The district boundaries remained unchanged until 1970 when Vale Park was annexed from the City of Enfield.

Early council meetings were held in a room at the local pub, the Sussex Arms.

[27] Milne defended the Trams that extended into suburban Adelaide and wished for them to be preserved for cultural significance.

[28] Also during his time on the council, Milne initiated action for a free public library in Walkerville and campaigned for the establishment of the town's YMCA Youth Centre.

He resigned from the Walkerville council in December 1965 when he was appointed the Agent-General of South Australia in London by Premier Frank Walsh.

Milne held many positions in the 1960s and 1970s, including President of the Municipal Association, Chairman of the Local Government Act Revision Committee, member of the Municipal Tramways Trust and Chairman of the State Government Insurance Commission.

In December 1970, when the prospects of the United Kingdom joining the European Union started to grow greater, Milne said "If more countries go into the Common Market, it will start the gretatest war ever seen," later comparing the common market to the Roman Empire, stating that both would eventually become rich and subject to external pressures.

[32] He served in the Australian military from 1938 to 1945 and married Kathleen Mary Powell (3 April 1916 – 7 May 2008[33]) on 4 July 1940.

He was elected to the Walkerville Council while his term as a councillor at the Town of St. Peters was de facto still active.

[37][38] He resigned after only one term as mayor in 1966 and was re-elected to the Medindie Ward in 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972 before he retired from the council at age 63 in April 1974.

[40][41][42] Phillipson died at his home in North Adelaide in September 2001 and was buried at Saint Judes Cemetery in Brighton in the Western Suburbs.

Leonard Thomas Ewens (11 April 1910 – 23 July 1981)[43] completed a Diploma II in Commerce at the University of Adelaide in December 1929.

Ewens and his wife Margaret represented the Australian Red Cross at the international conference in Tehran in 1973.

[58] Scales attended St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide, passing English Literature & Geometry in 1919,[59] and Physics in 1921.

[62] He enlisted in the Australian Military in July 1942 and served during World War II in the 26 Motor regiment before being discharged in August 1945.

[56] In July 1958, Scales was elected to the Town of Walkerville Council, representing the Gilbert ward.

This increased the number of people Scales presided over and created a new ward in the council, which elected 2 members bi-annually.

During his terms as councillor and mayor, Scales persistently worked towards more open spaces in the council area, and was the first chairman of the River Torrens Improvements Standing Committee.

[74] Throughout his career, he strongly opposed the amalgamation of the Town of Walkerville with others and defended the rights of smaller councils.

[75][76] On 12 June 1976 he was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

[83] In July 1975, Price was elected to the Town of Walkerville Council, representing the Medindie ward.

He attended a trade school in Adelaide and was the highest achieving Grade I student in English, arithmetic and drawing in 1940.

On 13 June 1988, Sparnon was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II.

She was the personal assistant to fashion icons Lillian Wightman and Georgina Weir in the mid 1960s.

She was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in June 2004 for service to local government and to the community of Walkerville.

[115] Rich was responsible for the major reconstruction of Hawkers Road and Herbert Street that took place in 2003.