List of mayors of Willoughby

Last updated

Mayor of Willoughby
Incumbent
Tanya Taylor
since 21 December 2021
Style His/Her Worship
Appointer Willoughby City Council
Term length One year (1865–1999)
Four years (1999–date)
Inaugural holder Ald. James William Bligh
Formation1 January 1866
DeputyBrendan Zhu
Website www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au

This is a list of the Mayors of Willoughby City Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Mayors while holding office is: His/Her Worship The Mayor of Willoughby. First incorporated on 23 October 1865 as the Municipality of Willoughby, the council first met to elect six Aldermen and two Auditors on 16 December 1865, in the house of James Harris French and the first chairman, James William Bligh, was elected on 1 January 1866. With the enactment of the Municipalities Act, 1867 the title of chairman was changed to "Mayor".

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The council area was proclaimed as the City of Willoughby on 17 November 1989. 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'. Originally, nominated annually by the council, since 1999 the mayor has been popularly elected for a four-year term.

The first Willoughby Town Hall, on Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, 1907. Built in 1903, it was demolished in 1969 to make way for the new town hall and is now the site of The Concourse. Willoughby Town Hall, Chatswood, 1907.jpg
The first Willoughby Town Hall, on Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, 1907. Built in 1903, it was demolished in 1969 to make way for the new town hall and is now the site of The Concourse.

List of incumbents

YearsChairmanNotes [1]
1 January 1866 – 23 December 1867 James William Bligh
YearsMayorsNotes
23 December 1867 – 18 February 1868 James William Bligh
18 February 1868 – 10 February 1869David Broadfoot [2]
10 February 1869 – 8 February 1870Henry Hocken Bligh [3]
8 February 1870 – 18 February 1871Richard H. Harnett [4]
18 February 1871 – February 1872Henry Hocken Bligh [5]
February 1872 – February 1873James Harris French
February 1873 – 10 February 1874Elijah Charlish
10 February 1874 – 13 February 1875James Peter Best [6]
13 February 1875 – February 1876James Forsyth Snr. [7]
February 1876 – 10 February 1881Richard Seldon
10 February 1881 – 18 February 1882Elijah Charlish [8]
18 February 1882 – 9 February 1883Thomas Todd Forsyth [9]
9 February 1883 – 19 February 1884James Peter Best [10]
19 February 1884 – 11 February 1887Howard Fleming [11]
11 February 1887 – 7 March 1888Thomas Todd Forsyth [12]
7 March 1888 – February 1890Alexander Simpson [13] [14]
February 1890 – 13 February 1891William Thomas Muston
13 February 1891 – 11 February 1892Henry Charles Catt [15]
11 February 1892 – February 1893Robert Small [16]
February 1893 – 16 February 1894Thomas Todd Forsyth [17]
16 February 1894 – 28 February 1895Howard Fleming [18]
28 February 1895 – March 1896Robert Small [19]
March 1896 – February 1898Robert Henry Gordon [20]
February 1898 – February 1899Claude Leplastrier [21]
February 1899 – 14 February 1901George Francis Bailey
14 February 1901 – 13 February 1902 Frederick Smythe Willis [22]
13 February 1902 – 16 February 1905Fitt Charles Petrie [23] [24]
16 February 1905 – 14 February 1906John Norbert Mason [25]
14 February 1906 – February 1908William M. Cleland Jr. [26]
February 1908 – February 1910George Francis Bailey
February 1910 – 6 February 1911H. H. Robey [27]
6 February 1911 – February 1912 Robert Todd Forsyth [28]
February 1912 – February 1914Clive N. Backhouse [29]
February 1914 – February 1915William T. Dickson [30]
February 1915 – February 1919 Robert Todd Forsyth [17]
February 1919 – February 1920Fitt Charles Petrie
February 1920 – December 1921 Robert Todd Forsyth [31]
December 1921 – December 1925H. W. Clarke [32] [33]
December 1926 – 12 December 1927 Robert Todd Forsyth [34] [35]
12 December 1927 – 23 December 1930 Lancelot Bavin [36] [37] [38]
23 December 1930 – December 1932Joseph Bales [39] [40]
December 1932 – December 1934Ernest Edward Alcorn [41] [42] [43]
December 1934 – December 1935Herbert Parkinson Piper [44]
December 1935 – December 1936Joseph Bales [45]
December 1936 – December 1937Arnold Vivian Meldrum
December 1937 – December 1942Joseph Bales [46]
December 1942 – December 1944 Henry Hastings Willis
December 1944 – 1947Joseph Bales
1948–1949W. M. Jack
1950–1952A. R. Baldwin
1953–1954Edgar Absalom Deans [47]
1955–1957David John Cawthorne
1958–1959N. R. McDowell
1960–1967 Laurie McGinty
1968 – September 1972Bob Dougherty [48]
September 1972 – September 1974David Warner [49]
September 1974 – September 1980Noel Reidy [50]
September 1980 – September 1982Jack Wilkinson Donnelly [51]
September 1982 – September 1991 Noel Reidy [50]
September 1991 – September 1993Greg Bartels
September 1993 – September 1995John Squire
September 1995 – September 1997Eunice Raymond
September 1997 – 20 January 2014Pat Reilly
16 April 2014 – 21 December 2021Gail Giles-Gidney [52] [53]
21 December 2021 – presentTanya Taylor [54]

Electoral results

2021

This section is an excerpt from 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Willoughby.[ edit ]
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby [55] [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community MattersTanya Taylor14,90339.3+39.3
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos13,30335.1+4.6
Independent Liberal Craig Campbell9,73625.7+25.7
Total formal votes37,94296.2+1.2
Informal votes1,5113.8−1.2
Turnout 39,45385.0+4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Community MattersTanya Taylor17,20754.0+54.0
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos14,67646.0+15.5
Community Matters gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

2017

This section is an excerpt from 2017 New South Wales mayoral elections § Willoughby.[ edit ]
2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby [57] [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney24,71369.5+18.7
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos10,86930.5+30.5
Total formal votes35,58295.0−1.3
Informal votes5.0+1.3
Turnout 81.0+12.3
Independent Liberal hold Swing +18.7

2014 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 2014 Willoughby mayoral by-election § Results.[ edit ]
2014 Willoughby mayoral by-election [59] [60]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock6,25920.83−25.91
Independent Liberal Tony Mustaca6,16320.52+20.52
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney6,14420.45+20.45
Independent John C. Owen5,03616.76+16.76
Labor Nic Wright1,9506.49+6.49
Independent Wendy Norton1,5655.21+5.21
Independent John Owens1,3894.62+4.62
Independent Liberal James Flynn6732.24+2.24
Independent David Stickland4751.58+1.58
Independent Steven Willoughby3871.29+1.29
Total formal votes30,04196.26+1.89
Informal votes1,1523.74−1.89
Turnout 31,19368.74
Notional three-candidate-preferred count
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock7,77135.04
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney7,42133.47
Independent Liberal Tony Mustaca6,98031.48
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney9,09450.80+50.80
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock8,80649.20+2.46
Independent Liberal gain from Independent Swing N/A

2012

This section is an excerpt from 2012 New South Wales mayoral elections § Willoughby.[ edit ]
2012 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pat Reilly17,47053.3
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock15,33046.7
Total formal votes32,80094.4
Informal votes1,9595.6
Turnout 34,759
Independent hold Swing

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