List of mayors of Mosman

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Term lengthOne Year (1893–2012)
Four years (2012–date)
Formation9 June 1893
Mayor of Mosman Council
Incumbent
Cr. Ann Marie Kimber
(Serving Mosman)
since 14 September 2024
StyleHis/Her Worship
AppointerMosman Council
Term lengthOne Year (1893–2012)
Four years (2012–date)
Formation9 June 1893
First holderRichard Hayes Harnett Jr.
DeputyMichael Randall

This is a list of the mayors of Mosman Council and its predecessor titles and organisations, a local government area in the lower north shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The official title of mayors while holding office is His/Her Worship the Mayor of Mosman.

The current mayor of Mosman is Councillor Ann Marie Kimber, a member of the Serving Mosman independent political alliance, who was first elected on 14 September 2024.

Mosman was first incorporated in 1867 as the "Mossmans Ward" of the Municipality of St Leonards, which lasted until 1890 when the municipalities of Victoria, St Leonards and East St Leonards merged to form the Municipality of North Sydney, with the Mosman ward renamed as the "Mossman Ward". Following a petition submitted by residents in 1892, on 11 April 1893 the ward's separation as the Borough of Mosman was proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Frederick Darley.[2] The first nine-member council was elected on 9 June 1893, with the first mayor, Richard Hayes Harnett Jr., elected on the same day.[3] From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was renamed as the "Municipality of Mosman". With the passing of the Local Government Act, 1993, the Municipality of Mosman was legally renamed as Mosman Council and aldermen were renamed councillors.

List of incumbents

The following individuals have been elected as the Mayor of Mosman Council, or any predecessor titles.

#OfficeholderTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1Richard Hayes Harnett Jr.9 June 189316 February 1894252 days[4][5][6][7][8]
2Charles Cowles16 February 189411 February 1895360 days[9][10]
3Thomas Bladen11 February 189512 February 18961 year, 1 day[11]
4Patrick Thomson Taylor12 February 189610 December 18971 year, 301 days[12]
5John Noble10 December 18979 February 189861 days[13]
6James Bull Alderson9 February 189815 February 18991 year, 6 days[14]
7Hugh Rose15 February 189914 February 1900364 days[15]
8George William Hampshire14 February 190013 February 1901364 days[16]
9Henry William Horning13 February 190114 February 19021 year, 1 day[17]
10Frederick Resolute Strange14 February 19025 February 1903356 days[18]
11William Henry Smith5 February 19039 February 19041 year, 4 days[19][20]
12James John Glover9 February 190413 February 19051 year, 4 days[21]
13Patrick Leahy13 February 190529 January 19093 years, 351 days[22][23]
James John Glover29 January 19098 February 19101 year, 10 days[24][25]
Frederick Resolute Strange8 February 191010 February 19111 year, 2 days[26]
14Evan Macdonald10 February 19116 February 1912361 days[27]
15David Dunn Middleton6 February 19126 February 19131 year, 0 days[28]
16William James Pigott6 February 1913February 1914[29][30][31]
17Arthur Douglas WalkerFebruary 1914February 1915[32]
18William Henry SmithFebruary 1915February 1918[33]
Arthur Douglas WalkerFebruary 191814 December 1920[34]
19William Dedden14 December 19206 December 1921357 days[35]
20Robert Steel Gay6 December 19217 December 19221 year, 1 day[36]
21William Henry Smith7 December 1922December 1923[37]
22Peter BurrowsDecember 19238 December 1925[38]
23Henry Carter8 December 192511 December 19283 years, 3 days[39][40]
24Alexander Buckle11 December 1928December 1931[41]
25Cyril James CamplinDecember 1931December 1932[42]
26Arthur Culmer Wilson HillDecember 1932December 1933[43]
27Dalton CarrollDecember 1933December 1934[44]
28John Ross WallaceDecember 1934December 1935[45][46][47]
29Frank Leslie HodgsonDecember 1935December 1936[48]
30Arthur Culmer Wilson HillDecember 1936December 1937[49]
31Walter Charles James HicksDecember 1937December 1938[50]
32Frank Grenville Pursell OBEDecember 1938December 1940[51][52][53][54][55]
33George Keith CowlishawDecember 1940December 1943[56]
Walter Charles James HicksDecember 1943December 1944[57]
George Keith CowlishawDecember 1944December 1945[58]
34Pat MortonDecember 194510 December 1946[59][60]
35Ronald Stark Luke OBE10 December 1946December 1949[61][62][63]
36George Ivan Ferris OBEDecember 1949December 1953[64][65]
37John Wolston Ellis WarreDecember 1953December 1956[66][67]
38Russell Stanley WhybrowDecember 1956December 1961
39Keith Bernard ChambersDecember 1961December 1964
40Victor Hugh Parkinson BEMDecember 1964December 1970[68][69]
41Ewan Aubrey EldridgeDecember 1970September 1971
42Lloyd Sydney EdwardsSeptember 1971September 1972
43Lenard Mackay-CruiseSeptember 1972September 1974
Ewan Aubrey EldridgeSeptember 1974September 1976
44Dominic LopezSeptember 1976September 1977
45Peter MellishSeptember 1977September 1978
46Barry O'Keefe QCSeptember 1978September 1983
47Peter AbelsonSeptember 1983September 1985
Barry O'Keefe QCSeptember 1985September 1986
Dominic LopezSeptember 1986September 1987
Barry O'Keefe AM QCSeptember 1987September 1990[70]
48Peter CliveSeptember 1990September 1991
Dominic LopezSeptember 1991September 1993[71]
49Patricia HarveySeptember 1993September 1994
50Virginia HowardSeptember 1994September 1997
51James Thomas ReidSeptember 1997September 1999
Patricia Harvey OAMSeptember 1999September 2001[72][73]
James Thomas ReidSeptember 2001September 2002
52David StrangeSeptember 2002September 2004
53Shirley JenkinsSeptember 2004September 2005
54Denise WiltonSeptember 2005September 2008
Dominic Lopez OAMSeptember 2008September 2009[74][75]
55Anne ConnonSeptember 20098 September 2012[76][77]
Peter Abelson (Serving Mosman)8 September 20129 September 20175 years, 1 day[78][79]
56Carolyn Corrigan (Serving Mosman)9 September 201714 September 20247 years, 5 days[80][81][82][83]
57Ann Marie Kimber (Serving Mosman)September 2024incumbent

Town Clerks/General Managers

The Local Government Act, 1993 removed the requirement that the administrative head of a council be a "Town or Shire Clerk" and specified that the head was to be known as the "General Manager".

YearsTown Clerk/General ManagerNotes
22 June 1893 – 31 July 1901George Frederick Melbourne Withers[84]
1 August 1901 – 28 February 1922William Falkland Bray[85][86]
April 1922 – 3 March 1951Arthur Cleve Marshall[87][88]
1951 – 1972R. S. E. Gay[89]
1972 – 1986M. G. Park[90]
July 1986 – 13 September 2013Viv May PSM[91][92][93]
16 September 2013 – 5 August 2016Veronica Lee[94]
8 August 2016 – dateDominic Johnson[95]

Electoral results

References

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