List of mayors and lord mayors of Hobart

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Lord Mayor of Hobart
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Incumbent
Anna Reynolds
since November 2018
Style The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Hobart
Member of Hobart City Council
Seat Hobart Town Hall
Term length 4 years (renewable)
Constituting instrumentLocal Government Act, 1993
PrecursorMayor of Hobart
Inaugural holder William Carter (Mayor)
Joshua J. Wignall
(Lord Mayor)
Formation1853 (as Mayor)
1935 (as Lord Mayor)
Unofficial names'Lord Mayor'
Salary A$145,657 [1]

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

Contents

Mayors (1853–1934)

#MayorTerm
1 William Carter 1853–1854
2William Gore Elliston1855–1856
3John Leslie Stewart1857
4Osmond H. Gilles1858
5 David Lewis 1858 (July)-1859
6 Henry Cook 1860–1861
7 Alfred Kennerley 1862–1863
8Robert Walker1864–1867
9 J. M. Wilson 1868–1869
10H. Cook(from August) 1869
11 Thomas Christie Smart 1870
12Alfred Kennerley1871–1872
13George Crisp1873–1875
14 John Perkins 1876–1877
15 William Patrick Green 1878
16 Wiliam Henry Burgess 1879–1880
17 James Harcourt 1881–1882
18 William Belbin 1883–1884
19 John George Davies 1885–1886
20 Charles Harbottle 1887
21 Alfred Crisp 1888–1889
22 John Watchorn 1890
23 George Hiddlestone 1891
24 Thomas Augustus Reynolds 1891
25George Stanton Crouch [2] 1893
26John Watchorn1894–1896
27John George Davies1897
28George Hiddlestone1898
29John George Davies1899–1901
30 George Kerr 1902
31 Thomas Bennison 1903–1904
32George Kerr1905
33Alfred Crisp1906
34 Charles Duncan Haywood 1907
35 Daniel Freeman 1908
36J. W. Hoggins1909
37C. J. Atkins1910
38 Thomas H. Amott 1911
39Alfred Crisp1912–1913
40R. J. Meagher1914
41W. H. Williams1915
42L. H. Macleod1916
43R. D. Lord1917
44J. G. Shield1918–1919
45R. Eccles Snowden1920 – 1922 (till July)
46J. A. McKenzie(after July) 1922
47 John Soundy 1924
48 Francis Valentine 1925–1926
49 Edwin J. Rogers, C.M.G.1926–1927
50J. J. Wignall1927–1929
51 John Soundy 1929–1932
52Joshua 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.

# Lord Mayor Term
53Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G.1935–1938
54 John Soundy 1938–1946
55W. W. Osborne1946–1948
56Richard O. Harris1948–1950
57Archibald R. Park1950–1952
58 Sir Richard Harris, C.M.G.1952–1954
59 Archibald R. Park, C.M.G.1954–1959
60 Sir Basil Osborne 1959–1970
61 Ronald George Soundy 1970–1976
62 Douglas Robert Plaister 1976–1984
63 Brian Broadby 1984–1986
64 Doone Kennedy 1986–1996
65 John Freeman 1996–1999
66 Rob Valentine 1999–2011
67 Damon Thomas 2011–2014
68 Sue Hickey 2014–2018
69 Ron Christie 2018
70 Anna Reynolds 2018–present

Election results

2022

2022 Tasmanian mayoral elections: Hobart
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Your Hobart Independents Anna Reynolds 9,01528.78
Independent John Kelly6,19019.76
Independent Marti Zucco3,67611.73
Independent Louise Elliot3,59311.47
Greens Bill Harvey3,48111.11
Independent Liberal Louise Bloomfield3,0259.65
Our Hobart Marcus Bai1,1763.75
Independent Liberal Will Coats1,1613.70
Total formal votes31,31797.87
Informal votes6842.13
Turnout 32,00183.02
Two-candidate-preferred result
Your Hobart Independents Anna Reynolds 14,57153.41
Independent John Kelly12,71146.59
Your Hobart Independents hold Swing

References

  1. https://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/126613/2023-Councillor-allowances-information-sheet.PDF [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. "OBITUARY". Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860–1954). 12 June 1914. p. 5.