List of mayors of North Sydney

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The Mayor of North Sydney is the head of North Sydney Council, which is the local government area in the lower north shore region of Sydney including North Sydney, Neutral Bay, Cremorne and Crows Nest in the State of New South Wales, Australia. From 1983 to 2017, the mayor was directly elected, replacing the previous system of being internally elected annually by the councillors, nominally serving a four-year term.

StyleHis/Her Worship the Mayor Councillor
AppointerNorth Sydney Council
Term lengthOne Year (1890–1982)
Four years (1983–2020)
Two years (2021–date)
Formation8 August 1890
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Mayor of North Sydney Council
Incumbent
Zoë Baker
since 10 January 2022
StyleHis/Her Worship the Mayor Councillor
AppointerNorth Sydney Council
Term lengthOne Year (1890–1982)
Four years (1983–2020)
Two years (2021–date)
Formation8 August 1890
First holderFrancis Punch
DeputyGodfrey Santor
Salary$30,550–71,300 (2022)[1]
Websitewww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au
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Following a referendum in 2017, the mayor is now elected for a two-year term by the elected councillors, effective from the 2021 elections, and the office is currently held by Zoë Baker.[2] The mayor is assisted in their work by a deputy mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.

History

The area now covered by North Sydney Council originally comprised three municipalities: the Borough of East St Leonards from 1860 (Kirribilli, Cremorne Point, Milsons Point), the Borough of St Leonards from 1867 (Cammeray, Mosman, Waverton, Wollstonecraft) and the very small Borough of Victoria from 1871 (McMahons Point and parts of North Sydney and Lavender Bay). These boroughs lasted until 29 July 1890 when they merged to form the "Borough of North Sydney", with the last mayor of St Leonards, Francis Punch, elected as the first mayor of North Sydney.[3] Following a petition submitted by residents in 1892, on 11 April 1893 the Mossman Ward of North Sydney confirmed its separation as the Borough of Mosman, being proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Frederick Darley.[4] From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was renamed as the "Municipality of North Sydney". 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] As the wording of this referendum did not specify a reduction in the number of elected positions in the council (such as from 10 councillors to 9), the Office of Local Government required Council to specify a ward structure of equal numbers to each ward: two wards of five councillors or five wards of two councillors. At its extraordinary meeting held on 20 January 2020, the Council voted to adopt a two-ward model on a north–south boundary with the northern ward named "St Leonards Ward" and the southern ward named "Cammeraygal Ward" from the next election.[6] Although the fixed term of the council is four years, due to delays caused by amalgamations and the COVID-19 pandemic, the term from 9 September 2017 expired on 3 December 2021.

Mayors

1890−present

The following individuals has served as the mayor of North Sydney Council, or any predecessor titles:

