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The office of the Mayor of Sydney along with the City of Sydney was created on 20 July 1842 pursuant to the Sydney City Incorporation Act 1842 by Governor Sir George Gipps. Prior to the first municipal election, the governor nominated magistrate Charles Windeyer to serve as interim mayor. [ 1 ]
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46th Lord Mayor of Sydney; In office 1 January 1914 – 31 December 1915: Preceded by: Arthur Cocks: Succeeded by: Richard Meagher: In office 11 March 1919 – 12 March 1920: Preceded by: John English: Succeeded by: William Patrick Fitzgerald: Alderman of the Sydney City Council; In office 1 December 1902 – 25 November 1905: In office 2 ...
Sir Alfred Livingstone Parker (19 February 1875 – 18 August 1935) was a New South Wales politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Sydney between 1934 and 1935. He was first an Alderman in the Hornsby Shire Council and was later elected as an Alderman in the City of Sydney Council, serving from 1930 to his death in 1935.
With the passing of the Local Government Act, 1993, the Municipality of North Sydney became North Sydney Council and aldermen were renamed councillors. A referendum passed at the 2017 election also altered the system of electing the mayor. Starting from 2021, the mayor was elected by the councillors for a two-year term. [5]
Hughes was elected as the last Mayor in January 1902, and was the first Lord Mayor of Sydney with the issuing of the Letters Patent from Edward VII granting the title to the city. [4] Hughes also became a supporter for the concept of a unified 'Greater Sydney', with a single municipal body owning and controlling key public services in the ...
An independent, McElhone was a long-serving alderman for the City of Sydney, originally from 1899 to 1927, and again from 1930 until his death in 1946. In 1935, he became Lord Mayor of Sydney, following the death of Sir Alfred Parker. He was also twice chairman of the Sydney County Council (1937–1938, 1945–1946). [1]
Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE (16 November 1926 – 11 February 2018) was a Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975) and national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career test appearances for Australia between 1947 and 1958.