The City of Ryde is set to welcome six new Councillors and the local government area’s first popularly-elected Mayor since 1965.
The new Councillors for the next four-year term are Tina Kordrostami (Central Ward), Lyndal Howison (Central Ward), Keanu Arya (East Ward), Kathy Tracey (West Ward), Cameron Last (West Ward), and Felix Lo (West Ward).
They join re-elected Councillors Shweta Deshpande (Central Ward), Daniel Han (Central Ward), Sophie Lara-Watson (East Ward), Penny Pedersen (East Ward), Roy Maggio (East Ward), and Justin Li (West Ward).
Trenton Brown (pictured) won the popular Mayoral vote, securing 56.51% of the vote after the distribution of preferences.
Mayor Brown said he looked forward to continuing to devote his time to the Ryde community and delivering on his priorities, including protecting open space, developing critical infrastructure, and keeping rates low over the next four years.
The Mayor and Councillors will take their Oath of Office at an Extraordinary Council meeting to be held on 15Â October.