Mayor of Randwick | |
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Incumbent since 8 October 2024Dylan Parker | |
Style | His/Her Worship the Mayor Councillor |
Appointer | Randwick City Council |
Term length | Two years, renewable indefinitely |
Inaugural holder | Simeon Henry Pearce |
Formation | 1 April 1859 |
Deputy | Marea Wilson |
Salary | $30,550–71,300 (2022) [1] |
Website | randwick.nsw.gov.au |
The mayor of Randwick is the head of Randwick City Council, which is a local government area covering part of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. First incorporated on 1 April 1859 as the Municipality of Randwick, under the terms of the Municipalities Act of 1858, the first leaders of the Council were titled "Chairman" until the 1858 act was replaced by the Municipalities Act of 1867, which introduced the title of "Mayor". On 28 June 1973, the council was dismissed and placed under the control of government administrators after an inquiry into the council's handling of Development Applications, finding significant undeclared conflicts-of-interest between councillors and local developments. [2] It remained under administration until 24 September 1977. On 1 July 1993 following the enactment of a new Local Government Act, elected representatives of the council were to be known as "Councillor", replacing the former title of "Alderman". [3]
The mayor is internally-elected by the councillors, and nominally serves a two-year term since 2017, which replaced the previous system of annual mayoral elections. The current mayor of Randwick is Councillor Dylan Parker (Australian Labor Party), first elected on 8 October 2024. The mayor is assisted in their work by a deputy mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.
# | Chairman | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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1 | Simeon Henry Pearce | No party | 1 April 1859 | 15 February 1861 | 1 year, 320 days | [4] | |
2 | John Dawson | 15 February 1861 | February 1863 | 1 year, 351 days | [5] | ||
3 | Charles Moore | February 1863 | February 1864 | 1 year, 0 days | [6] | ||
– | John Dawson | February 1864 | 15 February 1866 | 2 years, 14 days | [7] | ||
– | Simeon Henry Pearce | 15 February 1866 | 8 February 1868 | 1 year, 358 days | [8] [9] | ||
# | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
– | Simeon Henry Pearce | No party | 8 February 1868 | 5 February 1869 | 363 days | [9] | |
4 | Magnus Peden | 5 February 1869 | 10 February 1870 | 1 year, 5 days | [10] [11] | ||
5 | Walter Bradley | 10 February 1870 | 6 February 1873 | 2 years, 362 days | [12] [13] [14] [15] | ||
6 | John Thompson | 6 February 1873 | 12 May 1874 | 1 year, 95 days | [16] [17] [18] | ||
7 | Thomas Roger Yeo | 12 May 1874 | 6 February 1875 | 270 days | [19] [20] | ||
8 | James Hawkins Butchart | 6 February 1875 | 4 February 1876 | 363 days | [21] [22] | ||
9 | Thomas James Stutchbury | 4 February 1876 | 9 February 1877 | 1 year, 5 days | [23] | ||
10 | William Maguire | 9 February 1877 | 1 August 1877 | 173 days | [24] [25] | ||
11 | George Kiss | 7 August 1877 | 6 February 1879 | 1 year, 183 days | [26] [27] [28] | ||
12 | George Wall | 6 February 1879 | 5 February 1880 | 364 days | [29] | ||
13 | John See | 5 February 1880 | 16 February 1882 | 2 years, 11 days | [30] [31] | ||
– | Simeon Henry Pearce | 16 February 1882 | 6 February 1883 | 355 days | [32] [33] [34] | ||
14 | George Denning | 6 February 1883 | 11 February 1884 | 1 year, 5 days | [35] [36] | ||
– | Walter Bradley | 11 February 1884 | 12 February 1885 | 1 year, 1 day | [37] | ||
