The former deputy mayor of the City of Marion has been convicted and placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond for anonymously publishing electoral pamphlets.

Key points: Luke Hutchinson pleaded guilty to publishing electoral material without including a name or address

Luke Hutchinson pleaded guilty to publishing electoral material without including a name or address The pamphlets contained allegations about two other councillors seeking re-election

The pamphlets contained allegations about two other councillors seeking re-election He was today convicted and placed on a good behaviour bond for 12 months

Councillor Luke Hutchinson pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in September for sending out unauthorised material without including a name or address.

Magistrate Jack Fahey today placed Hutchinson on a 12-month good behaviour bond with the condition he pay $200 to the court fund.

Under the South Australian Local Government Act, the offence carries a maximum fine of $2,500.

The court previously heard Hutchinson was the first person to be prosecuted over the offence in Australia.

Counsel for the South Australian Electoral Commission Louise Kleinig previously told the court the offence was designed to protect the integrity of the electoral process.

"The breach of the law involved an element of pre-planning and deception," she said.

"[It] was a deliberate offence directed, if it was successful, towards manipulating or altering the composition of the council which Mr Hutchinson hoped to sit on."

The court previously heard Hutchinson had not been accused of the separate offence of publishing false or misleading information.

It heard the pamphlets contained allegations about two other councillors who were seeking re-election in other wards.

One of them was re-elected.

Hutchinson 'didn't wish to suffer backlash'

Hutchinson's defence lawyer Tim Bourne previously said his client was not motivated by personal gain and wanted to maintain anonymity so that it did not impact his future dealings with the two councillors.

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"Mr Hutchinson was concerned about conduct he observed by the other councillors, particularly in relation to their interaction with council staff [and] complaints that were made about their behaviours," he said.

"His motivation was to draw those concerns to the attention of residents who partake in the election in those two wards.

"He didn't wish to suffer any backlash."

He told the court his client was suffering from anxiety at the time and made what the councillor himself described as a "muddle-headed decision" to distribute the material without disclosing his identity.

Hutchinson has been an elected member for the Warriparinga Ward of the council since 2010 and has served as deputy mayor.