Leonard Ewens

Leonard Thomas Ewens (11 April 1910 - 23 July 1981) was a local councillor in the Town of Walkerville in Adelaide, South Australia.
Ewens completed a Diploma II in Commerce at the University of Adelaide in December 1929. He married Margaret Norah Dawson in February 1932. Ewens served in the Australian Navy during WWII. He enlisted in August 1940 and was discharged in January 1946.
Prior to joining the council, Ewens worked as a chartered accountant. He was a member of the State Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants from 1946-1957. Ewens was elected to the Walkerville Council for the Medindie Ward in July 1958 (declared elected October 1958) in a supplementary election. He was Chairman of the Junior Red Cross from 1955-1960 and Honourary Treasurer from 1965-1973. Ewens and his wife Margaret represented the Australian Red Cross at the international conference in Tehran in 1973.
He was mayor of the Town of Walkerville from his election in July 1966 to July 1969, when he retired and the 1969 council elections occurred. After losing the Medindie Ward, Ewens was later elected in a supplementary election to govern the Gilbert Ward for one term (1969-70). He did not re-contest the ward in the 1970 elections.
Ewens was later appointed a member of the Board of Management of the State Bank of South Australia. Ewens died in July 1981 and was buried in the Enfield Memorial Cemetery.

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