– | George Denning | 12 February 1885 | 9 February 1886 | 362 days | [38] | ||
– | John See | 9 February 1886 | 4 February 1887 | 360 days | [39] [40] | ||
15 | Thomas James Lowe | Independent | 4 February 1887 | 10 February 1890 | 3 years, 6 days | [41] [42] [43] | |
16 | James Robertson | Independent | 10 February 1890 | 21 February 1893 | 3 years, 11 days | [44] [45] [46] | |
17 | Henry Frederick Francis | Independent | 21 February 1893 | 12 February 1894 | 356 days | [47] | |
18 | Frederick William Henry Pearce | Independent | 12 February 1894 | 11 February 1896 | 1 year, 364 days | [48] [49] | |
19 | John Alfred Ironside Perry | Independent | 11 February 1896 | 11 February 1898 | 2 years, 0 days | [50] [51] | |
20 | William Houston | Independent | 11 February 1898 | February 1899 | 1 year, 0 days | [52] [53] | |
21 | Theodore Powell | Independent | 13 February 1899 | 3 July 1900 | 1 year, 140 days | [54] [55] | |
22 | Isaac Barker Hodgson | Independent | 6 July 1900 | 11 February 1902 | 1 year, 220 days | [56] [57] [58] | |
23 | George Gale | Independent | 11 February 1902 | 10 February 1904 | 1 year, 364 days | [59] | |
24 | James Hincks | Independent | 10 February 1904 | 17 February 1905 | 1 year, 7 days | [60] | |
25 | James Snape | Independent | 17 February 1905 | 16 February 1906 | 364 days | [61] | |
26 | John Campbell Macdougall | Independent | 16 February 1906 | February 1908 | 1 year, 350 days | [62] | |
– | James Snape | Independent | February 1908 | 14 February 1910 | 2 years, 13 days | [63] [64] | |
27 | Thomas Robert Gilderthorp | Independent | 14 February 1910 | 13 February 1911 | 364 days | [65] | |
28 | Douglas Maxwell Cooper | Independent | 13 February 1911 | 19 March 1912 | 1 year, 35 days | [66] | |
– | Thomas Robert Gilderthorp | Independent | 19 March 1912 | 10 February 1913 | [67] [68] | ||
29 | Archibald Campbell | Independent | 10 February 1913 | 5 February 1914 | [69] | ||
– | Douglas Maxwell Cooper | Independent | 5 February 1914 | 1 March 1915 | [70] | ||
30 | Frederick Henry Clarke | Independent | 1 March 1915 | 22 May 1916 | [71] [72] [73] [74] | ||
31 | John Fenton | Independent | 22 May 1916 | 13 February 1918 | [75] | ||
32 | Hyman Goldstein | Independent | 13 February 1918 | February 1920 | [76] [77] | ||
33 | George James Baker | Independent | February 1920 | December 1921 | [78] | ||
34 | Ernest Tresidder | Independent | December 1921 | December 1924 | |||
35 | James Ambrose Bardon | Independent | December 1924 | December 1925 | |||
– | Ernest Tresidder | Independent | December 1925 | December 1926 | |||
36 | John Dunningham | Independent | December 1926 | December 1928 | |||
37 | John Jennings | Independent | December 1928 | December 1930 | |||
38 | Arthur Moverly | Independent | December 1930 | December 1932 | |||
39 | Silas Garnet Paine | Independent | December 1932 | December 1934 | |||
40 | Mark Foots | Independent | December 1934 | December 1936 | |||
41 | Reginald Fitzgerald Bourke | Independent | December 1936 | December 1938 | |||
42 | John Vincent Dick | Independent | December 1938 | December 1940 | |||
43 | Reginald William Bieler | Independent | December 1940 | December 1941 | |||
44 | James O'Sullivan | Independent | December 1941 | December 1942 | |||
45 | John Quinton Henning Rubie | Independent | December 1942 | 1 December 1943 | [79] | ||
46 | George Ernest Rush | Independent | 1 December 1943 | December 1944 | [80] | ||
– | Reginald William Bieler | Independent | December 1944 | December 1945 | |||
– | John Vincent Dick | Independent | December 1945 | 30 December 1946 | [81] | ||
47 | William John Heffernan | Independent | 30 December 1946 | December 1947 | [82] | ||
