2017 New South Wales mayoral elections

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The 2017 New South Wales mayoral elections were held on 9 September 2017 to elect mayors or lord mayors to 13 of the 46 local government areas (LGAs) up for election in New South Wales. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections. [1]

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While most mayors in New South Wales are elected by councillors at meetings, several choose to have directly-elected (or popularly elected) mayors. [2]

This was the last time the position of mayor of North Sydney was directly-elected, as a referendum held on the same day as the local elections saw 52.4% of residents vote in favour of replacing the election with a vote from councillors. The change came into effect in 2021. [3]

Background

2014 Willoughby by-election

On 20 January 2014, Willoughby mayor Pat Reilly (Independent) died in hospital after a short sickness. [4]

Although she finished in third place on first preferences, Independent Liberal candidate Gail Giles-Gidney won the by-election on 12 April with 50.8% of the vote after preference distribution. [5]

2014 Newcastle by-election

On 17 August 2014, Newcastle lord mayor Jeff McCloy (Independent) resigned following an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into donations he made to Liberal Party candidates during his tenure as a property developer. [6] [7]

The subsequent by-election on 15 November was won by Labor candidate Nuatali Nelmes. [8]

Candidates

Incumbents at the time of the elections are highlighted in bold text.

LGAHeld by Labor Liberal Greens Independent Others
Burwood Labor John FakerJoseph Del DucaLesley Furneaux-Cook (ICV)
Canada Bay Labor Angelo Tsirekas Helen McCaffreyCharles JagoDaniela Ramondino
Hornsby Liberal Janelle McIntosh Phillip Ruddock Emma HeydeChristine Berman
Mick Gallagher
Hunter's Hill Independent Zac MilesMark Bennett
Ross Williams
Maitland Labor Loretta BakerBob GeogheganJohn BrownBrian Burke
Ken Wethered		Philip Penfold (PI)
Mosman Serving Mosman Simon Menzies
Libby Moline		Roy Bendall (RFM)
Carolyn Corrigan (SM)
Newcastle Labor Nuatali NelmesDavid Compton (disendorsed)Therese DoyleRon Brown
Kath Elliott
Rod Holding		Steve O'Brien (SA)
North Sydney Independent Zoë Baker
Jilly Gibson
Jessica Keen		Michael Kong (LDP)
Orange Independent Stephen NugentKevin Duffy
Ron Gander
Chris Gryllis
Reg Kidd
Tony Mileto
Scott Munro
Paula Townsend		 Russell Turner (Ind. Nat)
Jeff Whitton (Ind. ALP)
Port Stephens Independent Des MaslenGeoff Dingle
Sally Dover
Peter Kafer
Ryan Palmer
Steve Tucker
The Hills Liberal Tony HayMichelle ByrneJeff LoweRay Brown (BAP)
Willoughby Independent Liberal Angelo RozosGail Giles-Gidney (Ind. Lib)
Wollongong Wollongong IndependentDavid Brown John Dorahy Mithra CoxAndrew Anthony
Vicki Curran
Warwick Erwin
John Mullan
Greg Petty		 Gordon Bradbery (WI)

Retiring mayors

Results

Burwood

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Burwood [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Faker8,40352.6+8.3
Liberal Joseph Del Duca3,89924.4−3.3
Community Voice Lesley Furneaux-Cook3,66322.9+1.7
Total formal votes15,96597.0
Informal votes3.0
Turnout 79.6
Labor hold Swing +8.3

Canada Bay

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Canada Bay [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Angelo Tsirekas 17,58939.7−9.7
Liberal Helen McCaffrey16,51337.3−4.1
Independent Daniela Ramondino6,10113.8+13.8
Greens Charles Jago4,1179.3+0.0
Total formal votes44,32096.1
Informal votes3.9
Turnout 80.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Angelo Tsirekas 22,08354.9
Liberal Helen McCaffrey18,17745.1
Labor hold Swing

Hornsby

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Hornsby [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Phillip Ruddock 39,32547.8+4.8
Greens Emma Heyde15,14018.4+18.4
Labor Janelle McIntosh12,38515.0+15.0
Independent Christine Berman8,35710.2−29.9
Independent Mick Gallagher7,1268.7−4.6
Total formal votes82,33397.0
Informal votes3.0
Turnout 85.6
After distribution of preferences
Liberal Phillip Ruddock 40,14350.9
Greens Emma Heyde15,83920.1+20.1
Labor Janelle McIntosh13,02216.5+16.5
Independent Christine Berman9,82412.5
Liberal hold Swing

Hunter's Hill

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Hunter's Hill [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Zac Miles3,22840.2
Independent Mark Bennett2,52731.5
Independent Ross Williams2,27628.3
Total formal votes8,03196.5
Informal votes3.5
Turnout 83.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Mark Bennett3,99554.4
Liberal Zac Miles3,35045.6
Independent hold Swing

