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13 of the 33 directly-elected mayors in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 New South Wales mayoral elections were held on 9 September 2017 to elect mayors or lord mayors to 13 of the 46 local government areas (LGAs) up for election in New South Wales. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections. [1]
While most mayors in New South Wales are elected by councillors at meetings, several choose to have directly-elected (or popularly elected) mayors. [2]
This was the last time the position of mayor of North Sydney was directly-elected, as a referendum held on the same day as the local elections saw 52.4% of residents vote in favour of replacing the election with a vote from councillors. The change came into effect in 2021. [3]
On 20 January 2014, Willoughby mayor Pat Reilly (Independent) died in hospital after a short sickness. [4]
Although she finished in third place on first preferences, Independent Liberal candidate Gail Giles-Gidney won the by-election on 12 April with 50.8% of the vote after preference distribution. [5]
On 17 August 2014, Newcastle lord mayor Jeff McCloy (Independent) resigned following an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into donations he made to Liberal Party candidates during his tenure as a property developer. [6] [7]
The subsequent by-election on 15 November was won by Labor candidate Nuatali Nelmes. [8]
Incumbents at the time of the elections are highlighted in bold text.
LGA | Held by | Labor | Liberal | Greens | Independent | Others |
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Burwood | Labor | John Faker | Joseph Del Duca | Lesley Furneaux-Cook (ICV) | ||
Canada Bay | Labor | Angelo Tsirekas | Helen McCaffrey | Charles Jago | Daniela Ramondino | |
Hornsby | Liberal | Janelle McIntosh | Phillip Ruddock | Emma Heyde | Christine Berman Mick Gallagher | |
Hunter's Hill | Independent | Zac Miles | Mark Bennett Ross Williams | |||
Maitland | Labor | Loretta Baker | Bob Geoghegan | John Brown | Brian Burke Ken Wethered | Philip Penfold (PI) |
Mosman | Serving Mosman | Simon Menzies Libby Moline | Roy Bendall (RFM) Carolyn Corrigan (SM) | |||
Newcastle | Labor | Nuatali Nelmes | David Compton (disendorsed) | Therese Doyle | Ron Brown Kath Elliott Rod Holding | Steve O'Brien (SA) |
North Sydney | Independent | Zoë Baker Jilly Gibson Jessica Keen | Michael Kong (LDP) | |||
Orange | Independent | Stephen Nugent | Kevin Duffy Ron Gander Chris Gryllis Reg Kidd Tony Mileto Scott Munro Paula Townsend | Russell Turner (Ind. Nat) Jeff Whitton (Ind. ALP) | ||
Port Stephens | Independent | Des Maslen | Geoff Dingle Sally Dover Peter Kafer Ryan Palmer Steve Tucker | |||
The Hills | Liberal | Tony Hay | Michelle Byrne | Jeff Lowe | Ray Brown (BAP) | |
Willoughby | Independent Liberal | Angelo Rozos | Gail Giles-Gidney (Ind. Lib) | |||
Wollongong | Wollongong Independent | David Brown | John Dorahy | Mithra Cox | Andrew Anthony Vicki Curran Warwick Erwin John Mullan Greg Petty | Gordon Bradbery (WI) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Faker | 8,403 | 52.6 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Joseph Del Duca | 3,899 | 24.4 | −3.3 | |
Community Voice | Lesley Furneaux-Cook | 3,663 | 22.9 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 15,965 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 3.0 | ||||
Turnout | 79.6 | ||||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Angelo Tsirekas | 17,589 | 39.7 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | Helen McCaffrey | 16,513 | 37.3 | −4.1 | |
Independent | Daniela Ramondino | 6,101 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Greens | Charles Jago | 4,117 | 9.3 | +0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 44,320 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 3.9 | ||||
Turnout | 80.3 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Angelo Tsirekas | 22,083 | 54.9 | ||
Liberal | Helen McCaffrey | 18,177 | 45.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Phillip Ruddock | 39,325 | 47.8 | +4.8 | |
Greens | Emma Heyde | 15,140 | 18.4 | +18.4 | |
Labor | Janelle McIntosh | 12,385 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
Independent | Christine Berman | 8,357 | 10.2 | −29.9 | |
Independent | Mick Gallagher | 7,126 | 8.7 | −4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 82,333 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 3.0 | ||||
Turnout | 85.6 | ||||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Liberal | Phillip Ruddock | 40,143 | 50.9 | ||
Greens | Emma Heyde | 15,839 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
Labor | Janelle McIntosh | 13,022 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
Independent | Christine Berman | 9,824 | 12.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Zac Miles | 3,228 | 40.2 | ||
Independent | Mark Bennett | 2,527 | 31.5 | ||
Independent | Ross Williams | 2,276 | 28.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,031 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 3.5 | ||||
Turnout | 83.4 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Mark Bennett | 3,995 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal | Zac Miles | 3,350 | 45.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country Labor | Loretta Baker | 14,674 | 31.4 | +12.2 | |
Penfold Independents | Philip Penfold | 13,160 | 28.2 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | Bob Geoghegan | 8,062 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Greens | John Brown | 2,212 | 4.7 | −1.2 | |
