List of mayors of Leichhardt

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Mayor of the Municipality of Leichhardt
Style His/Her Worship
Appointer Municipality of Leichhardt
Term length One Year
Formation16 February 1872
First holderAld. Frank Beames
Final holderCr. Darcy Byrne
Abolished12 May 2016
DeputyCr. 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]

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Leichhardt Town Hall, built in 1888, was the seat of Leichhardt Council from 1888 to 2016. LTownHall.jpg
Leichhardt Town Hall, built in 1888, was the seat of Leichhardt Council from 1888 to 2016.

Mayors

John Young, Mayor 1879-1880 & 1885-1886 John Young, first Mayor of Annandale c.1894.jpg
John Young, Mayor 1879–1880 & 1885–1886
Sydney Smith, Mayor 1888-1889, Member of the Australian Parliament for Macquarie 1901-1906. SydneySmith (Australia).jpg
Sydney Smith, Mayor 1888–1889, Member of the Australian Parliament for Macquarie 1901–1906.

Municipality of Leichhardt, 1872–1948

#YearsMayorsNotes
116 February 1872 – 12 February 1875 Frank Beames [3]
212 February 1875 – 14 February 1877John Wetherill [5]
314 February 1877 – 13 February 1878Frederick Parsons [6]
413 February 1878 – 11 February 1879John Thomas Fraser [7]
511 February 1879 – February 1880 John Young [8]
February 1880 – 9 February 1881John Thomas Fraser [9]
69 February 1881 – February 1882James Williams [10]
7February 1882 – 14 February 1883William Pritchard [9]
814 February 1883 – 12 June 1883Thomas Madge [11] [12]
12 June 1883 – 11 February 1885William Pritchard [13]
11 February 1885 – 10 February 1886 John Young [14]
910 February 1886 – 9 February 1887Samuel George Davison [15]
109 February 1887 – 15 February 1888Benjamin Robert Moore [16]
1115 February 1888 – 13 February 1889 Sydney Smith [17]
13 February 1889 – 11 February 1890Benjamin Robert Moore [18]
1211 February 1890 – 12 February 1891Nathaniel Clamp Neal [19]
12 February 1891 – 12 February 1892Benjamin Robert Moore [20]
1312 February 1892 – 11 February 1893William Bullock Wragge [21]
1411 February 1893 – 16 February 1894Robert Barber Cropley [22]
16 February 1894 – 14 February 1895Benjamin Robert Moore [23]
14 February 1895 – February 1898Robert Barber Cropley [24] [25]
15February 1898 – 15 February 1899Alfred Ernest Hearn [26] [27]
15 February 1899 – 15 February 1900William Bullock Wragge [28]
1615 February 1900 – 11 February 1903James Powell Treadgold [29] [30] [31]
11 February 1903 – 11 February 1904Nathaniel Clamp Neal [32]
1711 February 1904 – February 1905James Lonsdale [33] [34]
18February 1905 – 13 February 1906William Richard Ainsworth [35]
13 February 1906 – 15 February 1907Nathaniel Clamp Neal [36]
1915 February 1907 – 15 May 1908William James Pearson [37] [38] [39]
27 May 1908 – 6 February 1909James Lonsdale [40]
6 February 1909 – 6 February 1911James Powell Treadgold [41] [42]
206 February 1911 – 1 March 1912Thomas Hastings [43]
211 March 1912 – 6 February 1913Robert James Connolly [44]
6 February 1913 – February 1914James Powell Treadgold [45]
February 1914 – February 1917Thomas Hastings [46]
22February 1917 – February 1920Alfred Banfield Blackmore [47]
23February 1920 – 12 December 1923William Lambert
2412 December 1923 – 1924Harry George Breen [48]
1924 – 16 December 1925William Lambert
2516 December 1925 – 16 December 1926William Denison Atkins [49] [50]
2616 December 1926 – December 1930Andrew Noble Campbell [51]
December 1930 – December 1931William Denison Atkins
December 1931 – December 1932Andrew Noble Campbell [52] [53]
27December 1932 – December 1934William Stuart [54]
December 1934 – December 1936Andrew Noble Campbell [55] [56] [57]
28December 1936 – December 1937William Bowmaker [58]
December 1937 – 5 December 1938William Stuart [59]
295 December 1938 – December 1939William Dyer (Industrial Labor) [60]
December 1939 – December 1941William Stuart
30December 1941 – December 1943Alexander O'Hare
31December 1943 – December 1944Joseph Winchester
32December 1944 – December 1946Thomas Reeves [61]
December 1946 – December 1947William Stuart [62]
3311 December 1947 – 31 December 1948Daniel Beck [63]

Municipality of Leichhardt, 1949–2016

Jamie Parker, Mayor 2008-2011, Member of the NSW Parliament for Balmain 2011-2023. Jamie Parker.jpg
Jamie Parker, Mayor 2008–2011, Member of the NSW Parliament for Balmain 2011–2023.
#YearsMayorsNotes
341 January 1949 – December 1950Leo Newton
35December 1950 – 23 December 1952Edward Charles Erwin (ALP) [64] [65] [66]
3623 December 1952 – 15 April 1953Charles Laggan [67]
15 April 1953 – December 1956Henry William Dane (Administrator) [68] [69]
37December 1956 – December 1963John Deehan
38December 1963 – December 1968Ann Cashman
39December 1968 – September 1971Les Rodwell (ALP)
40September 1971 – September 1973 Nick Origlass (Balmain Labor)
41September 1973 – September 1974William Dougherty
September 1974 – September 1979Les Rodwell (ALP)
26September 1979 – September 1984Evan Jones (ALP)
27September 1984 – September 1987Bill Brady
September 1987 – September 1988 Nick Origlass [70]
28September 1988 – September 1989Doug Spedding [71]
29September 1989 – September 1990Isadore Wyner [72]
September 1990 – September 1991Bill Brady
30September 1991 – September 1995Larry Hand (Community Independents)
31September 1995 – September 1996Maire Sheehan (Community Independents)
32September 1996 – September 1999Kris Cruden (ALP)
September 1999 – September 2004Maire Sheehan (Community Independents)
33September 2004 – September 2005Alice Murphy (ALP) [73]
35September 2005 – September 2006Nick Dyer (Liberal) [74]
September 2006 – September 2007Alice Murphy (ALP)
36September 2007 – 13 September 2008Carolyn Allen (Community Independents)
3713 September 2008 – 19 May 2011 Jamie Parker (Greens)
3819 May 2011 – 25 September 2012Rochelle Porteous (Greens)
3925 September 2012 – 24 September 2014Darcy Byrne (ALP) [4]
24 September 2014 – 23 September 2015Rochelle Porteous (Greens) [75]
23 September 2015 – 12 May 2016 Darcy Byrne (ALP) [76]

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