Maitland

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Maitland [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Labor Loretta Baker14,67431.4+12.2
Penfold IndependentsPhilip Penfold13,16028.2+7.1
Liberal Bob Geoghegan8,06217.3+17.3
Greens John Brown2,2124.7−1.2
Independent Ken Wethered4,5469.7+9.7
Independent Brian Burke4,0828.7+8.7
Total formal votes46,73695.9
Informal votes4.1
Turnout 84.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Labor Loretta Baker19,77154.8
Penfold IndependentsPhilip Penfold16,27745.2
Country Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A

Mosman

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Mosman [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Serving Mosman Carolyn Corrigan5,92839.9+11.5
Residents For Mosman Roy Bendall4,19227.8+6.4
Independent Simon Menzies2,97119.7+6.3
Independent Libby Moline1,97513.1+3.4
Total formal votes15,06695.3
Informal votes4.7
Turnout 75.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Serving Mosman Carolyn Corrigan7,14056.9
Residents For Mosman Roy Bendall5,41543.1
Serving Mosman hold Swing

Newcastle

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Newcastle [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Nuatali Nelmes 38,69842.6+0.3
Independent Kath Elliott18,92520.8+20.8
Greens Therese Doyle12,12313.3−0.7
Liberal David Compton (disendorsed)11,77012.9+12.9
Independent Rod Holding4,1204.5+2.7
Independent Ron Brown3,3543.7+3.7
Socialist Alliance Steve O'Brien1,9092.1+2.1
Total formal votes90,89995.2
Informal votes4.8
Turnout 81.1
Three-candidate-preferred result
Labor Nuatali Nelmes 40,02751.8+1.0
Independent Kath Elliott23,37430.3+30.3
Greens Therese Doyle13,80117.9+0.6
Labor hold Swing +1.0

North Sydney

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: North Sydney [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jilly Gibson13,79142.0+1.5
Independent Zoë Baker9,85630.0−3.1
Independent Jessica Keen6,51019.8+19.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Kong2,6558.1+8.1
Total formal votes32,81295.4
Informal votes4.6
Turnout 72.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jilly Gibson14,82856.4−0.4
Independent Zoë Baker11,44143.6+0.4
Independent hold Swing −0.4

Orange

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Reg Kidd5,19621.9+21.9
Independent National Russell Turner 4,52219.0+19.0
Independent Kevin Duffy2,92612.3+12.3
Independent Tony Mileto2,0178.5+8.5
Greens Stephen Nugent1,8857.9+7.9
Independent Scott Munro1,8427.8+7.8
Independent Labor Jeff Whitton1,7177.2+7.2
Independent Paula Townsend1,6216.8+6.8
Independent Chris Gryllis1,4626.2+6.2
Independent Ron Gander5762.4+2.4
Total formal votes23,76495.4N/A
Informal votes4.6N/A
Turnout 85.5N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Reg Kidd7,15954.1+54.1
Independent National Russell Turner 6,08445.9+45.9
Independent win Swing N/A

Port Stephens

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Port Stephens [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ryan Palmer15,07935.1+35.1
Independent Sally Dover7,66817.8−11.3
Independent Geoff Dingle6,51115.1−19.5
Independent Steve Tucker6,07214.1+14.1
Country Labor Des Maslen5,59913.0+13.0
Independent Peter Kafer2,0904.9+4.9
Total formal votes43,01994.5
Informal votes5.5
Turnout 85.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ryan Palmer18,89763.1+63.1
Independent Sally Dover11,05436.9+36.9
Independent gain from Independent Swing N/A

The Hills

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: The Hills [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Michelle Byrne53,32361.8+61.8
Labor Tony Hay18,54921.5+21.5
Independent Jeff Lowe9,68911.2+11.2
Building Australia Ray Brown4,7015.4+5.4
Total formal votes86,26295.7N/A
Informal votes4.3N/A
Turnout 81.7N/A
Liberal win Swing N/A

Willoughby

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby [28] [29]
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

Wollongong

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Wollongong [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wollongong Independents Gordon Bradbery 41,58135.2+0.2
Labor David Brown32,38627.4+8.1
Liberal John Dorahy 19,67216.6−6.4
Greens Mithra Cox12,29110.4+4.7
Independent John Mullan4,0373.4+3.4
Independent Vicki Curran3,2802.8+0.4
Independent Andrew Anthony1,7081.4−0.2
Independent Greg Petty1,6601.4−0.7
Independent Warwick Erwin1,5901.3+1.3
Total formal votes118,20595.2
Informal votes4.8
Turnout 82.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Wollongong Independents Gordon Bradbery 47,46554.2
Labor David Brown40,06745.8
Wollongong Independents hold Swing

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This does not include mayoralties that were won in 2016 but not up for re-election until 2021.

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