Mayor of the Municipality of Leichhardt | |
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Style | His/Her Worship |
Appointer | Municipality of Leichhardt |
Term length | One Year |
Formation | 16 February 1872 |
First holder | Ald. Frank Beames |
Final holder | Cr. Darcy Byrne |
Abolished | 12 May 2016 |
Deputy | Cr. Vera-Ann Hannaford (Liberal) |
Website | www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au |
This is a list of the mayors of the Municipality of Leichhardt, a former local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Mayors while holding office was: His/Her Worship The Mayor of Leichhardt. First incorporated on 29 December 1871 as the Municipal District of Leichhardt, the municipality commenced operations on 14 December 1871 and the election of the first Council was held on 6 February 1872. [1] [2] The first mayor was Alderman Frank Beames, elected at the first meeting of the council on 16 February 1872. [3] From 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 , Leichhardt was reconstituted incorporating the former municipalities of Annandale and Balmain. The last Mayor of Leichhardt was Councillor Darcy Byrne (ALP), first elected on 25 September 2012, who served until the council's amalgamation into the new Inner West Council, which was established on 12 May 2016. [4]
# | Years | Mayors | Notes |
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1 | 16 February 1872 – 12 February 1875 | Frank Beames | [3] |
2 | 12 February 1875 – 14 February 1877 | John Wetherill | [5] |
3 | 14 February 1877 – 13 February 1878 | Frederick Parsons | [6] |
4 | 13 February 1878 – 11 February 1879 | John Thomas Fraser | [7] |
5 | 11 February 1879 – February 1880 | John Young | [8] |
– | February 1880 – 9 February 1881 | John Thomas Fraser | [9] |
6 | 9 February 1881 – February 1882 | James Williams | [10] |
7 | February 1882 – 14 February 1883 | William Pritchard | [9] |
8 | 14 February 1883 – 12 June 1883 | Thomas Madge | [11] [12] |
– | 12 June 1883 – 11 February 1885 | William Pritchard | [13] |
– | 11 February 1885 – 10 February 1886 | John Young | [14] |
9 | 10 February 1886 – 9 February 1887 | Samuel George Davison | [15] |
10 | 9 February 1887 – 15 February 1888 | Benjamin Robert Moore | [16] |
11 | 15 February 1888 – 13 February 1889 | Sydney Smith | [17] |
– | 13 February 1889 – 11 February 1890 | Benjamin Robert Moore | [18] |
12 | 11 February 1890 – 12 February 1891 | Nathaniel Clamp Neal | [19] |
– | 12 February 1891 – 12 February 1892 | Benjamin Robert Moore | [20] |
13 | 12 February 1892 – 11 February 1893 | William Bullock Wragge | [21] |
14 | 11 February 1893 – 16 February 1894 | Robert Barber Cropley | [22] |
– | 16 February 1894 – 14 February 1895 | Benjamin Robert Moore | [23] |
– | 14 February 1895 – February 1898 | Robert Barber Cropley | [24] [25] |
15 | February 1898 – 15 February 1899 | Alfred Ernest Hearn | [26] [27] |
– | 15 February 1899 – 15 February 1900 | William Bullock Wragge | [28] |
16 | 15 February 1900 – 11 February 1903 | James Powell Treadgold | [29] [30] [31] |
– | 11 February 1903 – 11 February 1904 | Nathaniel Clamp Neal | [32] |
17 | 11 February 1904 – February 1905 | James Lonsdale | [33] [34] |
18 | February 1905 – 13 February 1906 | William Richard Ainsworth | [35] |
– | 13 February 1906 – 15 February 1907 | Nathaniel Clamp Neal | [36] |
19 | 15 February 1907 – 15 May 1908 | William James Pearson | [37] [38] [39] |
– | 27 May 1908 – 6 February 1909 | James Lonsdale | [40] |
– | 6 February 1909 – 6 February 1911 | James Powell Treadgold | [41] [42] |