48 | Walter Padgen | Labor | December 1947 | 14 December 1948 | [83] | ||
49 | Andrew Thomson Bedford | Independent | 14 December 1948 | 13 December 1949 | 364 days | [84] | |
50 | George Nicholas Elias Dan | Independent | 13 December 1949 | December 1950 | [85] | ||
51 | Lionel Bowen | Labor | December 1950 | December 1951 | [86] [87] | ||
52 | Lou Walsh | December 1951 | December 1952 | [88] | |||
53 | Matthew Dwyer | Independent | December 1952 | December 1953 | |||
54 | Harry Jensen | Labor | December 1953 | 14 December 1954 | [89] | ||
– | Lionel Bowen | 14 December 1954 | December 1955 | [90] | |||
55 | Ranville Ashmore Popplewell | Independent | December 1955 | December 1956 | |||
56 | William Henry Lucas | Independent | December 1956 | 9 December 1958 | |||
57 | A. Charles Molloy | Independent | 9 December 1958 | December 1962 | [91] | ||
58 | Bill Haigh | Labor | December 1962 | December 1968 | |||
59 | Peter Saphin | Independent | December 1968 | December 1969 | |||
– | Ranville Ashmore Popplewell | Independent | December 1969 | September 1971 | |||
60 | F. C. Waller | Independent | September 1971 | September 1972 | |||
61 | Frank Amour | Independent | September 1972 | 28 June 1973 | |||
– | Robert Henry Cornish (Administrator) | 28 June 1973 | 1 May 1974 | 307 days | [92] [93] | ||
– | Jack Hercules Luscombe (Administrator) | 1 May 1974 | September 1977 | 3 years, 139 days | [94] [95] | ||
62 | Bill Newman | Independent | 27 September 1977 | September 1979 | [96] | ||
63 | Ken Finn | Liberal | September 1979 | September 1980 | |||
64 | John Francis Ford | Independent | September 1980 | September 1983 | |||
65 | John Buchanan | Independent | September 1983 | September 1984 | |||
66 | Les Frederick Bridge | Independent | September 1984 | September 1985 | |||
– | Bill Newman | Independent | September 1985 | September 1986 | |||
67 | John Scullion | Labor | September 1986 | 27 September 1988 | [97] | ||
68 | Bill Blake | Independent | 27 September 1988 | September 1989 | |||
69 | Paul Bayutti | Independent | September 1989 | September 1990 | |||
70 | Charles Matthews | Independent | September 1990 | September 1991 | |||
– | John Buchanan | Independent | September 1991 | September 1992 | |||
71 | Margaret Martin | Independent | September 1992 | September 1993 | |||
72 | Chris Bastic | Labor | September 1993 | September 1996 | |||
– | Margaret Martin | Independent | September 1996 | September 1997 | |||
– | Ken Finn | Liberal | September 1997 | September 1998 | |||
73 | Dominic Sullivan | Labor | September 1998 | 20 April 2004 | |||
74 | Murray Matson | Greens | 20 April 2004 | 20 September 2005 | 1 year, 153 days | [98] | |
75 | Ted Seng | Liberal | 20 September 2005 | 19 September 2006 | 364 days | [99] | |
76 | Paul Tracey | Labor | 19 September 2006 | 18 September 2007 | 364 days | [100] | |
77 | Bruce Notley-Smith | Liberal | 18 September 2007 | 29 September 2009 | 2 years, 11 days | ||
78 | John Procopiadis | Labor | 29 September 2009 | December 2009 | 364 days | [101] | |
Independent | December 2009 | 28 September 2010 | |||||
– | Murray Matson | Greens | 28 September 2010 | 27 September 2011 | 364 days | ||
79 | Scott Nash | Liberal | 27 September 2011 | 25 September 2012 | 364 days | [102] | |
80 | Tony Bowen | Labor | 25 September 2012 | 24 September 2013 | 364 days | [103] [104] | |
– | Scott Nash | Liberal | 24 September 2013 | 30 September 2014 | 1 year, 6 days | [105] | |
– | Ted Seng | 30 September 2014 | 29 September 2015 | 364 days | [106] [107] | ||
81 | Noel D'Souza | Labor | 29 September 2015 | 3 May 2017 | 1 year, 362 days | [108] [109] | |
