The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[1] The Mornington Peninsula Shire came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington.

The Shire abolished the 150-year-old tradition of reciting a prayer before Council meetings in December 2020.

According to the Australian National Secular Lobby, the Shire was the first council or parliament to be removed from their list of government institutions that impose prayers on elected representatives”.

[3] The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards.