List of mayors and lord mayors of Hobart

Lord Mayor of Hobart
Incumbent Anna Reynolds since November 2018
Style	The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Councillor [1]
Member of	Hobart City Council
Seat	Hobart Town Hall
Term length	4 years (renewable)
Constituting instrument	Local Government Act, 1993
Precursor	Mayor of Hobart
Inaugural holder	William Carter (Mayor) Joshua J. Wignall (Lord Mayor)
Formation	1853 (as Mayor) 1935 (as Lord Mayor)
Unofficial names	'Lord Mayor'
Salary	A$145,657 [2]

This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Hobart local government area, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Mayors (1853–1934)

#	Portrait	Mayor	Term		Ref
			Start	End
1		William Carter	1853	1854
2		William Gore Elliston	1855	1856
3		John Leslie Stewart	1857
4		Osmond H. Gilles	1858
5		David Lewis	July 1858	1859
6		Henry Cook	1860	1861
7		Alfred Kennerley	1862	1863
8		Robert Walker	1864	1867
9		J. M. Wilson	1868	1869
10		H. Cook	August 1869
11		Thomas Christie Smart	1870
(7)		Alfred Kennerley	1871	1872
12		George Crisp	1873	1875
13		John Perkins	1876	1877
14		William Patrick Green	1878
15		Wiliam Henry Burgess	1879	1880
16		James Harcourt	1881	1882
17		William Belbin	1883	1884
18		John George Davies	1885	1886
19		Charles Harbottle	1887
20		Alfred Crisp	1888	1889
21		John Watchorn	1890
22		George Hiddlestone	1891
23		Thomas Augustus Reynolds	1891
24		George Stanton Crouch	1893		[3]
(21)		John Watchorn	1894	1896
(18)		John George Davies	1897
(22)		George Hiddlestone	1898
(18)		John George Davies	1899	1901
25		George Kerr	1902
26		Thomas Bennison	1903	1904
(25)		George Kerr	1905
(20)		Alfred Crisp	1906
27		Charles Duncan Haywood	1907
28		Daniel Freeman	1908
29		J. W. Hoggins	1909
30		C. J. Atkins	1910
31		Thomas H. Amott	1911
(20)		Alfred Crisp	1912	1913
32		R. J. Meagher	1914
33		W. H. Williams	1915
34		L. H. Macleod	1916
35		R. D. Lord	1917
36		J. G. Shield	1918	1919
37		R. Eccles Snowden	1920	July 1922
38		J. A. McKenzie	July 1922
39		John Soundy	1924
40		Francis Valentine	1925	1926
41		Edwin J. Rogers, C.M.G.	1926	1927
42		J. J. Wignall	1927	1929
(39)		John Soundy	1929	1932
(42)		Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G.	1932	1934

Lord mayors (since 1935)

The title of lord mayor was conferred on the position of mayor during the 1934 – 1935 council.

#	Portrait	Lord Mayor	Term		Party
			Start	End
(42)		Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G.	1935	1938
(39)		John Soundy	1938	1946		Independent Nationalist
43		W. W. Osborne	1946	1948
44		Richard O. Harris	1948	1950
45		Archibald R. Park	1950	1952		Independent Liberal
(44)		Sir Richard Harris, C.M.G.	1952	1954
(45)		Archibald R. Park, C.M.G.	1954	1959		Independent Liberal
46		Sir Basil Osborne	1959	1970
47		Ronald George Soundy	1970	1976
48		Douglas Robert Plaister	1976	1984
49		Brian Broadby	1984	1986
50		Doone Kennedy	1986	1996
51		John Freeman	1996	1999		Independent
52		Rob Valentine	1999	2011		Independent
53		Damon Thomas	2011	2014		Independent
54		Sue Hickey	2014	2018		Independent Liberal
55		Ron Christie	2018
56		Anna Reynolds	November 2018	Incumbent		Independent (2018–2022)
						Your Hobart Independents (since 2022)

Election results

2022

This section is an excerpt from 2022 Hobart City Council election § Lord Mayor.[ edit ]

2022 Tasmanian mayoral elections: Hobart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Your Hobart Independents	Anna Reynolds	9,015	28.78
	Independent	John Kelly	6,190	19.76
	Independent	Marti Zucco	3,676	11.73
	Independent	Louise Elliot	3,593	11.47
	Greens	Bill Harvey	3,481	11.11
	Independent Liberal	Louise Bloomfield	3,025	9.65
	Our Hobart	Marcus Bai	1,176	3.75
	Independent Liberal	Will Coats	1,161	3.70
Total formal votes			31,317	97.87
Informal votes			684	2.13
Turnout			32,001	83.02
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Your Hobart Independents	Anna Reynolds	14,571	53.41
	Independent	John Kelly	12,711	46.59
	Your Hobart Independents hold		Swing

References

1. "Parliaments and councils". www.stylemanual.gov.au.
2. "Information Sheet" (PDF). www.dpac.tas.gov.au. 4 October 2023.
3. "OBITUARY". Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860–1954). 12 June 1914. p. 5.

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