Lord Mayor of Sydney - Definition and Overview

This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney Local Government Area, Sydney, Australia.

Mayors

• 1842 Charles Windeyer
• 1842-1843 John Hosking
• 1843-1844 James Robert Wilshire
• 1845 George Allen
• 1846 Henry McDermott
• 1847 Thomas Broughton
• 1848 Joshua Frey Josephson
• 1849 Alderman Edward Flood
• 1850 George Hill
• 1851-1852 William Edward Thurlow
• 1853 Daniel Egan
• 1854-1856 none, as appointed commissioners ran the council
• 1857 George Thornton
• 1858 John Williams
• 1859 George Smith
• 1860 James Murphy
• 1861 John Sutherland
• 1862 James Oatley
• 1863 Thomas Spence
• 1864 William Speer
• 1865 John Woods
• 1866 John Sutton
• 1867-1869 Charles Moore
• 1869-1870 Walter Renny
• 1871-1872 Michael Chapman
• 1873 James Merriman
• 1874-1878 unknown
• 1879 Charles James Roberts
• 1880 Robert Fowler
• 1881-1883 John Harris
• 1884 John Hardie
• 1885 Thomas Playfair
• 1886 John Young
• 1887 Alban Joseph Riley
• 1888-1889 John Harris
• 1890-1891 Sydney Burdekin
• 1891-1894 Sir William Patrick Manning
• 1895 Samuel Edward Lees
• 1896-1897 Isaac Ellis Ives
• 1898-1900 Sir Matthew Harris
• 1901 Sir James Graham
• 1902 Sir Thomas Hughes

Lord Mayors

• 1902-1903 Sir Thomas Hughes
• 1904 Samuel Edward Lees
• 1905-1906 Allen Arthur Taylor
• 1907-1908 Sir Thomas Hughes
• 1909-1912 Allen Arthur Taylor
• 1912 George Thomas Clarke
• 1913 Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks
• 1914-1915 Richard Watkins Richards
• 1916-1917 Richard Denis Meagher
• 1918 James Joynton Smith
• 1919 John English
• 1919-1920 Sir Richard Watkins Richards
• 1920 William Patrick Fitzgerald
• 1921 William Henry Lambert
• 1922 William Percy McElhone
• 1923-1924 David Gilpin
• 1925-1926 Patrick Vincent Stokes
• 1927 John Harold Mostyn
• 1928-1930 none, as appointed commissioners ran the council
• 1930 E.S. Marks
• 1931 Joseph Jackson
• 1932 Samuel Walder
• 1933 R.C. Hagon
• 1934-1935 Sir Alfred L. Parker
• 1935 Arthur McElhone
• 1936-1937 Archibald Howie
• 1938-1939 Sir Norman L. Nock
• 1940-1942 Stanley S. Crick
• 1943-1944 R.J. Bartley
• 1945 W. Neville Harding
• 1946-1948 R.J. Bartley
• 1949-1952 E.C. O'Dea
• 1953-1956 Patrick Darcy Hills
• 1957-1965 Henry Frederick Jensen
• 1966-1967 John Armstrong
• 1967-1969 none, as appointed commissioners ran the council
• 1969-1972 Sir Laurence Emmet McDermott
• 1972-1973 David Griffin
• 1973-1975 Nicholas Shehadie
• 1975-1978 Leo Port
• 1978-1980 Nelson Meers
• 1980-1987 Douglas William Sutherland
• 1987-1988 none, as appointed commissioners ran the council
• 1989-1991 Jeremy Bingham
• 1991-2003 Frank Sartor
• 2003-2004 Lucy Turnbull
• 2004-present Clover Moore