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City of Ryde
New South Wales
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Population: 96,948 [1]
Density: 2360/km² (6,112.4/sq mi) [2]
Area: 40.651 km² (15.7 sq mi) [2]
Mayor: Michael Butterworth
Council Seat: Ryde
Region: Metropolitan Sydney
State District: Ryde, Epping, Lane Cove
Federal Division: Bennelong
Website: http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/
LGAs around City of Ryde:
Hornsby Shire Ku-ring-gai Council Ku-ring-gai Council
City of Parramatta City of Ryde Municipality of Lane Cove
Auburn Council City of Canada Bay Municipality of Hunter's Hill

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.

Cr Michael Butterworth is the Mayor of Ryde. Cr Roy Maggio is the Deputy Mayor.

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[edit] Council

Ryde City Council is composed of twelve councillors elected proportionally. The area is divided into three wards, each electing four councillors. The mayor is not directly elected.[3] The current makeup of the council is as follows:[3]

Party Councillors
  Independents 5
  Australian Labor Party 4
  Liberal Party of Australia 3
Total 12

The current council, elected in 2008, is:[3]

Ward Councillor Party Notes
Central Ward   Nicole Campbell Labor
  Bill Pickering Liberal
  Jeff Salvestro-Martin Labor
  Sarkis Yedelian Independent
East Ward   Vic Tagg Independent
  Ivan Petch Independent
  Gabrielle O'Donnell Labor
  Roy Maggio Liberal Deputy Mayor
West Ward   Artin Etmekdjian Liberal
  Terry Perram Independent
  Michael Butterworth Labor Mayor
  Justin Li Independent

On 2 September 2009, one week before the 2009 mayoral election, Liberal mayor Vic Tagg resigned from the Liberal Party, bringing the number of independents to 5, and the Liberals down to 3.[4]

During the weeks leading to the vote for the Ryde City Mayoralty, Cr Tagg was unable to secure the support of sufficient councillors in retaining the mayoralty. As the Independent councillors were required for the Liberal candidate to secure the mayoralty, the Liberals moved to support Cr Etmekdjian who 3 of the 4 Independents were willing to support.

At the Ryde City Council meeting on 8 September 2009, Cr Tagg supported the Labor candidate Cr Butterworth for the mayoralty, joining Cr Li and the Labor councillors. The 6-6 split forced a hat draw, which Cr Butterworth won. [5]

[edit] Suburbs in the local government area

Suburbs in the City of Ryde are:

Ryde Civic Centre

The campus of Macquarie University is located in Macquarie Park.

[edit] Localities in the local government area

[edit] Demographics

The City of Ryde prides itself as a multicultural city. It hosts several community halls and organizations. Three largest non English groups include, Chinese, Italian and Armenian. The Armenian community of Ryde is among the largest in Australia and represents approx 10% of the city’s population. As at December 2009 the City had two councilors of Armenian descent.

The City was the first local government area in Australia to officially recognise the genocide of 1.5 million Armenian people between 1915-1922. The City has installed a plaque in Memorial Park, Meadowbank.

Some large logal Armenian organisations include;

-Toumanian Saturday Armenian School with over 200 teachers and students -Denistone East Ararat Scouts with over 100 leaders and scouts -Armenian Sydney Dance Company with over 220 dancers of which 150 are residence of the city -Homenetmen Ararat and Hamazkaine Nairi club with over 500 members and athletes

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Coordinates: 33°49′S 151°06′E / 33.817°S 151.1°E / -33.817; 151.1




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