List of mayors of Campbelltown

Mayor of City of Campbelltown
Incumbent Cr. Darcy Lound (Labor) since 15 October 2024
Style	His/Her Worship
Appointer	Council of the City of Campbelltown
Term length	Two years
Formation	21 January 1882
First holder	John Ahearn
Deputy	Karen Hunt (Labor)
Website	www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au

This is a list of mayors of the Council of the City of Campbelltown , a local government area in the south-western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Campbelltown Council was originally incorporated on 21 January 1882; ^[1] and was declared a city on 4 May 1968.

The Mayor is elected annually by the Councillors for a fixed two-year term. The current mayor is Cr. Darcy Lound, a member of the Labor Party.

Mayors

The following individuals have served as Mayor of the City of Campbelltown: ^[2]

Ordinal	Mayor	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	John Ahearn			28 February 1882 (1882-02-28)	14 February 1883 (1883-02-14)	351 days	[3] [4] [5]
2	Charles Bull			14 February 1883 (1883-02-14)	12 February 1885 (1885-02-12)	1 year, 364 days	[6] [7]
3	Alex Munro			12 February 1885 (1885-02-12)	8 February 1887 (1887-02-08)	1 year, 361 days	[3] [8] [9]
4	William Caldwell			8 February 1887 (1887-02-08)	11 February 1888 (1888-02-11)	1 year, 3 days	[3] [10]
5	William Cummins			11 February 1888 (1888-02-11)	7 February 1889 (1889-02-07)	362 days	[11] [12]
6	William Graham Jnr.			7 February 1889 (1889-02-07)	13 February 1890 (1890-02-13)	1 year, 6 days	[13]
7	James Bocking			13 February 1890 (1890-02-13)	5 February 1891 (1891-02-05)	357 days	[14]
8	David Barker			5 February 1891 (1891-02-05)	12 February 1892 (1892-02-12)	1 year, 7 days	[15]
-	William Caldwell			12 February 1892 (1892-02-12)	20 February 1893 (1893-02-20)	1 year, 8 days	[16]
9	Henry Vaughan			20 February 1893 (1893-02-20)	28 February 1894 (1894-02-28)	1 year, 8 days	[17]
10	Nicholas Doyle			28 February 1894 (1894-02-28)	19 February 1895 (1895-02-19)	356 days	[18]
11	Tom Gamble			19 February 1895 (1895-02-19)	12 February 1897 (1897-02-12)	1 year, 359 days	[19] [20]
-	David Barker			12 February 1897 (1897-02-12)	21 February 1899 (1899-02-21)	2 years, 9 days	[21] [22]
12	Ted Sedgwick			21 February 1899 (1899-02-21)	15 November 1899 (1899-11-15) [res]	267 days	[3] [23]
-	No mayor			15 November 1899 (1899-11-15)	30 December 1899 (1899-12-30)	45 days	[24]
-	William Cummins			30 December 1899 (1899-12-30)	15 February 1901 (1901-02-15)	1 year, 47 days	[3] [25]
13	Fred Moore			15 February 1901 (1901-02-15)	15 February 1909 (1909-02-15)	8 years, 0 days	[26] [27] [28] [29]
14	Sam Bursill			15 February 1909 (1909-02-15)	11 February 1914 (1914-02-11)	4 years, 361 days	[30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
-	Fred Moore			11 February 1914 (1914-02-11)	14 February 1919 (1919-02-14)	5 years, 3 days	[35] [36] [37]
15	Charlie Hannaford			14 February 1919 (1919-02-14)	19 December 1924 (1924-12-19)	5 years, 309 days	[38] [39]
16	Roy Gamble			19 December 1924 (1924-12-19)	5 December 1925 (1925-12-05)	351 days	[40]
17	Percy Marlow			5 December 1925 (1925-12-05)	5 December 1929 (1929-12-05)	4 years, 0 days	[41] [42] [43]
18	Jim Kershler			5 December 1929 (1929-12-05)	10 December 1936 (1936-12-10)	7 years, 5 days	[3] [11] [44] [45] [46] [47]
19	Jack Westbury			10 December 1936 (1936-12-10)	7 December 1938 (1938-12-07)	1 year, 362 days	[3] [48] [49]
-	Percy Marlow			7 December 1938 (1938-12-07)	Dec 1945		[3] [50] [51] [52] [53]
20	Phillip Solomon			Dec 1945	1950		[3]
-	Percy Marlow			1950	1952		[3]
21	John "Jack" Farnsworth			1952	1956		[3]
22	Frederick Joseph Fitzpatrick			1956	1959		[3]
23	Harold "Gregory" Percival			1959	1961		[3]
24	Kathleen Whitten			1961	1962		[3]
25	Thomas "Keith" Fraser			1962	1964		[3]
26	Clive Tregear		Independent	1964	1972		[3]
27	Cecil Mulholland			1972	1973
28	Robert "Bob" Barton			1973	1976		[3]
29	Gordon Fetterplace OAM		Independent	1976	1981		[3]
30	Guy Thomas			1981	1983		[3]
31	Bryce Regan		Labor	1983	1984		[3]
-	Gordon Fetterplace OAM		Independent	1984	1985
-	Guy Thomas			1985	1986
-	Bryce Regan		Labor	1986	1987
32	Peter Primrose		Labor	1987	1988		[3] [54]
33	James "Jim" Kremmer		Labor	1988	1991		[3]
-	Gordon Fetterplace OAM		Independent	1991	May 1992 (1992-05)
34	Leslie Patterson			May 1992	1993		[55]
35	Meg Oates		Labor	1993	1994
36	Russell Matheson		Independent	1994	1995		[56]
-	Meg Oates		Labor	1995	1996
-	Russell Matheson		Independent	1996	1997		[56]
-	Meg Oates		Labor	1997	1998
37	Paul Sinclair			1998	1999		[55]
-	Meg Oates		Labor	1999	2000
-	Jim Kremmer			2000	2001
-	Russell Matheson		Independent	2001	2002		[56]
38	Brenton Banfield			2002	2005		[55]
-	Russell Matheson		Independent	2005	2006		[56]
39	Aaron Rule		Labor	2006	2008		[55]
-	Russell Matheson		Independent	2008	2009		[56]
-	Aaron Rule		Labor	2009	2010
40	Paul Lake		Community First	2010	2011		[57]
41	Anoulack Chanthivong		Labor	2011	2012		[55]
42	Sue Dobson		Community Service	2012	2013		[55]
43	Clinton Mead		Liberal Democrats	2013	2014		[11]
-	Paul Lake		Independent	15 September 2014 (2014-09-15)	18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)	1 year, 3 days	[57]
44	Paul Hawker		Liberal	18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)	10 September 2016 (2016-09-10)	358 days	[58]
45	George Brticevic		Labor	27 September 2016 (2016-09-27)	3 December 2021 (2021-12-03)	5 years, 67 days	[59]
46	George Greiss		Liberal	11 January 2022 (2022-01-11)	15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)	2 years, 278 days	[60]
47	Darcy Lound		Labor	15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)	present	237 days

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Further reading

• McGill, Jeff; Fowler, Verlie (1996). First citizen : mayors of Campbelltown since 1882 (Pamphlet). Campbelltown: Campbelltown & Airds Historical Society Inc.