Independent | 3 May 2017 | 26 September 2017 | [110] | ||||
82 | Lindsay Shurey | Greens | 26 September 2017 | 26 September 2018 | 1 year, 0 days | [111] [112] [113] | |
83 | Kathy Neilson | Labor | 26 September 2018 | 24 September 2019 | 363 days | [114] | |
84 | Danny Said | 24 September 2019 | 30 September 2021 | 2 years, 6 days | [115] | ||
85 | Dylan Parker | 30 September 2021 | 26 September 2023 | 1 year, 361 days | [116] [117] | ||
86 | Philipa Veitch | Greens | 26 September 2023 | 8 October 2024 | 1 year, 12 days | [118] | |
87 | Dylan Parker | Labor | 8 October 2024 | Incumbent | 16 days | [119] |
The position of Deputy Mayor was made a permanent council position under the Local Government Act 1919. The following individuals have been elected as Deputy Mayor of Randwick:
# | Deputy Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | Mayor | |
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H. D. O'Connell | December 1942 | December 1943 | [79] | Rubie | ||||
Richard Ernest Wilson | Communist | December 1943 | December 1944 | [80] [120] | Rush | |||
A. Charles Molloy | Independent | December 1957 | 9 December 1958 | [91] | Lucas | |||
A. W. Cantrill | Independent | 9 December 1958 | December 1959 | [91] | Molloy | |||
George Mordey | Independent | 27 September 1977 | September 1978 | [96] | Newman | |||
John Procopiadis | Labor | September 1995 | September 1996 | [121] | Bastic | |||
Ken Finn | Liberal | September 1996 | September 1997 | [121] | Martin | |||
Shane Barber | Labor | September 1997 | September 1998 | [121] | Finn | |||
John Procopiadis | September 1998 | September 1999 | [121] | Sullivan | ||||
– | Shane Barber | September 1999 | September 2000 | [121] | ||||
Michael Daley | September 2000 | 20 April 2004 | [121] | |||||
Bruce Notley-Smith | Liberal | 20 April 2004 | 20 September 2005 | 1 year, 153 days | [121] | Matson | ||
Murray Matson | Greens | 20 September 2005 | 19 September 2006 | 3 years, 10 days | [121] | Seng | ||
19 September 2006 | 18 September 2007 | Tracey | ||||||
18 September 2007 | 30 September 2008 | Notley-Smith | ||||||
Margaret Woodsmith | 30 September 2008 | 29 September 2009 | 364 days | [121] | ||||
Robert Belleli | Liberal | 29 September 2009 | 28 September 2010 | 364 days | [121] | Procopiadis | ||
Kiel Smith | 28 September 2010 | 27 September 2011 | 364 days | [121] | Matson | |||
Bradley Hughes | Greens | 27 September 2011 | 25 September 2012 | 364 days | [121] | Nash | ||
Noel D'Souza | Labor | 25 September 2012 | 24 September 2013 | 364 days | [121] | Bowen | ||
Anthony Andrews | Independent | 24 September 2013 | 30 September 2014 | 2 years, 5 days | [122] | Nash | ||
30 September 2014 | 29 September 2015 | [106] | Seng | |||||
Greg Moore | Labor | 29 September 2015 | 27 September 2016 | 364 days | [109] | D'Souza | ||
Brendan Roberts | Liberal | 27 September 2016 | 26 September 2017 | 364 days | [123] | |||
Alexandra Luxford | Labor | 26 September 2017 | 26 September 2018 | 1 year, 0 days | [112] | Shurey | ||
Danny Said | 26 September 2018 | 24 September 2019 | 363 days | [114] | Neilson | |||
Philipa Veitch | Greens | 24 September 2019 | 30 September 2021 | 2 years, 6 days | [115] [124] | Said | ||
Lindsay Shurey | 30 September 2021 | 30 December 2021 | 91 days | [116] | Parker | |||
Kym Chapple | 30 December 2021 | 27 September 2022 | 271 days | [117] | ||||
Rafaela Pandolfini | 27 September 2022 | 26 September 2023 | 364 days | [125] | ||||
Alexandra Luxford | Labor | 26 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 28 days | [118] | Veitch |
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