List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney

This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney, a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Lord Mayors while holding office is: The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Sydney.

Contents

Mayors (1842-1853)

# Mayor Term
1 Charles Windeyer 1842
2 John Hosking 1842 - 1843
3 James Robert Wilshire 1843 - 1844
4 George Allen 1845
5 Henry McDermott 1846
6 Thomas Broughton 1847
7 Joshua Frey Josephson 1848
8 Edward Flood 1849
9 George Hill 1850
9 William Edward Thurlow 1851 - 1852
9 Daniel Egan 1853

Commissioners (1854-1856)

Commissioners Term
Gilbert Elliot (Chief) 1854 - 1856
Frederick Orme Darval 1854 - 1856
John Rae 1854 - 1856

Mayors (1857-1902)

# Mayor Term
10 George Thornton 1857
11 John Williams 1858
12 George Smith 1859
13 James Murphy 1860
14 John Sutherland 1861
15 James Oatley 1862
16 Thomas Spence 1863
17 William Speer 1864
18 John Woods 1865
19 John Sutton 1866
20 Charles Moore 1867 - 1869
21 Walter Renny 1869 - 1870
22 Michael Chapman 1871 - 1872
23 James Merriman 1873
24 Stephen Styles Goold 1874
25 Benjamin Palmer 1875 - 1876
26 James Merriman 1877 - 1878
27 Charles James Roberts 1879
28 Robert Fowler 1880
29 John Harris 1881 - 1883
30 John Hardie 1884
31 Thomas Playfair 1885
32 John Young 1886
33 Alban Joseph Riley 1887
34 John Harris 1888 - 1889
35 Sydney Burdekin 1890 - 1891
36 Sir William Patrick Manning 1891 - 1894
37 Samuel Edward Lees 1895
38 Isaac Ellis Ives 1896 - 1897
38 Sir Matthew Harris 1898 - 1900
38 Sir James Graham 1901
38 Sir Thomas Hughes 1902

Lord Mayors (1902-1927)

The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor by King Edward VII on December 18, 1902.

# Lord Mayor Term
39 Sir Thomas Hughes 1902 - 1903
40 Samuel Edward Lees 1904
41 Allen Arthur Taylor 1905 - 1906
42 Sir Thomas Hughes 1907 - 1908
43 Allen Arthur Taylor 1909 - 1912
44 George Thomas Clarke 1912
45 Sir Arthur Cocks 1913
46 Richard Watkins Richards 1914 - 1915
47 Richard Meagher 1916 - 1917
48 James Joynton Smith 1918
49 John English 1919
50 Sir Richard Watkins Richards 1919 - 1920
51 William Patrick Fitzgerald 1920
52 William Lambert 1921
53 William Percy McElhone 1922
54 David Gilpin 1923 - 1924
55 Patrick Vincent Stokes 1925 - 1926
56 John Harold Mostyn 1927

Commissioners (1928-1930)

Commissioners Term
E.P. Fleming 1928 - 1930
J. Garlick 1928 - 1930
H.E. Morton 1928 - 1930
Gordon Bennett 1928 - 1930

Lord Mayors (1930-1967)

# Lord Mayor Term
57 E.S. Marks 1930
58 Joseph Jackson 1931
59 Sir Samuel Walder 1932
60 R.C. Hagon 1933
61 Sir Alfred L. Parker 1934 - 1935
62 Arthur McElhone 1935
63 Archibald Howie 1936 - 1937
64 Sir Norman L. Nock 1938 - 1939
65 Stanley S. Crick 1940 - 1942
66 R.J. Bartley 1943 - 1944
67 W. Neville Harding 1945
68 R.J. Bartley 1946 - 1948
69 Ernest Charles O'Dea 1949 - 1952
70 Pat Hills 1953 - 1956
71 Harry Jensen 1957 - 1965
72 John Armstrong 1966 - 1967

Commissioners (1967-1969)

Commissioners Term
Vernon Treatt (Chief) 1967 - 1969
John Shaw (Deputy Chief) 1967 - 1969
William Pettingell 1967 - 1969

Lord Mayors (1969-1987)

# Lord Mayor Party Term
73   Sir Laurence Emmet McDermott Civic Reform 1969—1972
74   David Griffin Civic Reform 1972—1973
75   Sir Nicholas Shehadie Civic Reform 1973—1975
76   Leo Port Civic Reform 1975 - 1978
77   Nelson Meers Civic Reform 1978 - 1980
78   Doug Sutherland Civic Reform 1980 - 1987

Administrator (1987)

Administrator Term
Sir Eric Neal 1987

Commissioners (1987-1988)

Commissioners Term
Sir Eric Neal (Chief) 1987 - 1988
Sir Nicholas Shehadie (Deputy Chief) 1987 - 1988
Norman Oakes 1987 - 1988

Lord Mayors (1989-2004)

# Mayor Party Term
79   Jeremey Bingham Independent 1989—1991
80   Frank Sartor Independent 1991—2003
81   Lucy Turnbull Liberal 2003—2004

Commissioners (2004)

# Commissioner Party Term
N/A   Tony Pooley Labor 2004—2004
N/A   Garry Payne Independent 2004—2004
N/A   Lucy Turnbull Liberal 2004—2004

Lord Mayors (2004-present)

# Mayor Party Term
82   Clover Moore Independent 2004—present

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