City of Holdfast Bay

This article is about the Local Government Area. For the geographical feature, see Holdfast Bay.

The City of Holdfast Bay is a local government area in the south-western coastal suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

City of Holdfast Bay South Australia
• Density	2,736,37/km2 (708,720/sq mi)
Area	13.72 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Mayor	Amanda Wilson
Council seat	Brighton
Region	Southern Adelaide[1]
State electorate(s)	Bright, Morphett
Federal division(s)	Boothby, Hindmarsh
Website	City of Holdfast Bay
LGAs around City of Holdfast Bay: City of West Torrens City of West Torrens City of Holdfast Bay City of Marion City of Marion City of Marion

City of Holdfast Bay municipal offices in Brighton (formerly the Brighton Town Hall), opened in 1937.

History

The council was formed on 1 January 1997, when the City of Glenelg and City of Brighton councils were amalgamated by the state government. As a result, there are two council offices, one in the historic Glenelg Town Hall on Moseley Square and the other on Jetty Road, Brighton.

Council

Current composition

The current council as of March 2025^[update] is:^[2]

Ward	Party[3]		Councillor	Notes
Mayor		Liberal	Amanda Wilson	[4]
Brighton		Independent	Anthony Venning
		Independent	Robert Snewin
		Liberal	Jane Fleming
Glenelg		Independent	Bob Patton
		Independent	Rebecca Abley
		Independent	Allison Kane
Seacliff		Independent	Annette Bradshaw
		Independent	Susan Lonie
		Independent	Clare Lindop
Somerton		Independent	Monique O’Donohue
		Independent	John Smedley
		Independent	Will Miller

Mayors

The Council has had 4 mayors: Brian Nadilo (1997-2006), Ken Rollond (2006-2014), Stephen Patterson (2014-2017) and Amanda Wilson (2018-).^[5]

Suburbs

• Brighton (5048)
• Glenelg (5045)
• Glenelg East (5045)
• Glenelg North (5045)
• Glenelg South (5045)
• Hove (5048)
• Kingston Park (5049)
• North Brighton (5048)
• Seacliff (5049)
• Seacliff Park (5049)
• Somerton Park (5044)
• South Brighton (5048)

Wards

The council consists of four Wards: Glenelg, Somerton, Brighton and Seacliff. Each Ward is represented by three Ward Councillors.

Sister city

There is one Sister city to Holdfast Bay.^[6]

Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

See also

• List of Adelaide parks and gardens