List of mayors of Cairns
This is a list of mayors of the Far North Queensland city of Cairns.
Cairns was originally established as a Borough with a Chairman from 1885 until 1903, when the Local Authorities Act 1902 transformed it into a Town with a Mayor. The Town achieved City status in 1923. In 1995, when the Shire of Mulgrave amalgamated into the City, the Mayor was elected by a much larger base of voters. In 2008, when the City was amalgamated with the Shire of Douglas into the Cairns Region, the Mayor's voter base expanded yet again.
Cairns Regional Council (2008–present)
City of Cairns Council (1995–2008)
City of Cairns Council (1923–1995)
| Mayor |
Term |
| Kevin Byrne |
1992–1995 |
| John Cleland |
1990–1991 |
| Keith Goodwin |
1988–1990 |
| Ron Davis |
1979–1988 |
| Kevin Crathern |
1973–1978 |
| David De Jarlais |
1969–1973 |
| Colin Penridge |
1967–1969 |
| S. Darcy Chataway |
1960–1967 |
| William Fulton |
1952–1960 |
| William Henry Murchison |
1949–1952 |
| William A Collins |
1927–1949 |
| Alec Draper |
1924–1927 |
| John George Hoare |
1923–1924 |
Town of Cairns (1903–1923)
| Mayor |
Term |
| John George Hoare |
1920–1923 |
| Richard Gelling |
1919 |
| Alec Draper |
1918–1919 |
| Thomas Henry Donaldson |
1917 |
| Thomas Dillon |
1915–1916 |
| John Griffiths |
1915 |
| Thomas Dillon |
1914 |
| Charles McKenzie |
1912–1913 |
| John George Hoare |
1911 |
| Andrew Hartill-Law |
1910 |
| John Coxall |
1909 |
| Sinclair Miller |
1908 |
| Charles McKenzie |
1905 |
| Donald McLachlan |
1904 |
| Louis Severin |
1903 |
Borough of Cairns (1885–1903)
| Chairman |
Term |
| Alec Draper |
1902 |
| Richard Tills |
1900–1901 |
| Lyne Brown |
1899 |
| Karl Aumuller |
1898 |
| Alec Draper |
1897 |
| James Lyons |
1895–1896 |
| Daniel Patience |
1893–1894 |
| Alec Draper |
1891–1893 |
| Louis Severin |
1891 |
| Callaghan Walsh |
1890 |
| Richard Kingsford |
1889 |
| Louis Severin |
1886–1888 |
| Richard Kingsford |
1885–1886 |
Data drawn from Cairns City Council's History Archives.[1]