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Van Wyk succeeded Melvin Maik as mayor of George Local Municipality, after his membership was cancelled, after being accused of corruption. [4] Van Wyk was chosen as the DA candidate for mayor on 8 May 2020. [5] On 10 May 2024, Van Wyk was sworn in as Western Cape Member of Parliament. [6]
The municipality covers an area of 5,191 square kilometres (2,004 sq mi) in the Garden Route and Little Karoo regions. It includes the coastal plateau around the city of George, and extends northeast over the Outeniqua Mountains to include the eastern end of the Little Karoo as far as the Swartberg mountains and the boundary with the Eastern Cape province.
The George Local Municipality council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
Municipality (1) – By 1931, the municipality had adopted a pseudo-heraldic "coat of arms", which was depicted on a cigarette card issued in that year. The shield was quartered in sky blue and gold, the quarters separated by a white-edged red cross and depicting (1) a mountain, (2) a Knysna loerie, (3) flowers and (4) an oak tree.
The 2024 United States local elections were held throughout the year to elect officers of municipal and county governments.
The party won one seat in the council of the George Local Municipality in the 2011 municipal elections, and Gericke was elected to take up the party's sole council seat. [3] Gericke was re-elected to council in 2016. Following the election, he was elected to serve on the council of the Garden Route District Municipality. [4]
The division of the Western Cape into municipalities. The City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality is the local council for the Cape Town metropolitan area, which contains two-thirds of the province's population. The rest of the province is divided into five district municipalities which are subdivided into twenty-four local municipalities ...
George Town Council is a local government body in northern Tasmania, situated north of Launceston. The George Town local government area is classified as rural and has a population of 6,931, [ 1 ] it encompasses the principal town, George Town , and the nearby localities including Hillwood , Low Head and Pipers River .