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The Village Management Board of Alexandria was established on 27 April 1886 under Proclamation No 56 of 1886 in terms of the provisions of the Village Management Act of 1881. This proclamation was repealed on 10 January 1890 by Proclamation No 5 of 1890.

On 22 July 1902 a Village Management Board was again established under Proclamation No 127 of 1902.

The Municipality of Alexandria was constituted on 9 February 1940 under section 4(b) of Ordinance No 10 of 1921 and section 10(a) of Ordinance No of 1912.
The first general meeting of the Council was held on 22 April 1940 (3/AXA 1/1/1/1).

In 1994 Alexandria became part of the Eastern Cape Province. It forms part of the Ndlambe Local Municipality, one of seven local municipalities that falls under the Sarah Baartman District Municipality