Town Clerk, Municipality Gordon's Bay

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Town Clerk, Municipality Gordon's Bay

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 3/GDB

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Dates of existence

1903 - 1997

History

The Village Management Board of Gordon’s Bay was established on 19 November 1902 under provision of the Villages Management Act, 1881, in terms of Proclamation No 248, 1902 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette, No 8494, 21 November 1902). Under provision of section 8 of the Municipal Ordinance, 1951 (0rdinance No 19, 1951), the Village Management Board area of Gordon’s Bay became a municipality as from 1 February 1961 in terms of Proclamation No 172 of 1960 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette, No 3046, 16 September 1960).

Under provision of section 8 of the Municipal Ordinance, 1951 (Ordinance No 19, 1951), the Village Management Board area of Gordon’s Bay became a municipality as from 1 February 1961 in terms of Proclamation No 172 of 1960 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette, No 3046, 16 September 1960).

On 1 February, the local authorities of Somerset West Municipality, Strand Municipality, Gordon’s Bay Municipality, Lwandle Town Council, Macassar Management Committee and Sir Lowry’s Pass Management Committee were dissolved and each one replaced by a Transitional Metropolitan Substructure. The new Cape Metropolitan Council was created which included all the substructures (The Province of the Western Cape Official Gazette No 4929, Proclamation no 18).

On 28 May 1996, the substructures were dissolved, and a new Helderberg Substructures was created, remaining part of the Metropolitan Council (The Province of the Western Cape Official Gazette No 5051, Proclamation No 27).

On 4 December 2000, the Cape Metropolitan Council and the substructures were abolished, and the new City of Cape Town was created (The Province of the Western Cape Official Gazette No 5588, Proclamation No 479).

Places

Western Cape Province.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Gordon's Bay.

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Authority record identifier

3/GDB

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

9 May 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette.
The Province of the Western Cape Official Gazette.

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