On 6 November 1958 eventually 'East' was dropped from the name following some further boundary changes in the west with the District Council of Salisbury in 1954.

During the 1950s the Council Office was at 34 Murray Street Gawler until it moved to new building adjacent the Shopping Centre on Crittenden Road, Smithfield Plains.

In the post-war boom the Adelaide satellite city of Elizabeth was established about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Smithfield Township (subdivided by John Smith in 1853), boosting the population and urbanising the latter.

John Joseph McVeity became the first Mayor of the City of Munno Para on 13 December 1984.

[6] Jospehine (Jo) Gapper OAM became The City of Munno Para’s first elected Mayor in 1985.