Mayors of Sydney
Mayors 1842 - 1853
City Commissioners 1854 - 1856
Mayors 1857 - 1902
Lord Mayors 1902 - 1927
City Commissioners 1930
Lord Mayors 1930 - 1967
Commissioners 1969
Lord Mayors 1969 - 1987
Administrator 1987
Commissioners 1987 - 1988
Lord Mayors 1989 - 2003
Commissioners 2004
Lord Mayors 2004 -
Mayors of the City of Sydney 1842 - 1853
12 August - 9 November 1842 |
Charles Windeyer (Nominated Mayor) |
1842 - 1843 |
Alderman John Hosking |
1843 - 1844 |
Alderman James Robert Wilshire |
1845 |
Alderman George Allen |
1846 |
Alderman Henry McDermott |
1847 |
Alderman Thomas Broughton |
1848 |
Alderman Joshua Frey Josephson |
1849 |
Alderman Edward Flood |
1850 |
Alderman George Hill |
1851 - 1852 |
Alderman William Edward Thurlow |
1853 |
Alderman Daniel Egan |
City Commissioners 1854 - 1856
1854 - 1856 |
Gilbert Elliot (Chief) |
Frederick Orme Darval |
|
John Rae |
Mayors of the City of Sydney 1857 - 1902
1857 |
Alderman George Thornton |
1858 |
Alderman John Williams |
1859 |
Alderman George Smith |
1860 |
Alderman James Murphy |
1861 |
Alderman John Sutherland |
1862 |
Alderman James Oatley |
1863 |
Alderman Thomas Spence |
1864 |
Alderman William Speer |
1865 |
Alderman John Woods |
1866 |
Alderman John Sutton |
1867 - 1869 |
Alderman Charles Moore |
| 1869 - 1870 |
Alderman Walter Renny |
| 1871 - 1872 |
Alderman Michael Chapman |
| 1873 |
Alderman James Merriman |
1874 |
Alderman Stephen Styles Goold |
1875-1876 |
Alderman Benjamin Palmer |
1877-1878 |
Alderman James Merriman |
| 1879 |
Alderman Charles James Roberts |
1880 |
Alderman Robert Fowler |
1881 - 1883 |
Alderman John Harris |
1884 |
Alderman John Hardie |
1885 |
Alderman Thomas Playfair |
1886 |
Alderman John Young |
1887 |
Alderman Alban Joseph Riley |
1888 - 1889 |
Alderman John Harris |
1890 - 1891 |
Alderman Sydney Burdekin |
1891 - 1894 |
Alderman Sir William Patrick Manning |
1895 |
Alderman Samuel Edward Lees |
1896 - 1897 |
Alderman Isaac Ellis Ives |
1898 - 1900 |
Alderman Sir Matthew Harris |
1901 |
Alderman Sir James Graham |
1902 |
Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 1902 - 1927
1902 - 1903 |
Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes |
1904 |
Alderman Samuel Edward Lees |
1905 - 1906 |
Alderman Allen Arthur Taylor |
1907 - 1908 |
Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes |
1909 - 1912 |
Alderman Allen Arthur Taylor |
1912 |
Alderman George Thomas Clarke |
1913 |
Alderman Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks |
1914 - 1915 |
Alderman Richard Watkins Richards |
1916 - 1917 |
Alderman Richard Denis Meagher |
1918 |
Alderman James Joynton Smith |
1919 |
Alderman John English |
1919 - 1920 |
Alderman Sir Richard Watkins Richards |
1920 (from 16 March) |
Alderman William Patrick Fitzgerald |
1921 |
Alderman William Henry Lambert |
1922 |
Alderman William Percy McElhone |
1923 - 1924 |
Alderman David Gilpin |
1925 - 1926 |
Alderman Patrick Vincent Stokes |
1927 |
Alderman John Harold Mostyn |
City Commissioners 1930
1 January '28 - 30 June '30 |
E.P. Fleming |
30 October '28 - 30 June '30 |
J. Garlick |
1 January '28 - 30 June '30 |
H.E. Morton |
30 October '28 - 30 June '30 |
Brig. General H. Gordon Bennett |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney1930 -1967
1930 |
Alderman E.S. Marks, MLA |
1931 |
Alderman Joseph Jackson, MLA |
1932 |
Hon. Samuel Walder, MLC |
1933 |
Alderman R.C. Hagon |
1934 |
Alderman Alfred L. Parker |
1935 |
Sir Alfred L. Parker |
1935 (October - December) |
Alderman Arthur McElhone |
1936 - 1937 |
Hon. Archibald Howie, MLC |
1938 |
Alderman Norman L. Nock |
1939 |
Sir Norman L. Nock |
1940 - 1942 |
Alderman Stanley S. Crick |
1943 - 1944 |
Alderman R.J. Bartley |
1945 |
Alderman W. Neville Harding |
1946 - 1948 |
Alderman R.J. Bartley |
1949 - 1952 |
The Hon. E.C. O'Dea, MLC |
1953 |
Alderman Patrick Darcy Hills |
1954 - 1956 |
Alderman Patrick Darcy Hills , MLA |
1957 - 1964 |
Alderman Frederick Jensen |
1965 |
Alderman Henry Frederick Jensen, MLA |
1966 - 1967 |
Alderman John Armstrong |
Commissioners 1969
14 November '67 - 26 September '69 |
Hon. Vernon Haddon Treatt, MM, QC, BCL Chief Commissioner |
J.A.L. Shaw, CBE, DSO, BE, Deputy Chief Commissioner |
|
W.W. Pettingell, CBE., Commissioner |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 1969 - 1987
1969 - 1971 |
Alderman Laurence Emmet McDermott |
1972 |
Sir Laurence Emmet McDermott, KBE |
1972 - 1973 |
Alderman David Griffin, CBE |
1973 - 1975 |
Alderman Nicholas Shehadie, OBE |
1975 - 1978 |
Alderman Leo Port , MBE |
1978 - 1980 |
Alderman Nelson John Meers |
1980 - 1987 |
Alderman Douglas William Sutherland, AM |
Administrator 1987
6 April '87 - 6 April '87 |
Sir Eric Neal, AC |
Commissioners 1987 - 1988
6 April '87 - 31 December '88 |
Sir Eric Neal, AC, Chief Commissioner |
Sir Nicholas Shehadie, OBE, Deputy Chief Commissioner |
|
Norman Oakes, AO, Commissioner |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 1989 - 2003
1989 - 1991 |
Councillor Jeremy Bingham |
1991 - 2003
|
Councillor Frank Ernest Sartor |
2003 - 2004 |
Councillor Lucinda Mary Forrest Hughes Turnbull |
Commissioners 2004
06 February '04 – 27 March '04 |
Lucinda Mary Forrest Hughes Turnbull Anthony Robert Pooley Garry Payne |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 2004 -
2004 – |
Councillor Clover Moore |
Original Source: Perdon, R., Sydney ’s Aldermen: a biographical register of Sydney City Aldermen 1842-1992, Sydney City Council, Sydney, 1995.
Last Updated: Wednesday 13 April, 2011