City of Ryde

The City of Ryde is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the Lower North Shore and Greater Western Sydney over West Ryde and Eastwood District.

The local government area extends from the Parramatta River to the Lane Cove River which encircles the area in the north, and is bounded in the east by the peninsula of Hunters Hill and the city of Parramatta in the west.

Clr Vic Tagg is the Mayor of Ryde. Clr Sarkis Yedelian is the Deputy Mayor.

Structure

There are 12 Councillors that constitute the Council. Those Councillors are elected for 4 year terms. The last election was held in September 2008. The next election will be held sometime in 2012.

The Councillors are elected to represent a particular Ward (or geographic area). Ryde Council currently has 3 wards with 4 Councillors elected to represent each Ward. Since the 2008 local government elections, the Councillors serving on the current term of Council are:

Ward	Councillors
East	Vic Tagg (Liberal), Ivan Petch (Independent), Gabrielle O’Donnell (Labor), Roy Maggio (Liberal)
Central	Nicole Campbell (Labor), Bill Pickering (Liberal), Jeff Salvestro-Martin (Labor), Sarkis Yedelian (Independent).
West	Artin Etmekdjian (Liberal), Terry Perram (Independent), Michael Butterworth (Labor), Justin Li (Independent).

Suburbs in the local government area

Suburbs in the City of Ryde are:

• Denistone
• Denistone East
• Denistone West
• East Ryde
• Eastwood
• Gladesville
• Macquarie Park
• Marsfield
• Meadowbank
• Melrose Park
• North Ryde
• Putney
• Ryde
• Tennyson Point
• West Ryde

The campus of Macquarie University is located in Macquarie Park.

Localities in the local government area

• Adwill Place
• Blenheim Road
• Faraday Park
• Fullers Bridge
• Glades Bay
• Macquarie Centre
• Monash Park
• Sagar Place
• Top Ryde

References

External links

• Ryde City Council website
• 2001 Census Information