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The 2024 Sydney City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia. [1] Incumbent Clover Moore was re-elected to a record sixth term as Lord Mayor of Sydney. [2]
The office of lord mayor, along with the City of Sydney, was governed by the Sydney Corporation Act, 1932 until the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, which placed Sydney under the terms of the Local Government Act 1919, which governed all other local governments in the state. This meant that the election of lord mayor (until ...
A total of 3,889 candidates contested the elections for both mayoral and councillor positions. [45] Of that, 1,635 candidates were contesting councillor and mayoral positions in Greater Sydney LGAs. [46] Candidate nominations closed at midday on 14 August 2024. [47] The Greens had 376 councillor candidates and 22 mayoral candidates. [48]
Tsirekas was suspended as mayor on 9 November 2023 after ICAC found he had engaged in corrupt conduct. It was found he received benefits including overseas flights and accommodation, worth at least $18,800, between 2015 and 2019. [9] On 13 December 2023, Tsirekas was dismissed as mayor by Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig.
Yvonne Weldon AM is an Australian local government politician. She was elected deputy chairwoman of Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council and was the first Aboriginal candidate for Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney in 2021, running again in 2024. [1]
Clover Margaret Moore AO (née Collins, born 22 October 1945) is an Australian politician.She has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004 and is currently the longest serving Lord Mayor of Sydney since the creation of the City of Sydney in 1842.
Willoughby City Council is composed of four wards, each electing three councillors, as well as a directly elected mayor. The Liberal Party does not formally endorse candidates in Willoughby, although local Liberal state MPs Tim James and Rachel Merton endorsed Angelo Rozos in Middle Harbour Ward .
Sydney City Council is composed of ten Councillors, including the Lord Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Lord Mayor is directly elected while the nine other Councillors are elected proportionally. The Deputy Lord Mayor is elected annually by the councillors.