20 | 6 February 1911 – 1 March 1912 | Thomas Hastings | [43] |
21 | 1 March 1912 – 6 February 1913 | Robert James Connolly | [44] |
– | 6 February 1913 – February 1914 | James Powell Treadgold | [45] |
– | February 1914 – February 1917 | Thomas Hastings | [46] |
22 | February 1917 – February 1920 | Alfred Banfield Blackmore | [47] |
23 | February 1920 – 12 December 1923 | William Lambert | |
24 | 12 December 1923 – 1924 | Harry George Breen | [48] |
– | 1924 – 16 December 1925 | William Lambert | |
25 | 16 December 1925 – 16 December 1926 | William Denison Atkins | [49] [50] |
26 | 16 December 1926 – December 1930 | Andrew Noble Campbell | [51] |
– | December 1930 – December 1931 | William Denison Atkins | |
– | December 1931 – December 1932 | Andrew Noble Campbell | [52] [53] |
27 | December 1932 – December 1934 | William Stuart | [54] |
– | December 1934 – December 1936 | Andrew Noble Campbell | [55] [56] [57] |
28 | December 1936 – December 1937 | William Bowmaker | [58] |
– | December 1937 – 5 December 1938 | William Stuart | [59] |
29 | 5 December 1938 – December 1939 | William Dyer (Industrial Labor) | [60] |
– | December 1939 – December 1941 | William Stuart | |
30 | December 1941 – December 1943 | Alexander O'Hare | |
31 | December 1943 – December 1944 | Joseph Winchester | |
32 | December 1944 – December 1946 | Thomas Reeves | [61] |
– | December 1946 – December 1947 | William Stuart | [62] |
33 | 11 December 1947 – 31 December 1948 | Daniel Beck | [63] |
# | Years | Mayors | Notes |
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34 | 1 January 1949 – December 1950 | Leo Newton | |
35 | December 1950 – 23 December 1952 | Edward Charles Erwin (ALP) | [64] [65] [66] |
36 | 23 December 1952 – 15 April 1953 | Charles Laggan | [67] |
– | 15 April 1953 – December 1956 | Henry William Dane (Administrator) | [68] [69] |
37 | December 1956 – December 1963 | John Deehan | |
38 | December 1963 – December 1968 | Ann Cashman | |
39 | December 1968 – September 1971 | Les Rodwell (ALP) | |
40 | September 1971 – September 1973 | Nick Origlass (Balmain Labor) | |
41 | September 1973 – September 1974 | William Dougherty | |
– | September 1974 – September 1979 | Les Rodwell (ALP) | |
26 | September 1979 – September 1984 | Evan Jones (ALP) | |
27 | September 1984 – September 1987 | Bill Brady | |
– | September 1987 – September 1988 | Nick Origlass | [70] |
28 | September 1988 – September 1989 | Doug Spedding | [71] |
29 | September 1989 – September 1990 | Isadore Wyner | [72] |
– | September 1990 – September 1991 | Bill Brady | |
30 | September 1991 – September 1995 | Larry Hand (Community Independents) | |
31 | September 1995 – September 1996 | Maire Sheehan (Community Independents) | |
32 | September 1996 – September 1999 | Kris Cruden (ALP) | |
– | September 1999 – September 2004 | Maire Sheehan (Community Independents) | |
33 | September 2004 – September 2005 | Alice Murphy (ALP) | [73] |
35 | September 2005 – September 2006 | Nick Dyer (Liberal) | [74] |
– | September 2006 – September 2007 | Alice Murphy (ALP) | |
36 | September 2007 – 13 September 2008 | Carolyn Allen (Community Independents) | |
37 | 13 September 2008 – 19 May 2011 | Jamie Parker (Greens) | |
38 | 19 May 2011 – 25 September 2012 | Rochelle Porteous (Greens) | |
39 | 25 September 2012 – 24 September 2014 | Darcy Byrne (ALP) | [4] |
– | 24 September 2014 – 23 September 2015 | Rochelle Porteous (Greens) | [75] |
– | 23 September 2015 – 12 May 2016 | Darcy Byrne (ALP) | [76] |
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