Borough of St Leonards

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Borough of St Leonards
New South Wales
Established31 May 1867
Abolished29 July 1890
Area15.8 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Parish Willoughby
LGAs around Borough of St Leonards:
North Willoughby North Willoughby Manly
North Willoughby Borough of St Leonards Port Jackson
Victoria East St Leonards Port Jackson

The Borough of St Leonards was a local government area in the Lower North Shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. First proclaimed as the Municipality of St Leonards in 1867, it became a borough in 1868 and in 1871 a petition for the Victoria Ward to secede was accepted and the Borough Victoria was proclaimed. It included the modern suburbs of Cammeray, Mosman, Waverton, Wollstonecraft and parts of Cremorne, Neutral Bay, North Sydney and Crows Nest. The borough lasted until 29 July 1890 when it merged with the neighbouring boroughs of Victoria and East St Leonards to form the Borough of North Sydney.

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Council history

With the passing of The Municipalities Act, 1858, on 20 January 1866 139 residents of the St Leonards district petitioned the Colonial Government for the incorporation of the area as a "Municipality of Saint Leonards". [1] This petition was subsequently accepted and the Governor of New South Wales, Sir John Young, proclaimed the establishment of the "Municipality of St Leonards" on 31 May 1867. [2] On 24 December 1868 the Borough was divided into three wards: Victoria Ward (after Queen Victoria), Albert Ward (after Prince Albert) and Belmore Ward (after Governor Earl Belmore). [3]

Edward Mawney Sayers was appointed as Returning Officer for the first election to be held on 4 July 1867. [4] [5] The first council, comprising nine councillors and two auditors, was first elected on 6 July 1867, and the first Chairman, William Tunks, was also elected. [6] The Council's status was short-lived however, as the Council was granted title changes with Councillors becoming Aldermen and the Chairman becoming Mayor from 20 September 1867. [7]

By mid-1870 a petition of 172 names was presented to the Colonial Secretary asking for the secession of the Victoria Ward and the creation of a separate borough council. [8] [9] The petition was accepted and on 20 January 1871 the Borough of Victoria was proclaimed by the Governor. [10] With the excision of Victoria Ward, the Borough of St Leonards was reconstituted without wards. [11] The Borough was divided into wards again from 30 June 1883 with the creation of Albert Ward, Tunks Ward and Belmore Ward, but with the continuing growth of population in the area the wards were reorganised on 18 September 1889 by splitting Tunks Ward into Waringa Ward and Mossman's Ward. [12] [13]

The Borough lasted until 29 July 1890 when it merged with the Borough of East St Leonards (1860) and the Borough of Victoria to form the "Borough of North Sydney". [14] The Mayor, Francis Punch, became the first Mayor of North Sydney, and the Council Clerk, William Barnett Smith, became the first Council Clerk of North Sydney.

Mayors

#ChairmanTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1 William Tunks 6 July 186720 September 186776 days [7]
#MayorTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
William Tunks 20 September 186714 February 188315 years, 147 days [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
2Joseph Musgrave14 February 188315 February 18841 year, 1 day [32] [33] [34]
3Andrew Armstrong15 February 188413 February 1885364 days [35]
4Benjamin Jenkins13 February 188515 February 18894 years, 2 days [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
5 Francis Punch 15 February 188912 February 1890362 days [41]
6Gerard Phillips12 February 189024 June 1890132 days [42] [43]
Francis Punch 24 June 189029 July 189035 days [44] [45]

Council Clerks

YearsClerksNotes
6 March 1868 – 22 April 1868George Earngey [46]
22 April 1868 – 8 June 1868Edward Hughes [47]
8 June 1868 – 3 May 1872George Pile [48]
3 May 1872 – 1 November 1874Sydney Byron Jones Baly [49]
1 November 1874 – 19 March 1877William Heron [50]
19 March 1877 – 28 May 1885William Henry McLean [51] [52]
28 May 1885 – 16 March 1886Henry Brewster Macintosh [53]
16 March 1886 – 29 July 1890William Barnett Smith [54]

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