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No.PortraitMayorPartyTerm startTerm endTime in office
1 Francis Punch Protectionist 8 August 1890 10 February 1892 1 year, 186 days[7][8][9]
2 Gerard PhillipsIndependent10 February 189217 May 189297 days[10][11][12]
3 Edward Clark Labor 24 May 189212 February 1893264 days[13]
4 Alexander MacknightIndependent12 February 189315 February 18941 year, 3 days[14][15]
5 Gerald Joseph BarryIndependent15 February 189411 February 18972 years, 362 days[16][17][18][19]
6 John Purves Independent 11 February 189710 February 1898364 days[20][21][22]
7 Francis Clarke Protectionist 10 February 189811 February 18991 year, 1 day[23]
(6) John PurvesIndependent14 February 189912 February 19011 year, 363 days[24][25][26]
8 Thomas Wilson HodgsonIndependent12 February 190112 February 19032 years, 0 days[27][28][29]
9 John CarterIndependent12 February 19039 February 19095 years, 363 days[30][31][32][33][34][35]
10 Alfred MilsonaIndependent9 February 19096 February 19122 years, 362 days[36][37][38][39]
11 Charles Alexander WalkerbIndependent6 February 19123 November 19131 year, 270 days [40][41][42][43]
(10) Alfred MilsonaIndependent11 November 19133 February 191484 days[44]
12 William AndersonIndependent3 February 191428 February 19184 years, 25 days[45][46][47][48]
(3) Edward ClarkIndependent1 March 19181 March 19191 year, 0 days[49]
13 Albert Ernest WhatmoreIndependent1 March 191913 December 19212 years, 287 days[50][51][52][53]
14 Henry GreenIndependent13 December 192112 December 1922364 days[54]
15 George Thomas ClarkecIndependent12 December 192211 December 1923364 days[55][56]
16 Charles William WattIndependent11 December 19237 December 19262 years, 361 days[57][58]
17 Hubert Primrose Independent 7 December 192625 May 19326 years, 13 days[59][60][61][62]
(17) United Australia 25 May 1932 20 December 1932
18 Raymond Lee HodgsonIndependent20 December 19324 December 19341 year, 349 days[63][64]
19 Robert Charles ForsythIndependent4 December 19343 December 1935364 days[65][66]
20 David Blair HunterIndependent3 December 19357 December 19372 years, 4 days[67][68][69][70][71]
21 James Street StantonIndependent7 December 193714 December 19392 years, 7 days[72][73]
22 John Cramer United Australia 14 December 1939 6 December 1941 1 year, 357 days[74][75]
23 George Augustus FowleIndependentDecember 19415 December 1945[76][77][78][79][80]
24 William Alan Gould Kesterton OBEIndependent5 December 1945December 1949[81][82][83][84]
25 Cecil Leatham Kyle OBEIndependentDecember 1949December 1950[85][86]
(23) George Augustus FowleIndependentDecember 195015 December 1953[87][88][89]
26 William Henry BrothersIndependent15 December 1953December 1956[90][91]
27 John Lincoln Liberal December 1956 19 December 1958
28 Joseph Vincent BuglerIndependent19 December 1958December 1961[92][93][94][95]
29 Leslie Nuttal FlitcroftIndependentDecember 19611 December 1962
30 Barton Donald HiggsIndependent5 December 19621 December 19641 year, 362 days[96][97][98]
31 Royce Henry Herswell JeffreyIndependent1 December 196415 July 19661 year, 226 days[99][100][101][102]
32 Innes Stanley HavilandIndependent26 July 196613 December 19682 years, 140 days[102][103][104][105]
(28) Joseph Vincent Bugler Independent 13 December 1968 11 December 1969363 days[106]
33 Michael John FitzpatrickIndependent11 December 196923 September 19711 year, 286 days[107][108]
34 John WoodwardIndependent23 September 197127 September 19721 year, 4 days[109]
35 Michael O'Dea AMIndependent27 September 197221 September 19741 year, 359 days[110][111][112]
(32) Innes Stanley HavilandIndependent25 September 197424 September 1975364 days[113][114]
36 David Michael WyllieIndependent24 September 197522 September 1976364 days[115]
(33) Michael John FitzpatrickIndependent22 September 197629 September 19771 year, 7 days[116]
37 Willis Anthony SalierIndependent29 September 197720 September 1978356 days[117]
(33) Michael John FitzpatrickIndependent20 September 197826 September 19791 year, 6 days[118]
38 Carole BakerIndependent26 September 197920 September 1980360 days[119][120]
39 Ted MackIndependent29 September 19804 October 19888 years, 5 days[121][122][123]
– Neil Hartley (acting)Independent4 October 198810 December 198867 days
40 Roslyn CrichtonIndependent10 December 198814 September 19912 years, 278 days[124]
41 Gerry NolanIndependent14 September 19919 September 19953 years, 360 days[125]
42 Genia McCaffery Independent 9 September 1995 8 September 2012 16 years, 365 days[126][127]
43 Jilly Gibson Team Jilly 8 September 2012 4 December 2021 9 years, 124 days[128][129]
44 Zoë Bakerd Real Independents 10 January 2022 incumbent 4 years, 110 days[2]
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Deputy mayors

The position of deputy mayor was made a permanent council position when the Local Government Act 1919 came into effect from 1 January 1920. However, the position was optional and was not filled until August 1926, when during a period of illness of the sitting mayor, Charles Watt, the Council resolved to fill the position permanently, and a former mayor, Edward Clark, was elected as the first deputy mayor.[130][131]

1926−present

The following individuals have been elected as deputy mayor of North Sydney:

