List of mayors of Fairfield
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This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Fairfield, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.[1]
AppointerFairfield City Council
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderFrancis Atkin Kenyon
Formation22 February 1889
| Mayor of Fairfield | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Fairfield City Council |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder | Francis Atkin Kenyon |
| Formation | 22 February 1889 |
| Deputy | Charbel Saliba |
The current mayor is Frank Carbone, who was elected in 2012 and most recently re-elected in 2024.
Mayors
1889–present
| No. | Portrait | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Atkin Kenyon | Independent | 22 February 1889 | 13 February 1891[2][3] | |
| 2 | John Lackey | Independent | 13 February 1891[4] | 15 February 1893[5] | |
| 3 | Thomas Downey | Independent | 15 February 1893 | 17 February 1894[6] | |
| 4 | William Stimson | Independent | 17 February 1894[7] | 14 February 1896[8] | |
| 5 | Adam Vallance | Independent | 14 February 1896[9] | 12 February 1898[10] | |
| 6 | Bruce Sofala Ephraim Hall | Independent | 12 February 1898 | 14 February 1899[11] | |
| 7 | George Paine | Independent | 14 February 1899 | 14 February 1900[12] | |
| 8 | Adam Craig Bell | Independent | 14 February 1900 | 14 February 1901[13] | |
| 9 | John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 14 February 1901[14] | 8 February 1902[15] | |
| 10 | James Robert Anderson | Independent | 8 February 1902 | February 1903[16] | |
| 11 | Walter Stimson | Independent | February 1903 | 11 February 1904[17] | |
| 12 | Samuel Critchley | Independent | 11 February 1904 | February 1905[18] | |
| 13 | John Downey | Independent | February 1905 | 15 February 1907[19][20] | |
| 14 | John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 15 February 1907[21][22][23] | 6 July 1917[24][25][26] | |
| (11) | Walter Stimson | Independent | 6 July 1917[27] | 11 February 1919[28] | |
| (14) | John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 11 February 1919 | 4 February 1920[29] | |
| 15 | Thomas Miles | Independent | 4 February 1920[30] | 6 December 1921[31] | |
| 16 | Amos Robert Coleman | Independent | 6 December 1921 | 12 December 1922[32] | |
| (11) | Walter Stimson | Independent | 12 December 1922 | 18 December 1923[33] | |
| 17 | Harold William Stein | Independent | 18 December 1923[34] | 8 December 1925[35] | |
| 18 | Augustus Morris Jentsch | Independent | 4 December 1928[36][37] | 8 December 1925 | |
| 19 | Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | 4 December 1928[38] | 5 January 1932[39][40] | |
| 20 | Robert Towers Gillies | Independent | 5 January 1932 | December 1932[41] | |
| (11) | Walter Stimson | Independent | December 1932[42] | 4 December 1934[43] | |
| 21 | Thomas Fishpool | Independent | 4 December 1934[44] | 14 December 1937[45][46] | |
| 22 | Samuel Foster Money | Labor | 14 December 1937[47] | December 1938[48] | |
| 23 | John Burleigh, Snr. | Labor | December 1938[49] | 10 December 1941[50] | |
| (19) | Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | 10 December 1941[51] | 15 December 1943[52] | |
| 24 | Clifford Green | Independent | 15 December 1943[53] | December 1945[54] | |
| (19) | Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | December 1945 | December 1947[55] | |
| (24) | Clifford Green | Independent | December 1947 | December 1948[56] | |
| 25 | Jack Henshaw | Labor | December 1948 | 6 December 1949[57] | |
| 26 | Jack McBurney | Citizens' Representative Party | 6 December 1949 | December 1950[58] | |
| 27 | Samuel Austin Seaman | Labor | December 1950 | 3 December 1951 | |
| 28 | Philip Bartholomew Ryan | Labor | 3 December 1951 | 8 December 1952[59] | |
| 29 | William Leonard Wolfenden | Labor | 8 December 1952 | 10 December 1953[60] | |
| 30 | Leslie Charles Hale | Progress Association | 10 December 1953 | 12 December 1955[61] | |
| 31 | Les Powell | Labor | 12 December 1955[62] | 2 December 1957[63] | |
| 32 | Keith Makepeace | Labor | 2 December 1957 | 11 December 1958[64] | |
| 33 | Keith Howick | Labor | 11 December 1958 | 10 December 1959[65] | |
| 34 | Vic Wenban | Labor | 10 December 1959[66] | December 1962[67][68] | |
| 35 | A. E. Harvey | Labor | December 1962 | December 1963[69] | |
| 36 | Lawrence Fraser | Labor | December 1963 | December 1964 | |
| (34) | Vic Wenban | Independent | December 1964 | December 1965[70] | |
| 37 | Frank Calabro | Independent | December 1965 | 20 December 1966[71] | |
| (32) | Keith Makepeace | Independent | 20 December 1966 | December 1967[72] | |
| 38 | Harold Schofield | Independent | December 1967 | September 1968[73] | |
| (37) | Frank Calabro | Independent | September 1968 | September 1969 | |
