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.
# | Mayor | Term |
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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 | Term |
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Gilbert Elliot (Chief) | 1854 - 1856 |
Frederick Orme Darval | 1854 - 1856 |
John Rae | 1854 - 1856 |
# | Mayor | Term |
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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 |
The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor by King Edward VII on December 18, 1902.
# | Lord Mayor | Term |
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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 | Term |
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E.P. Fleming | 1928 - 1930 |
J. Garlick | 1928 - 1930 |
H.E. Morton | 1928 - 1930 |
Gordon Bennett | 1928 - 1930 |
# | Lord Mayor | Term |
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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 | Term |
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Vernon Treatt (Chief) | 1967 - 1969 |
John Shaw (Deputy Chief) | 1967 - 1969 |
William Pettingell | 1967 - 1969 |
# | Lord Mayor | Party | Term | |
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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 | Term |
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Sir Eric Neal | 1987 |
Commissioners | Term |
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Sir Eric Neal (Chief) | 1987 - 1988 |
Sir Nicholas Shehadie (Deputy Chief) | 1987 - 1988 |
Norman Oakes | 1987 - 1988 |
# | Mayor | Party | Term | |
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79 | Jeremey Bingham | Independent | 1989—1991 | |
80 | Frank Sartor | Independent | 1991—2003 | |
81 | Lucy Turnbull | Liberal | 2003—2004 |
# | Commissioner | Party | Term | |
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N/A | Tony Pooley | Labor | 2004—2004 | |
N/A | Garry Payne | Independent | 2004—2004 | |
N/A | Lucy Turnbull | Liberal | 2004—2004 |
# | Mayor | Party | Term | |
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82 | Clover Moore | Independent | 2004—present |