| Type: | lga |
| Town of Walkerville | |
| State: | sa |
| Density: | 2247,34 |
| Area: | 3.57 |
| Est: | 1944 |
| Seat: | Gilberton |
| Mayor: | Melissa Jones |
| Region: | Eastern Adelaide[1] |
| Url: | http://www.walkerville.sa.gov.au |
| Stategov: | Adelaide, Torrens |
| Fedgov: | Adelaide, Sturt |
| Near-Nw: | City of Prospect |
| Near-N: | City of Port Adelaide Enfield |
| Near-Ne: | City of Port Adelaide Enfield |
| Near-E: | City of Norwood Payneham St Peters |
| Near-Se: | City of Norwood Payneham St Peters |
| Near-S: | City of Adelaide |
| Near-Sw: | City of Adelaide |
| Near-W: | City of Prospect |
The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville (or Town of Walkerville) is a small local government area in the central suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.
The residents of the Town of Walkerville are represented by a mayor and eight councillors. The area is home to the highest concentration of top earners in South Australia,[2] and was named "South Australia's richest postcode" in 2016.[3]
The District Council of Walkerville was first proclaimed on 5 July 1855, severing the area from the District Council of Yatala after a petition by local residents proclaimed a desire to break away from the larger District Council of Yatala (proclaimed in 1853).[4] [5] Initially, only the suburbs of Walkerville and Gilberton seceded from Yatala but within a few months, Medindie and North Walkerville (now part of Walkerville proper, east of Fuller Street) were annexed by Walkerville. The district boundaries remained unchanged until 1970 when Vale Park was annexed from the City of Enfield.
Early council meetings were held in a room at the local pub, the Sussex Arms. In 1893 the council seat moved across Stephen Terrace to the present location by the Walkerville Town Hall on Walkerville Terrace, Gilberton.
It was granted corporate town status on 1 October 1944, becoming the Town of Walkerville.[6]
The council, and the councillors' registered interests, as of December 2022 are:[7]
| Ward | Party[8] | Councillor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Liberal | Melissa Jones | |
| Deputy Mayor | Independent | Liz Trotter | |
| Area Councillors | Independent | Aman Kaur | |
| Independent | Anthony Vanstone | ||
| Independent | James Nenke | ||
| Independent | James Williams | ||
| Independent | Jay Allanson | ||
| Independent | John Zeppel | ||
| Liberal | Steven Rypp | ||
See main article: article and List of mayors of the Town of Walkerville.
List of mayors of Walkerville (since 1939)
Lists the ward that the mayor served before and after their tenure and all elections they contested. Data taken from South Australian Government Gazettes, LGA reports and Mayoral biographical articles.[19] [20] [21]
| width=130px | Name | width=75px | Portrait | Tenure | width=100px | Council Constituency | width=80px | Elections | width=80px | Mayoral Elections | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Creswell | 1939 | 1944 | Walkerville | 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1943, 1944 1946, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959 | 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 | ||||||
| Frank Wilson | 1944 | 1946 | North Walkerville | 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954 | 1955 | ||||||
| George Shaw | 1946 | 1948 | Walkerville | 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 1946, 1947 | 1946 | ||||||
| Frederick Rungie | 1948 | 1951 | Medindie | 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 | 1948 | ||||||
| Howard Dayman | 1951 | 1955 | Walkerville | 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956 | 1951, 1953 | ||||||
| Frank Wilson | 1955 | 1956 | North Walkerville | 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954 | 1955 | ||||||
| Cecil Searle | 1956 | 1961 | North Walkerville | 1953, 1956, 1959 | 1956, 1959 | ||||||
Lancelot Milne | 1961 | 1964 | Medindie | 1961, 1963 | 1961, 1963 | ||||||
| Ernest Phillipson | 1964 | 1966 | Medindie | 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972 | 1964 | ||||||
| Leonard Ewens | 1966 | 1969 | Medindie Gilbert | 1958, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969 | 1966, 1968 | ||||||
| Edwin Scales | 1969 | 1977 | Gilbert Medindie | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 | ||||||
| Kenneth Price | 1977 | 1982 | Medindie | 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989 | 1977, 1979 | ||||||
| George Sparnon | 1982 | 1987 | Walkerville | 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985 | 1982, 1985 | ||||||
| Margot Vowles | 1987 | 1991 | Gilbert | 1978, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 | 1987, 1989 | ||||||
| Ian McBryde | 1991 | 1995 | Medindie Walkerville | 1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 | 1991, 1993 | ||||||
| Rosemary Craddock | 1995 | 2000 | Medindie | 1989, 1991 1993, 1995, 1997 | 1995, 1997 | ||||||
| John Rich | 2000 | 2006 | Gilbert & Medindie | 1995, 1997 2000, 2003 | 2000, 2003 | ||||||
| David Whiting | 2006 | 2010 | Vale Park | 1993, 1995 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014 | 2006 | ||||||
| Heather Wright | 2010 | 2014 | Vale Park | 1993, 1995 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014 | 2006 | ||||||
Anthony Reade | 2014 | 2014 | Vale Park | 1997, 2000 2003, 2006, 2010 | |||||||
| Raymond Grigg | 2014 | 2018 | 2014 | 2014 | |||||||
| Elizabeth Fricker | 2018 | 2022 | Walkerville | 2014, 2018 | 2018 | ||||||
| Melissa Jones | 2022 | present | 2022 | 2022 | |||||||