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The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is a metropolitan local government area of South Australia. It covers the inner eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is divided into five wards: Torrens, Payneham, West Norwood/Kent Town, Kensington (each electing two councillors), and Maylands/Trinity (three councillors). The council is composed of a mayor and 13 elected members, who are supported by a chief executive, as well as four general managers and approximately 175 field and inside staff.

History

It was established on 1 November 1997 with the amalgamation of the City of Kensington and Norwood, the City of Payneham and the Town of St Peters. The original wards at its inception had been East Adelaide and Hackney, Stepney and Maylands, Torrens, Payneham, Trinity, Norwood/Kent Town and Kensington.

The current council is:

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|Mayor

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| Independent

| Robert Bria

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| rowspan="2"|Kensington /<br />East Norwood Ward

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| John Callisto

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| Independent

| Christel Mex

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| rowspan="3"|Maylands/<br />Trinity Ward

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| Independent

| Connie Granozio

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| Liberal

| Victoria McFarlane

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| Independent

| Scott Sims

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| rowspan="2"|Payneham Ward

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| Independent

| Kevin Duke

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| Independent

| Josh Robinson

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| rowspan="2"|St Peters Ward

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| Labor

| Claire Clutterham

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| Independent

| Kester Moorhouse

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| rowspan="2"|Torrens Ward

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| Hugh Holfeld

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| Independent

| Garry Knoblauch

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See also

  • Local government areas of South Australia

References

  • Norwood Payneham St Peters community profile