Independent | Ken Wethered | 4,546 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Independent | Brian Burke | 4,082 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Total formal votes | 46,736 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 4.1 | ||||
Turnout | 84.2 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country Labor | Loretta Baker | 19,771 | 54.8 | ||
Penfold Independents | Philip Penfold | 16,277 | 45.2 | ||
Country Labor gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Serving Mosman | Carolyn Corrigan | 5,928 | 39.9 | +11.5 | |
Residents For Mosman | Roy Bendall | 4,192 | 27.8 | +6.4 | |
Independent | Simon Menzies | 2,971 | 19.7 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Libby Moline | 1,975 | 13.1 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 15,066 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 4.7 | ||||
Turnout | 75.7 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Serving Mosman | Carolyn Corrigan | 7,140 | 56.9 | ||
Residents For Mosman | Roy Bendall | 5,415 | 43.1 | ||
Serving Mosman hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Nuatali Nelmes | 38,698 | 42.6 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Kath Elliott | 18,925 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
Greens | Therese Doyle | 12,123 | 13.3 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | David Compton (disendorsed) | 11,770 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Independent | Rod Holding | 4,120 | 4.5 | +2.7 | |
Independent | Ron Brown | 3,354 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Socialist Alliance | Steve O'Brien | 1,909 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 90,899 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 4.8 | ||||
Turnout | 81.1 | ||||
Three-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Nuatali Nelmes | 40,027 | 51.8 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Kath Elliott | 23,374 | 30.3 | +30.3 | |
Greens | Therese Doyle | 13,801 | 17.9 | +0.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Reg Kidd | 5,196 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
Independent National | Russell Turner | 4,522 | 19.0 | +19.0 | |
Independent | Kevin Duffy | 2,926 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
Independent | Tony Mileto | 2,017 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Greens | Stephen Nugent | 1,885 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Independent | Scott Munro | 1,842 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Independent Labor | Jeff Whitton | 1,717 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Independent | Paula Townsend | 1,621 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Independent | Chris Gryllis | 1,462 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Independent | Ron Gander | 576 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,764 | 95.4 | N/A | ||
Informal votes | 4.6 | N/A | |||
Turnout | 85.5 | N/A | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Reg Kidd | 7,159 | 54.1 | +54.1 | |
Independent National | Russell Turner | 6,084 | 45.9 | +45.9 | |
Independent win | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ryan Palmer | 15,079 | 35.1 | +35.1 | |
Independent | Sally Dover | 7,668 | 17.8 | −11.3 | |
Independent | Geoff Dingle | 6,511 | 15.1 | −19.5 | |
Independent | Steve Tucker | 6,072 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Country Labor | Des Maslen | 5,599 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Independent | Peter Kafer | 2,090 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 43,019 | 94.5 | |||
Informal votes | 5.5 | ||||
Turnout | 85.0 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Ryan Palmer | 18,897 | 63.1 | +63.1 | |
Independent | Sally Dover | 11,054 | 36.9 | +36.9 | |
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michelle Byrne | 53,323 | 61.8 | +61.8 | |
Labor | Tony Hay | 18,549 | 21.5 | +21.5 | |
Independent | Jeff Lowe | 9,689 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Building Australia | Ray Brown | 4,701 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 86,262 | 95.7 | N/A | ||
Informal votes | 4.3 | N/A | |||
Turnout | 81.7 | N/A | |||
Liberal win | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Liberal | Gail Giles-Gidney | 24,713 | 69.5 | +18.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Angelo Rozos | 10,869 | 30.5 | +30.5 | |
Total formal votes | 35,582 | 95.0 | −1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 5.0 | +1.3 | |||
Turnout | 81.0 | +12.3 | |||
Independent Liberal hold | Swing | +18.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Wollongong Independents | Gordon Bradbery | 41,581 | 35.2 | +0.2 | |
Labor | David Brown | 32,386 | 27.4 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | John Dorahy | 19,672 | 16.6 | −6.4 | |
Greens | Mithra Cox | 12,291 | 10.4 | +4.7 | |
Independent | John Mullan | 4,037 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Vicki Curran | 3,280 | 2.8 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Andrew Anthony | 1,708 | 1.4 | −0.2 | |
Independent | Greg Petty | 1,660 | 1.4 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Warwick Erwin | 1,590 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 118,205 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 4.8 | ||||
Turnout | 82.4 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Wollongong Independents | Gordon Bradbery | 47,465 | 54.2 | ||
Labor | David Brown | 40,067 | 45.8 | ||
Wollongong Independents hold | Swing | ||||
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