Lord Mayor of Darwin

Lord Mayor of Darwin
Incumbent Peter Styles since 2025
Style	The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Darwin [1]
Member of	Darwin City Council
Appointer	Directly elected

The lord mayor of Darwin is the head of the local government for the City of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Mayors (1915–1980)

#	Mayor	Term [2]
1	Percy Kelsey	1915–1917 [3]
2	Douglas Crombie (Jim) Watts	1917–1919 [4]
3	Robert Toupein	1919–1921 [5]
4	Jack Field Burton	1921–1922 [6]
5	Arthur William Adams	1922–1924 [7] [8]
6	John Alfred (Jack) Porter	1925–1927 [9]
–	Douglas Crombie (Jim) Watts	1927–1929 [10]
7	John Henry (Jack) Brogan	1929–1937
Darwin Town Council ceased functioning between 1937 and 1957 due to bankruptcy caused by cyclone and World War II. [2] [11]
8	Lucius Richardson	1957–1958
9	John "Tiger" Lyons	1958–1959
10	(Norman) Harold Cooper	1959–1966
11	Harry Chan	1966–1969
–	Lucius Richardson	1969–1971
12	Kenneth Colin Waters	1971–1972
13	Harold "Tiger" Brennan	1972–1975
14	Ella Stack	1975–1979

Lord mayors (since 1980)

#	Lord Mayor	Term
14	Ella Stack	1980
15	Cecil Black	1980–1984
16	Alec Fong Lim	1984–1990
17	Alan Markham	1990–1992
18	George Brown	1992–2002
19	Peter Adamson	2002–2007
20	Garry Lambert	2007–2008
21	Graeme Sawyer	2008–2012
22	Katrina Fong Lim	2012–2017
23	Kon Vatskalis	2017–present

References

• "History of Darwin". City of Darwin. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

1. www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conventions/titles-honours-forms-address/parliaments-and-councils
2. Aylett, Kirby. "Darwin Mayors and Lord Mayors". Northern Territory Library Knowledge Exchange. Northern Territory Library. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
3. "Darwin Town Council". Northern Territory Times and Gazette . Vol. XXXIX, no. 2193. Northern Territory, Australia. 18 November 1915. p. 17. Retrieved 20 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
4. "Darwin's Mayor". The Sun . No. 2805. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
5. "Cr. Toupein elected Mayor". Northern Territory Times and Gazette . Vol. XLII, no. 2382. Northern Territory, Australia. 12 July 1919. p. 17. Retrieved 24 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
6. "Darwin's New Mayor". The Daily Telegraph . New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2019– via Trove.
7. "Mayor of Darwin". The Brisbane Courier . No. 20, 110. Queensland, Australia. 5 July 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 24 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
8. "Darwin Council". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Vol. XL, no. 12, 646. Queensland, Australia. 16 December 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 24 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
9. "Darwin's New Mayor". The Herald . No. 14, 870. Victoria, Australia. 15 January 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 20 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
10. "Election of Mayor". Northern Standard . No. 42. Northern Territory, Australia. 8 July 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 20 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
11. "Town Council Abolished". The Age . No. 25520. Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1937. p. 19. Retrieved 22 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.