Clover Margaret Moore is an Australian politician. She has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004 and is currently the longest serving Lord Mayor of Sydney since the creation of the City of Sydney in 1842. She was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2012,representing the electorates of Bligh (1988–2007) and Sydney (2007–2012). Her "recurrent motif" is described as "making Sydney more liveable for individuals and families". Moore is the first popularly elected female Lord Mayor of Sydney.
The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. Established by Act of Parliament in 1842,the City of Sydney is the oldest,and the oldest-surviving,local government authority in New South Wales,and the second-oldest in Australia,with only the City of Adelaide being older by two years.
Lucinda Mary Turnbull is an Australian businesswoman,philanthropist,and former local government politician. She served on the Sydney City Council from 1999 to 2004,including as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 –the first woman to hold the position. She has since held positions on a number of urban planning bodies,including as chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission from 2015 to 2020. Her husband Malcolm Turnbull was prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.
Shelley Elizabeth Hancock,an Australian politician. Hancock was the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly seat of South Coast from 2003 until 2023.
Government in Australia is elected by universal suffrage and Australian women participate in all levels of the government of the nation. In 1902,the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia became the first nation on earth to enact equal suffrage,enabling women to both vote and stand for election alongside men Women have been represented in Australian state parliaments since 1921,and in the Federal Parliament since 1943. The first female leader of an Australian State or Territory was elected in 1989,and the first female Prime Minister took office in 2010. In 2019 for the first time,a majority of members of the Australian Senate were women. At the time of its foundation in 1901,and again from 1952 to 2022,Australia has had a female monarch as ceremonial Head of State,while the first female Governor of an Australian State was appointed in 1991,and the first female Governor-General of Australia took office in 2008.
Kerryn Lyndel Phelps is an Australian medical practitioner,public health and civil rights advocate,medical educator and former politician.
Julie Sutton is an Australian former politician,teacher and Marriage Celebrant,elected as a Councillor of Warringah Council and was previously Mayor of Warringah from 1995 to 1996 and 2002 to 2003.
Tanya Davies is an Australian politician who has served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the Liberal Party since 2011. She is a member of the conservative faction of the Liberal Party.
Inner West Council is a local government area located in the Inner West region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales,Australia. The council makes up the eastern part of this wider region,and was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of the former Ashfield,Leichhardt and Marrickville councils.
Angela Vithoulkas is an Australian politician,business owner and media personality. She served as a Councillor of the City of Sydney from 2012 to 2021,being re-elected in 2016. She has owned and operated VIVO Cafe for over 25 years,established Eagle Waves Radio,and was elected Deputy Chairperson of the City of Sydney Economic Development and Business Sub-Committee. Angela makes regular public and media appearances as an advocate for small businesses in the City of Sydney.
Anthony Robert Pooley is an Australian public servant and former local government politician,who served from 2002 as the last Mayor of South Sydney before its amalgamation with the City of Sydney in 2004.
Stephen Louis "Steve" Bali is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the Electoral District of Blacktown since a by-election held to replace former Labor leader John Robertson in late 2017. He previously served as the mayor of Blacktown City Council between 2014 and 2019.
Irene Doutney was an Australian politician,who was a councillor of the City of Sydney for the Greens New South Wales. In 2016,she became Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Christopher Dennis Rath is an Australian politician who currently serves as the Opposition Whip in the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Frank Giuseppe Carbone is an Australian politician. In 2012 he became Mayor of the City of Fairfield,one of the largest local government areas (LGA) in New South Wales by population.
The 2016 Sydney City Council election was held on 10 September 2016 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The elections coincided with the 2016 New South Wales local elections.
Donna Frances Reeman Davis is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Parramatta since the 2023 New South Wales state election. She previously served as the Lord Mayor of Parramatta between 2022 and 2023,and as a councillor for Epping Ward from 2017 until 2024.
Karen Anne McKeown is an Australian politician who is the member for Penrith in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She was previously mayor of Penrith.