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No.PortraitMayorPartyTerm startTerm endTime in officeMayor
1 Edward ClarkIndependent17 August 19267 December 1926112 days Watt
(Independent)
2 Robert Charles ForsythIndependent7 December 192620 December 19326 years, 13 days[132][60] Primrose
(Independent/UAP)
3 Sydney Frederick Rupert HardyIndependent20 December 19325 December 1933350 days[133] Hodgson
(Independent)
(2) Robert Charles ForsythIndependent5 December 19334 December 1934364 days
4 David Blair HunterIndependent4 December 19343 December 1935364 days[134] Forsyth
(Independent)
5 James Street StantonIndependent3 December 19357 December 19372 years, 4 days Hunter
(Independent)
6 John Cramer United Australia 7 December 193714 December 19392 years, 7 days[72][135] Stanton
(Independent)
7 George Augustus FowleIndependent14 December 1939December 1941[74][136] Cramer
(UAP)
8 William Alan Gould KestertonIndependentDecember 1941December 1942[137] Fowle
(Independent)
9 Kenneth McLeod BoltonIndependent27 December 19425 December 19441 year, 344 days[77][78][138]
(8) William Alan Gould KestertonIndependent5 December 19445 December 19451 year, 0 days
10 William Henry BrothersIndependent5 December 1945December 1948[81][82] Kesterton
(Independent)
unknownDecember 1948December 1949 Kesterton
(Independent)
unknownDecember 1949December 1950 Kyle
(Independent)
unknownDecember 195015 December 1953 Fowle
(Independent)
Barton Donald HiggsIndependent15 December 1953December 1954 Brothers
(Independent)
unknownDecember 1954December 1956
unknownDecember 195619 December 1958 Lincoln
(Liberal)
Matthew GoodmanIndependent19 December 1958December 1959 Bugler
(Independent)
Joseph Aloysius HazellIndependent15 December 1959December 1960
unknownDecember 1960December 1961
unknownDecember 19611 December 1962 Flitcroft
(Independent)
William Edward ChurchillIndependent5 December 19621 December 19643 years, 6 days Higgs
(Independent)
1 December 196410 December 1965 Jeffrey
(Independent)
Allan John MitchellIndependent10 December 196526 July 19661 year, 3 days
26 July 196613 December 1966 Haviland
(Independent)
Frederick James BruntonIndependent13 December 196613 December 19682 years, 0 days
John WoodwardIndependent13 December 196811 December 19691 year, 363 days Bugler
(Independent)
11 December 1969 11 December 1970 Fitzpatrick
(Independent)
Helen Gordon CookIndependent11 December 197023 September 1971286 days
Peter Ronald TranterIndependent23 September 197127 September 19721 year, 361 days[139] Woodward
(Independent)
27 September 197219 September 1973 O'Dea
(Independent)
David Michael WyllieIndependent19 September 197325 September 19741 year, 6 days
Robyn ReadIndependent25 September 1974September 19751 year, 363 days Haviland
(Independent)
September 197522 September 1976 Wyllie
(Independent)
Carole Anne BakerIndependent22 September 197629 September 19771 year, 7 days Fitzpatrick
(Independent)
David Michael WyllieIndependent29 September 197720 September 1978356 days Salier
(Independent)
Henry William WirthIndependent20 September 197826 September 19791 year, 6 days Fitzpatick
(Independent)
David Michael WyllieIndependent26 September 197929 September 1980360 days Baker
(Independent)
Peter TranterIndependent29 September 1980September 1983 Mack
(Independent)
Neil HartleyIndependentSeptember 1983September 1984
Mark SingerIndependentSeptember 1984September 1985
Neil HartleyIndependentSeptember 198510 December 1988
10 December 1988September 1991 Crichton
(Independent)
Shirley Ann CollessIndependentSeptember 1991September 1992 Nolan
(Independent)
Sybil KestevenIndependentSeptember 1992September 1995
Christopher RingstadIndependentSeptember 1995September 1997 McCaffery
(Independent)
Penny ScardifieldIndependentSeptember 199727 March 2004
Craig CarlandIndependent19 April 200425 September 20062 years, 159 days[140][141]
Evan PredavecIndependent25 September 200610 September 2007350 days[142]
Michel ReymondIndependent10 September 200721 September 20092 years, 11 days[143][144]
Andrew RobjohnsIndependent21 September 200913 September 2010357 days[145][146]
Michel ReymondIndependent13 September 201012 September 2011364 days[147]
Zoë BakerdIndependent12 September 201124 September 20121 year, 12 days[148]
Sarah BurkeIndependent24 September 201216 September 2013357 days Gibson
(Team Jilly)
Stephen BarbourIndependent16 September 201315 September 2014364 days
Maryann BeregiIndependent15 September 201421 September 20151 year, 6 days
Jeff MorrisIndependent21 September 201519 September 2016364 days[149][150]
Melissa ClareIndependent19 September 20169 September 2017355 days[151]
Stephen Barbour CommUnity 1st 9 October 20173 September 20213 years, 329 days[152]
Kathy Brodie Team Jilly 3 September 20214 December 202192 days[153][154]
William Bourke Sustainable Australia 10 January 202226 September 2022259 days[2] Baker
(Real Independents)
Godfrey Santer Labor 26 September 202225 September 2023364 days[155]
William Bourke Sustainable Australia 25 September 202314 September 2024355 days[156]
Godfrey Santer Labor 8 October 2024incumbent1 year, 204 days[157]
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Electoral results

2017

This section is an excerpt from 2017 New South Wales mayoral elections § North Sydney.[edit]
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2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: North Sydney[158]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jilly Gibson 13,791 42.0 +1.5
Independent Zoë Baker 9,856 30.0 −3.1
Independent Jessica Keen 6,510 19.8 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Kong 2,655 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 32,812 95.4
Informal votes 4.6
Turnout 72.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jilly Gibson 14,828 56.4 −0.4
Independent Zoë Baker 11,441 43.6 +0.4
Independent hold Swing−0.4
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2012

This section is an excerpt from 2012 New South Wales local elections § North Sydney.[edit]
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2012 New South Wales mayoral elections: North Sydney[159]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jilly Gibson 11,893 40.5
Independent Zoë Baker 9,731 33.1
Independent Suzanne Clarke-Nash 7,745 26.4
Total formal votes 29,369 93.5
Informal votes 2,040 6.5
Turnout 31,409 74.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jilly Gibson 14,559 56.8
Independent Zoë Baker 11,062 43.2
Independent gain from Independent SwingN/A
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Notes

^a : Grandson of James Milson (1783–1872).
^b : Son of William Walker (1828–1908), brother of Bruce Walker Sr (1870–1932) and uncle of Bruce Walker Jr (1897–1981).
^c : Lord Mayor of Sydney, 1912.
^d : Daughter of Carole Baker, Mayor (1979–1980).

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