List of mayors of Launceston

Last updated

Mayor of Launceston
Incumbent
Matthew Garwood
since 2023
Inaugural holder William Stammers Button
Formation1853

This is a list of the mayors of the City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. [1]

Contents

1853–1900

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1 William Stammers Button 1853–1856
2 Henry Dowling 1857–1861
3John Fawns1862
4 William Hart 1863
5Abraham Barrett1864
6 Adye Douglas 1865–1866
7John Scott1867–1868
8William Hart1869
9Alexander Webster1870
10 Alfred Harrap 1871–1872
11John Murphy1873–1874
12Alfred Harrap1875–1877
13William Turner1878–1879
14 Adye Douglas 1880–1882
15Alfred Harrap1883
16Landon Fairthorne1884
17Henry Button1885
18Peter Barrett1886
19Robert Carter1887
20Bernard P.Farrelly1888
21David Scott1889
22Samuel John Sutton1890–1892
23Henry Jennings Dean1893
24Robert Henry Price1894
25Walter Henry Ferrall1895
26Peter McCrackan1896
27 Robert James Sadler 1897
28Samuel John Sutton1898
29Edward Henry Panton1899–1900

1901–2001

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30Frederick Kirk Fairthorne1901–1902
31 David Storrer 1903
32James William Pepper1904–1905
33Charles Russen1906
34Patrick Boland1907–1908
35William Clark Wilson1909
36William Claude Oldham1910–1911
37George Paton1912
38George Hills1913
39Richard Gee1914
40Frank Percy Hart1915–1916
41William Coogan1917–1918
42 George Shields 1919–1920
43Albert William Monds1921–1922
44 George Shields 1923
45 Claude James 1924
46 John Ockerby 1925
47Alexander Arthur Evans1926
48 Howard Barber 1927–1928
49 Robert Martin Osborne 1929–1930
50Frank Boatwright1931
51Albert William Monds1932
52 Allen Hollingsworth 1933–1934
53Eric Ernest von Bibra 1935–1936
54Frank Warland Browne1937
55Albert Edwin Wyett1938–1939
56 John Ockerby 1939
57Frank Boatwright1940–1941
58Desmond Tasman Oldham1942–1943
59William Clark1944–1945
60 Allen Hollingsworth 1946
61Desmond Tasman Oldham1947
62 Denham Henty 1948–1949
63 Allen Hollingsworth 1950
64Sinclair Jeavons Thyne1951–1952
65Hedley George Pitt1953–1954
66Brian Marshall Thornley1955
67 Dorothy Edwards 1956–1957
68 James McGowen 1958–1959
69Frederick James Clark White1960–1961
70 William Fry 1962–1963
71 Reg Turnbull 1964–1965
72Clarence Gandy Pryor1966–1967
73Frank Bernard King1968–1969
74Richard Martin Green1970–1971
75Harry Medcalf Fisher1972–1973
76David Vincent Gunn1974–1975
77Thomas Dudley Room1975–1977
78Maxwell George Cleaver1978–1979
79Barbara Tweed Payne1980–1981
80Reginald Blaydon Walker1982–1983
81 Don Wing 1983–1985
82T.W.Deutchmann1985
83 Don Wing 1985–1986
84Ananias (Jimmy) Tsinoglou1987–1989
85Graeme Wesley Beams1990–1992
86Anthony( Tony) Clarence Peck1993–1996
87John Baden Lees1996–2001

2001–present

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88Annette Waddle2001–2002
89 Janie Dickenson 2002–2005
90 Ivan Dean 2005–2007
91 Albert Van Zetten 2007–2022
92Danny Gibson2022–2023
93Matthew Garwood (Acting)2023 - Present

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References

  1. "Launceston City Council". Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.