Singh replaced Kendra Clancy in Mullawirra, Matt Taylor replaced Bruce Hull in Warracowie, Sarah Luscombe replaced Tim Gard in Coastal, Jayne Hoffmann replaced Sasha Mason in Woodlands, who resigned prior to the election, Renuka Lama replaced Luke Hutchinson in Warraparinga and the Southern Hills ward had a change of two Council Members in Jana Mates and Luke Naismith who replaced, Maggie Duncan and Matthew Shilling.

2018 Mayoral election
The November 2018 local government election saw the sitting Mayor Kris Hanna go up against Councillor Janet Byram, Councillor Nick Westwood and resident Rob deJonge. Mayor Hanna defeated the challenges and was elected on the first count with 9,094 votes, Byram 3971, deJonge 1,502 and Westwood 1,340. The election also saw eight Councillors re-elected for second, third and fourth terms, along with four new faces. Councillor Joseph Masika was elected in Woodlands Ward and replaced former Councillor Nick Kerry. Councillor Kendra Clancy beat incumbent Councillor Jerome Appleby in Mullawirra Ward. The biggest change was in the Southern Hills ward where both Councillor Maggie Duncan and Councillor Matthew Shilling beat Councillor Nick Kerry who tried to move wards.

2014 Mayoral election
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.

2010 Mayoral election
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.

2006 Mayoral election
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.

2003 Mayoral election
At the 2003 Mayoral election Felicity-Ann Lewis was elected unopposed.

Suburbs
The suburbs in the City of Marion are: • Ascot Park

• Clovelly Park

• Darlington

• Dover Gardens

• Edwardstown

• Glandore

• Glengowrie

• Hallett Cove

• Marino

• Marion

• Mitchell Park

• Morphettville

• O'Halloran Hill

• Oaklands Park

• Park Holme

• Plympton Park

• Seacombe Gardens

• Seacombe Heights

• Seaview Downs

• Sheidow Park

• South Plympton

• Sturt

• Tonsley

• Trott Park

• Warradale

Key to the City of Marion
The following have been awarded the "Key to the City of Marion".