George Sparnon

George William Sparnon, OAM, (21 July 1923 - 19 October 2000) was a Councillor in the Town of Walkerville in Adelaide, South Australia for over 20 years.
Sparnon was born in July 1923 to Lionel George Sparnon (9 April 1898 - July 1984) and Tottie Florence Sparnon (nee Candy; 9 March 1897 - August 1988), who were both from the northeastern suburbs, being from Walkerville and Stepney respectively. Sparnon therefore had an ancestral link with the area. He attended a trade school in Adelaide and was the highest achieving Grade I student in English, arithmetic and drawing in 1940. In 1942 he won the Young Master Printers' award from the same school.
In September 1965, Sparnon was elected to the Walkerville Council, representing the Walkerville ward for the balance of term of a retired councillor. He was re-elected to the Walkerville Ward in every council election until he was elected Mayor of Walkerville. After briefly taking office as Acting Mayor in early 1982, Sparnon took office as official Mayor in October 1982, succeeding Ken Price, who then took over the Medindie Ward.
During Sparnon's tenure the council's population started decreasing as more middle-aged families started maturing and the demographic of young children decreased.
On 13 June 1988, Sparnon was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II.

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