City of Canterbury-Bankstown


The City of Canterbury-Bankstown is a local government area located in the Inner West and South Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 from a merger of the City of Canterbury and the City of Bankstown, after a review of local government in New South Wales by the state government.
The Council comprises an area of and as at the had a population of making it the most populous local government area in Sydney.
The inaugural Mayor of Canterbury-Bankstown is Khal Asfour, the final Mayor of Bankstown and a member of the Labor Party, who was elected on 26 September 2017.

Suburbs in the local government area

are:

Heritage listings

The City of Canterbury Bankstown has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Council composition

The City of Canterbury Bankstown was under the management of Administrator Richard Colley and Interim General Manager Matthew Stewart until elections were held on 9 September 2017 and the first meeting of the elected council on 26 September 2017. The Code of meeting practice for Bankstown City Council was adopted as the provisional code for the new council. The first meeting of the council was held at Bankstown Council Chambers on 24 May 2016. Jim Montague PSM, Canterbury Council General Manager from 1983–2016, was initially proclaimed as a Deputy General Manager of the new council, but retired two weeks after the proclamation.

Council

The Council comprises fifteen Councillors elected proportionally, with three Councillors elected in five wards. On 9 September 2017 the current council was elected for a fixed three-year term of office. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected by the councillors for two-year and one-year terms respectively.

Current composition

The most recent election was held on 9 September 2017, and the makeup of the Council, by order of election, is as follows: