| Mayor of Broken Hill | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 4 December 2021Tom Kennedy | |
| Appointer | Broken Hill City Council |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder | Richard Piper |
| Formation | 3 December 1888 |
This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Broken Hill, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
The current mayor is Tom Kennedy, who was elected in December 2021.
| Mayor | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Piper | Independent | 3 December 1888 – 11 February 1889 | [1] [2] [3] | |
| Zebina Lane | Independent | 11 February 1889 – 12 February 1890 | [4] [5] [6] | |
| Thomas Coombe | Independent | 12 February 1890 – 10 February 1891 | [7] [8] [9] | |
| George John Morgan | Independent | 10 February 1891 – 18 February 1892 | [10] [11] | |
| August Carl Töpperwien | Independent | 18 February 1892 – 16 February 1893 | [12] [13] | |
| Arthur Evans Martin | Independent | 16 February 1893 – 21 December 1893 | [14] [15] [16] | |
| Dennis Creedon | Independent | 22 December 1893 – 16 February 1894 | [17] [18] | |
| Patrick McMahon | Independent | 16 February 1894 – 13 February 1895 | [19] [20] | |
| George Thomas Lambert | Independent | 13 February 1895 – 10 February 1896 | [21] | |
| John Souter | Independent | 10 February 1896 – 10 February 1897 | [22] [23] | |
| Robert F. Holdsworth | Independent | 10 February 1897 – 14 February 1898 | [24] [25] | |
| George Strachan | Independent | 14 February 1898 – 21 February 1899 | [26] [27] | |
| John Dunstan | Independent | 21 February 1899 – 16 February 1900 | [28] [29] | |
| Jabez Wright | Labor | 16 February 1900 – 14 February 1901 | [30] [31] | |
| William John Retallick | 14 February 1901 – 13 February 1902 | [32] | ||
| Thomas Jackson | 13 February 1902 – 12 February 1903 | [33] | ||
| Alexander Hendry | Independent | 12 February 1903 – 12 February 1904 | [34] | |
| John Henry Ivey | Labor | 12 February 1904 – 16 February 1905 | [35] | |
| Francis Richard Harvey | 16 February 1905 – 16 February 1906 | [36] | ||
| Thomas Ivey | 16 February 1906 – 12 February 1907 | [37] | ||
| Calvin Chester | 12 February 1907 – 6 February 1908 | [38] | ||
| John Henry Ivey | 6 February 1908 – 9 February 1909 | [39] [40] | ||
| John Long | 9 February 1909 – 14 February 1910 | [41] | ||
| Francis Richard Harvey | 14 February 1910 – 3 February 1911 | [42] | ||
| Thomas Glover Marks | 3 February 1911 – 5 March 1912 | [43] [44] | ||
| Bernard Brady | 5 March 1912 – 1 March 1913 | [45] [46] | ||
| Thomas Francis Hynes | 1 March 1913 – 5 February 1914 | [47] | ||
| William Bernard Driscoll | 5 February 1914 – 11 February 1915 | [48] | ||
| George Wilson Carroll | 11 February 1915 – 14 February 1916 | [49] | ||
| William Bernard Driscoll | 14 February 1916 – 12 July 1917 | [50] | ||
| Thomas Francis Hynes | 12 July 1917 – 28 February 1919 | [51] [52] [53] | ||
| John H. Wicks | Independent | 1 March 1919 – 23 December 1920 | [54] [55] [56] [57] | |
| S. R. Gray | Independent | 23 December 1920 – 22 December 1921 | [58] | |
| John H. Wicks | Independent | 22 December 1921 – 18 December 1922 | [59] | |
| Samuel Townsend | Independent | 18 December 1922 – December 1924 | [60] | |
| Alfred Stanley Rawling | Independent | December 1924 – December 1925 | [61] | |
| Richard Dennis | Labor | December 1925 – December 1928 | [62] [63] | |
| William Shoobridge | Independent | December 1928 – December 1929 | [64] [65] [66] | |
| Richard Dennis | Labor | December 1929 – 17 December 1931 | [67] [68] | |
| H. C. Cleeland | 17 December 1931 – 21 December 1933 | [69] [70] | ||
| E. J. Barnes | 21 December 1933 – 5 December 1937 | [71] [72] [73] | ||
| George Lambert | 16 December 1937 – 5 July 1939 | [74] [75] [76] | ||
| Percy John Francis Rowe | 18 July 1939 – 20 July 1948 | [77] [78] [79] | ||
| Walter Riddiford | 3 August 1948 [80] – December 1962 | [81] [82] | ||
| George Dial | December 1962 – September 1974 | |||
| Noel Hicks | Independent | September 1974 – September 1975 | [83] | |
| Raymond Sawyers | Independent | September 1975 – September 1976 | ||
| Noel Hicks | Independent | September 1976 – September 1977 | ||
| Kevin Clarke | Labor | September 1977 – September 1980 | [83] | |
| Peter Black | September 1980 – September 1999 | [83] | ||
| Ron Page | Broken Hill First | September 1999 – 10 January 2007 | [84] [85] | |
| Ken Boyle (Administrator) | 10 January 2007 – 5 December 2009 | [86] | ||
| Wincen Cuy | Independent | 5 December 2009 – 10 September 2016 | [87] [88] | |
| Darriea Turley AM | Country Labor | 10 September 2016 – 4 December 2021 | [89] | |
| Tom Kennedy | For A Better Broken Hill | 4 December 2021 – present | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 7,419 | 70.42 | ||
| Labor | Darriea Turley | 1,707 | 16.20 | ||
| Team Broken Hill | Dave Gallagher | 1,410 | 13.38 | ||
| Total formal votes | 10,536 | 96.84 | |||
| Informal votes | 344 | 3.16 | |||
| Turnout | 10,880 | ||||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 7,841 | 80.29 | ||
| Labor | Darriea Turley | 1,925 | 19.71 | ||
| For A Better Broken Hill hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 5,868 | 54.3 | +30.1 | |
| Labor | Darriea Turley | 2,533 | 23.4 | −5.8 | |
| Team Broken Hill | Dave Gallagher | 2,411 | 22.3 | −6.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 10,812 | 97.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 272 | 2.5 | |||
| Turnout | 11,084 | 83.1 | |||
| For A Better Broken Hill gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |||