Penrith Council's east ward includes suburbs such as Claremont Meadows, Colyton, Erskine Park and others.
See the list of candidates contesting the September 8 local government election for the ward and read a full profile of the ward below.
Below is a map of the area which this ward covers:
Suburbs: Claremont Meadows, Colyton, Erskine Park, Kemps Creek (part), Kingswood (part), North St Marys, Orchard Hills (part), Oxley Park, St Clair, St Marys.
EAST WARD CANDIDATES:
Group A
Tricia Hitchen, Independent
Enid Golding, Independent
Tara Cettolin, Independent
Glenda Cartwright, Independent
Dulcie Harrison, Independent
Group B
Jackie Greenow, Independent
Sue Bebbington, Independent
Peter Baker, Independent
Julie Bosley, Independent
Leanne Ryan, Independent
Group C - Australia First Party
Maurice Girotto, Australia First Party
Mick Saunders, Australia First Party
Geoff Hutchin, Australia First Party
Joan Thomson, Australia First Party
Francis Adams, Australia First Party
Group D
Mark Malkoc, Independent
Mary Cook, Independent
Melissa Howard, Independent
Anna Malkoc, Independent
David Grgurevic, Independent
Group E
Paul McDonald, Independent
Andrew Hazer, Independent
Kylie Arkle, Independent
Kelly Gens, Independent
Marin Pavic, Independent
Group F
Peta Holmes, The Greens
Michaela Kennedy, The Greens
Sue Thomas, The Greens
Bill Griffith, The Greens
Trudy Darley-Jones, The Greens
Group G
Greg Davies, Labor
Prue Car, Labor
Nads Joukhadar, Labor
Edwin Mifsud, Labor
Kelly Anderson, Labor
Ungrouped
Jose Sanz, Independent
Graeme Conn, Independent
Population: 56,958
Electors: 34,735
No. of dwellings: 18,331
Current East Ward Councillors:
- Tanya Davies
- Jackie Greenow - Deputy Mayor
- Marko Malkoc
- Kaylene Allison
- Greg Davies - Mayor
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Description of East Ward boundaries:
Commencing at the intersection of South Creek and the Great Western Highway and bounded generally on the north by the centreline of the aforesaid highway and its prolongation to its intersection with the centreline of O'Connell Street, thence in a generally southerly direction by the centrelines of O'Connell Street, Caddens Road, Bringelly Road, and The Northern Road to its intersection with the M4 Motorway. Thence in an easterly direction along the centreline of the aforementioned motorway to its intersection with South Creek thence in a southerly direction by that creek to its intersection with the southern boundary of the City of Penrith at Elizabeth Drive thence in an easterly and northerly direction by the aforesaid City Boundary to its intersection with South Creek thence in a southerly direction by that creek to the point of commencement at the Great Western Highway.