Mayors of Sydney
Sydney's rulers
The City of Sydney has been led by 100 men and women since 1842. The first mayor, Charles Windeyer, was an interim appointment until the first election.
Since then, the position has been held by people from a variety of professional and mercantile backgrounds, including magistrates, union officials, retailers and the occasional publican.
The 2 most recent lord mayors, Lucy Turnbull and Clover Moore, are the only women to have held the post.
The City's History Unit has produced the Sydney Alderman website which has biographies of mayors, lord mayors, councillors and alderman who have served on Council.
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The City's leaders
Mayors of the City of Sydney 1842 - 1853
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12 Aug - 9 Nov 1842 |
Charles Windeyer (Nominated Mayor) |
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1842 - 1843 |
Alderman John Hosking |
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1843 - 1844 |
Alderman James Robert Wilshire |
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1845 |
Alderman George Allen |
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1846 |
Alderman Henry McDermott |
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1847 |
Alderman Thomas Broughton |
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1848 |
Alderman Joshua Frey Josephson |
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1849 |
Alderman Edward Flood |
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1850 |
Alderman George Hill |
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1851 - 1852 |
Alderman William Edward Thurlow |
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1853 |
Alderman Daniel Egan |
City Commissioners 1854 - 1856
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1854 - 1856 |
Gilbert Elliot (Chief) |
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Frederick Orme Darval |
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John Rae |
Mayors of the City of Sydney 1857 - 1902
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1857 |
Alderman George Thornton |
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1858 |
Alderman John Williams |
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1859 |
Alderman George Smith |
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1860 |
Alderman James Murphy |
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1861 |
Alderman John Sutherland |
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1862 |
Alderman James Oatley |
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1863 |
Alderman Thomas Spence |
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1864 |
Alderman William Speer |
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1865 |
Alderman John Woods |
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1866 |
Alderman John Sutton |
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1867 - 1869 |
Alderman Charles Moore |
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1869 - 1870 |
Alderman Walter Renny |
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1871 - 1872 |
Alderman Michael Chapman |
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1873 |
Alderman James Merriman |
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1874 |
Alderman Stephen Styles Goold |
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1875-1876 |
Alderman Benjamin Palmer |
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1877-1878 |
Alderman James Merriman |
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1879 |
Alderman Charles James Roberts |
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1880 |
Alderman Robert Fowler |
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1881 - 1883 |
Alderman John Harris |
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1884 |
Alderman John Hardie |
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1885 |
Alderman Thomas Playfair |
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1886 |
Alderman John Young |
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1887 |
Alderman Alban Joseph Riley |
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1888 - 1889 |
Alderman John Harris |
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1890 - 1891 |
Alderman Sydney Burdekin |
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1891 - 1894 |
Alderman Sir William Patrick Manning |
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1895 |
Alderman Samuel Edward Lees |
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1896 - 1897 |
Alderman Isaac Ellis Ives |
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1898 - 1900 |
Alderman Sir Matthew Harris |
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1901 |
Alderman Sir James Graham |
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1902 |
Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 1902 - 1927
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1902 - 1903 |
Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes |
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1904 |
Alderman Samuel Edward Lees |
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1905 - 1906 |
Alderman Allen Arthur Taylor |
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1907 - 1908 |
Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes |
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1909 - 1912 |
Alderman Allen Arthur Taylor |
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1912 |
Alderman George Thomas Clarke |
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1913 |
Alderman Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks |
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1914 - 1915 |
Alderman Richard Watkins Richards |
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1916 - 1917 |
Alderman Richard Denis Meagher |
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1918 |
Alderman James Joynton Smith |
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1919 |
Alderman John English |
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1919 - 1920 |
Alderman Sir Richard Watkins Richards |
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1920 (from 16 March) |
Alderman William Patrick Fitzgerald |
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1921 |
Alderman William Henry Lambert |
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1922 |
Alderman William Percy McElhone |
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1923 - 1924 |
Alderman David Gilpin |
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1925 - 1926 |
Alderman Patrick Vincent Stokes |
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1927 |
Alderman John Harold Mostyn |
City Commissioners 1930
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1 Jan '28 - 30 June '30 |
E.P. Fleming |
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30 Oct '28 - 30 June '30 |
J. Garlick |
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1 Jan '28 - 30 June '30 |
H.E. Morton |
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30 Oct '28 - 30 June '30 |
Brig. General H. Gordon Bennett |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 1930 -1967
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1930 |
Alderman E.S. Marks, MLA |
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1931 |
Alderman Joseph Jackson, MLA |
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1932 |
Hon. Samuel Walder, MLC |
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1933 |
Alderman R.C. Hagon |
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1934 |
Alderman Alfred L. Parker |
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1935 |
Sir Alfred L. Parker |
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1935 (Oct - Dec) |
Alderman Arthur McElhone |
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1936 - 1937 |
Hon. Archibald Howie, MLC |
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1938 |
Alderman Norman L. Nock |
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1939 |
Sir Norman L. Nock |
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1940 - 1942 |
Alderman Stanley S. Crick |
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1943 - 1944 |
Alderman R.J. Bartley |
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1945 |
Alderman W. Neville Harding |
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1946 - 1948 |
Alderman R.J. Bartley |
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1949 - 1952 |
The Hon. E.C. O'Dea, MLC |
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1953 |
Alderman Patrick Darcy Hills |
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1954 - 1956 |
Alderman Patrick Darcy Hills , MLA |
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1957 - 1964 |
Alderman Frederick Jensen |
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1965 |
Alderman Henry Frederick Jensen, MLA |
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1966 - 1967 |
Alderman John Armstrong |
Commissioners 1969
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14 Nov '67 - 26 Sept '69 |
Hon. Vernon Haddon Treatt, MM, QC, BCL Chief Commissioner |
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J.A.L. Shaw, CBE, DSO, BE, Deputy Chief Commissioner |
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W.W. Pettingell, CBE., Commissioner |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 1969 - 1987
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1969 - 1971 |
Alderman Laurence Emmet McDermott |
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1972 |
Sir Laurence Emmet McDermott, KBE |
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1972 - 1973 |
Alderman David Griffin, CBE |
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1973 - 1975 |
Alderman Nicholas Shehadie, OBE |
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1975 - 1978 |
Alderman Leo Port , MBE |
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1978 - 1980 |
Alderman Nelson John Meers |
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1980 - 1987 |
Alderman Douglas William Sutherland, AM |
Administrator 1987
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6 April '87 - 6 April '87 |
Sir Eric Neal, AC |
Commissioners 1987 - 1988
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6 April '87 - 31 Dec '88 |
Sir Eric Neal, AC, Chief Commissioner |
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Sir Nicholas Shehadie, OBE, Deputy Chief Commissioner |
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Norman Oakes, AO, Commissioner |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 1989 - 2003
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1989 -1991 |
Councillor Jeremy Bingham |
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1991 -2003 |
Councillor Frank Ernest Sartor |
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2003 -2004 |
Councillor Lucinda Mary Forrest Hughes Turnbull |
Commissioners 2004
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06 Feb '04 - 27 Mar '04 |
Lucinda Mary Forrest Hughes Turnbull Anthony Robert Pooley Garry Payne |
Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney 2004 -
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2004 - |
Councillor Clover Moore |
Last updated: Tuesday, 21 May 2013