Atlanta's 8th City Council district

Atlanta's8th City Council district is one of the twelve geographic districts in the Atlanta City Council. It is represented by Mary Norwood since 2022, who was elected in the 2021 Atlanta City Council election to succeed J. P. Matzigkeit.

The district was created in 1973 after a new city charter was passed, which replaced the former at-large six-member Board of Aldermen with a 15-member City Council of 12 districts and 6 (later 3) at-large posts. A previous Eighth Ward existed in various forms from 1854 to 1954.

List of aldermen (1854-1974)

1935

Aldermen

• Raleigh Drennon ^[1]
• O. Lee White ^[2]

1954

• Jesse Draper ^[3]

List of councilmembers (1974-present)

• Richard Guthman
• Clair Muller (1990–2010)
• Yolanda Adrean (2010–2018)
• J. P. Matzigkeit (2018–2022)
• Mary Norwood (2022-present)

References

1. Georgia, Digital Library of. "The bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, August 27, 1949, Image 21".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. Georgia, Digital Library of. "The bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, April 25, 1953, Image 32".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Georgia, Digital Library of. "The bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, January 22, 1955, Image 6".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)