| (35) | A. E. Harvey | Labor | September 1969 | September 1970 | |
| (38) | Harold Schofield | Independent | September 1970 – September 1971 | ||
| 39 | Ian Thorley | Labor | September 1971 | September 1973[74] | |
| 40 | Don Turtle | Labor | September 1972 | September 1973 | |
| (31) | Les Powell | Labor | September 1973 | September 1974 | |
| 41 | Janice Crosio | Labor | September 1974 | September 1975[75] | |
| 42 | Ernest Loveday | Independent | September 1975 | September 1976 | |
| 43 | Warren Colless | Independent | September 1976 | September 1977 | |
| (41) | Janice Crosio | Labor | September 1977 | September 1980 | |
| Maria Heggie | Independent | September 1987 | September 1988[76] | ||
| unknown | September 1988 | September 1989 | |||
| Lawrence White | Labor | September 1989 | September 1990 | ||
| unknown | September 1990 | September 1991 | |||
| Dennis Donovan | Labor | September 1991 | September 1992[77] | ||
| Toni Lord | Independent | September 1992 | September 1993 | ||
| Nick Lalich | Labor | September 1993 | September 1994 | ||
| unknown | September 1994 | September 1995 | |||
| Maria Heggie | Independent | September 1995 | September 1996 | ||
| Ken Chapman | Labor | September 1996 | September 1997 | ||
| Anwar Khoshaba | Labor | September 1997 | September 1998 | ||
| Chris Bowen | Labor | September 1998 | September 1999 | ||
| Anwar Khoshaba | Labor | September 1999 | September 2000 | ||
| Robert Watkins | Labor | September 2000 | September 2001 | ||
| Anwar Khoshaba OAM | Labor | September 2001[78] | September 2002[79] | ||
| Nick Lalich | Labor | September 2002 | 21 March 2012[80] | ||
| Frank Carbone | Labor | 21 March 2012 | 29 August 2016[81] | ||
| Independent | 29 August 2016 | 2021 | |||
| Frank Carbone | 2021 | 9 May 2023 | |||
| Dai Le & Frank Carbone | 9 May 2023 | 3 July 2024 | |||
| Western Sydney Community | 3 July 2024 | incumbent |
Deputy mayors
| No. | Portrait | Deputy Mayor (Ward) | Party | Term start | Term end | Mayor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Azzo | 22 September 2020 | 28 September 2021 | Carbone (Frank Carbone/WSC) | ||||
| Peter Grippaudo | 28 September 2021 | 21 December 2021 | |||||
| Dai Le (Fairfield/Cabravale) |
Women's Party | 21 December 2021 | 27 September 2022 | ||||
| Reni Barkho (Fairfield/Cabravale) |
Dai Le & Frank Carbone | 27 September 2022 | 28 September 2023 | ||||
| Charbel Saliba (Parks) |
Dai Le & Frank Carbone | 28 September 2023 | 27 September 2024 | ||||
| Dai Le (Fairfield/Cabravale) |
Dai Le & Frank Carbone | 8 October 2024 | incumbent | ||||
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Carbone | Frank Carbone | 89,562 | 81.4 | +7.9 | |
| Labor | Basim Shamaon | 20,512 | 18.6 | −7.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 110,074 | 95.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 5,705 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 115,779 | ||||
| Frank Carbone hold | Swing | +7.9 | |||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Carbone | Frank Carbone | 66,455 | 73.5 | +23.3 | |
| Labor | George Barcha | 23,974 | 26.5 | −23.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 90,429 | 95.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 4,688 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 95,117 | 73.3 | |||
| Frank Carbone hold | Swing | +23.3 | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Del Bennett | 32,004 | 31.31 | ||
| Independent | Frank Carbone | 29,683 | 29.04 | ||
| Independent | Dai Le | 17,319 | 16.95 | ||
| Liberal | Joe Molluso | 13,018 | 12.74 | ||
| Christian Democrats | Milan Maksimovic | 6,944 | 6.79 | ||
| Greens | Bill Cashman | 3,234 | 3.16 | ||
| Total formal votes | 102,202 | 94.17 | |||
| Informal votes | 6,331 | 5.83 | |||
| Turnout | 108,533 | ||||
| Independent | Frank Carbone | ||||
| Labor | Del Bennett | ||||
| Mayor changed to Independent from Labor | Swing | N/A | |||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Frank Carbone | 44,641 | 45.4 | −15.0 | |
| Independent | Nhan Tran | 15,833 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
| Independent Liberal | Zaya Toma | 8,773 | 8.9 | −24.6 | |
| Greens | Bill Cashman | 8,371 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
| Independent | Sam Yousif | 7,918 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | Juliat Nasr | 7,237 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
| Unity | Ken Yeung | 5,647 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 98,450 | 90.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 9.2 | ||||
| Turnout | 85.4 | ||||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Frank Carbone | 49,041 | 71.3 | +10.9 | |
| Independent | Nhan Tran | 19,727 | 28.7 | +28.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||