City of Ryde: election, 2017

Election date: 9 September 2017 (1)

NOTE: To complete this Council's term, elections should have been held in September 2020 but were postponed to 4 September 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Office of Local Government Circular 29 June 2020). They were further postponed until 4 December 2021 due to the escalating outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the Sydney region, 2021 (Office of Local Government Circular 25 July 2021). The election was eventually held on 4 December 2021.

Councillors elected at election: (2)

Central Ward: Edwina CLIFTON; Christopher MOUJALLI: Bernard PURCELL; Sarkis YEDELIAN OAM

East Ward: Christopher GORDON: Jordan LANE: Roy MAGGIO; Penelope PEDERSEN

West Ward: Trenton BROWN; Peter KIM; Jerome LAXALE; Simon ZHOU

Councillors who served during Sept. 2017 – Dec. 2021: (3)

Trenton BROWN; Edwina CLIFTON; Christopher GORDON; Peter KIM; Jordan LANE; Jerome LAXALE; Roy MAGGIO; Christopher MOUJALLI; Penelope PEDERSEN; Bernard PURCELL; Sarkis YEDELIAN OAM; Simon ZHOU

Mayor: 

Jerome LAXALE Sept. 2017 - Sept. 2019 (4)

Jerome LAXALE Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2020 (5)

Jerome LAXALE Sept. 2020 - Sept. 2021 (6)

Jerome LAXALE Sept. 2021 - Dec. 2021 (7)

Deputy Mayor:

Christopher GORDON Sept. 2017 - Sept. 2018 (8)

Simon ZHOU Sept. 2018 - Sept. 2019 (9)

Simon ZHOU Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2020 (10)

Peter KIM Sept. 2020 - Sept. 2021 (11)

Roy MAGGIO Sept. 2021 - Dec. 2021 (12)

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References:

(1)  Office of Local Government website

(2)  Determined from first meeting held on 26 September 2017 which was an Extraordinary meeting at which newly elected councillors took either the Oath of Office or Affirmation of Office

(3)  The composition of the Council remained intact during its entire term

(       (4)  Cnclr Laxale was elected Mayor for two years at an Extraordinary meeting on 26 September 2017

         (5)  Cnclr Laxale was elected Mayor at an Extraordinary meeting on 10 September 2019 

(6) By Department of Local Government circular 25 March 2020, due to the postponement of the September 2020 election to September 2021, mayors elected in September 2019 would continue to hold office until September 2021, ‘once the election was determined’

(7)  Cnclr Laxale was elected Mayor at an Extraordinary meeting on 28 September 2021. The September 2021 election was postponed until December 2021, hence the need for this mayoral election to cover three months September-December.

 (8)  Cnclr Gordon was elected Deputy Mayor at an Extraordinary meeting on 26 September 2017

 (9)  Cnclr Zhou was elected Deputy Mayor at an Extraordinary meeting on 11 September 2018

 (10)  Cnclr Zhou was elected Deputy Mayor at an Extraordinary meeting on 10 September 2019

 (11)   Cnclr Kim was elected Deputy Mayor at an Ordinary meeting on 22 September 2020

 (12)   Cnclr Maggio was elected Deputy Mayor at an Extraordinary meeting on 28 September 2021

Compiled by Local Studies and Family History Librarian, City of Ryde Libraries, 2019