List of mayors of Woollahra

The mayor of Woollahra is the head of Woollahra Municipal Council, which is a local government area covering part of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. First incorporated on 20 April 1860 as the Municipality of Woollahra, under the terms of the Municipalities Act of 1858, the first leaders of the Council were titled "Chairman" until the 1858 act was replaced by the Municipalities Act of 1867, which introduced the title of "Mayor". 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".

Mayor of Woollahra
Incumbent Sarah Swan since 9 October 2024
Style	His/Her Worship the Mayor Councillor
Appointer	Woollahra Municipal Council
Term length	Two years, renewable indefinitely
Inaugural holder	George Thornton (Chairman) Montagu Stephen (Mayor)
Formation	6 June 1860
Deputy	Sean Carmichael
Salary	$20,370–46,010 (2022)[1]
Website	www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au

The Mayor is internally-elected by the Councillors, and nominally serves a two-year term since 2017, which replaced the previous system of annual mayoral elections. The current mayor of Woollahra is Councillor Sarah Swan (Liberal), first elected on 9 October 2024.^[2] The mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected Councillors.

George Thornton, the first chairman.

List of incumbents

See also: Municipality of Paddington and Municipality of Vaucluse

#	Chairman	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	George Thornton	No party		6 June 1860	19 February 1861	258 days	[3][4]
2	Samuel Thompson			19 February 1861	11 February 1862	357 days	[5][6]
3	Richard Holdsworth			11 February 1862	10 February 1863	364 days	[7][8]
4	John Valentine Gorman			10 February 1863	9 February 1864	364 days	[9][10]
5	Joseph Trickett			9 February 1864	2 February 1865	359 days	[11][12]
6	Charles Martyn			February 1865	20 February 1866	1 year, 18 days	[13]
7	Daniel Bulman			20 February 1866	February 1867	346 days	[14]
8	Randolph Nott			February 1867	11 February 1868	1 year, 10 days	[13]
#	Mayor	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
9	Montagu Stephen	No party		11 February 1868	22 February 1871	3 years, 11 days	[15][16][17]
–	Daniel Bulman			22 February 1871	13 February 1872	356 days	[18]
10	Walter Friend			13 February 1872	18 February 1873	1 year, 5 days	[19]
11	William Teale			18 February 1873	February 1874	348 days	[20]
12	Benjamin Cocks			February 1874	21 June 1875	1 year, 140 days	[21][13][22]
13	John Vincent Barnard			21 June 1875	27 November 1877	2 years, 159 days	[23][24][25]
14	James Sutherland Mitchell			27 November 1877	8 February 1878	73 days	[26][27]
15	William Adams Brodribb			8 February 1878	11 February 1879	1 year, 3 days	[28]
16	William Trickett			11 February 1879	7 February 1881	1 year, 362 days	[29][30]
17	Robert Butcher			7 February 1881	9 February 1886	5 years, 2 days	[31][32][33][34][35][36]
–	William Trickett			9 February 1886	11 June 1888	2 years, 123 days	[37][38][39][40]
18	John Neild		Independent	15 June 1888	18 February 1890	1 year, 248 days	[41][42]
19	Thomas Magney		Independent	18 February 1890	14 February 1899	8 years, 361 days	[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]
20	David Davis		Independent	14 February 1899	13 February 1900	364 days	[52]
21	William Latimer		Independent	13 February 1900	7 February 1910	9 years, 359 days	[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]
22	Thomas Christie Fairweather		Independent	7 February 1910	6 February 1911	364 days	[63][64][65]
–	Thomas Magney		Independent	6 February 1911	5 February 1914	2 years, 364 days	[66][67][68]
23	Leo Whitby Robinson		Independent	5 February 1914	September 1916	2 years, 209 days	[69][70][71][72][73]
24	George Dyson		Independent	September 1916	12 February 1918	1 year, 164 days	[13][74]
–	William Latimer		Independent	12 February 1918	20 December 1920	2 years, 312 days	[75][76][77]
25	James Polidore Bradley		Independent	20 December 1920	8 December 1922	1 year, 353 days	[78][79]
26	William Foster		Independent	8 December 1922	10 December 1925	3 years, 2 days	[80][81][82][83]
–	Thomas Christie Fairweather (acting)		Independent	26 March 1923	26 November 1923	245 days	[84][85]
–	Leo Whitby Robinson		Independent	10 December 1925	6 December 1929	3 years, 361 days	[86][87][88][89][90][91]
27	George Slater Grimley		Independent	6 December 1929	8 January 1932	2 years, 33 days	[92][93][94][95]
28	Hugh Latimer		Independent	8 January 1932	10 December 1935	3 years, 336 days	[96][97][98][99][100][101][102]
29	Keith Denis Manion		Independent	10 December 1935	15 December 1936	1 year, 5 days	[103][104]
30	Arthur Griffith		Independent	15 December 1936	14 December 1937	364 days	[105][106]
–	George Slater Grimley		Independent	14 December 1937	11 December 1939	1 year, 362 days	[107][108][109][110]
31	John Douglas Lesingham Gaden		Independent	11 December 1939	10 December 1940	365 days	[111]
32	Lyle Howard Marshall Moore		Independent	10 December 1940	16 December 1941	1 year, 6 days	[112][113][114][115]
–	Keith Denis Manion		Independent	16 December 1941	7 December 1942	356 days	[116]
33	Aubrey Erskine Smith		Independent	7 December 1942	7 December 1943	1 year, 0 days	[117][118]
34	Leon Snider		Independent	7 December 1943	11 December 1944	1 year, 4 days	[119][120]
–	George Slater Grimley		Independent	11 December 1944	9 December 1946	1 year, 363 days	[121]
35	Reginald Rosborough Thornton		Independent	9 December 1946	8 December 1947	364 days	[122][123]
36	Leslie Edye Duff		Independent	8 December 1947	31 December 1948	1 year, 23 days	[124][125]
–	Hugh Latimer		Independent	1 January 1949	11 December 1951	2 years, 344 days	[126][127][128][129]
37	William Frederick Arthur Harvey		Independent	11 December 1951	9 December 1952	364 days	[130][131]
38	Chester William Davies		Independent	9 December 1952	15 December 1953	1 year, 6 days	[132][133]
–	Leslie Edye Duff		Independent	15 December 1953	December 1954	351 days	[134][135]
39	John Esler Calwell		Independent	December 1954	December 1955		[136]
40	Hugh Carlyle Foster		Independent	December 1955	December 1956		[13]
41	Norman Ernest Mills		Independent	December 1956	December 1957		[13]
–	William Frederick Arthur Harvey		Independent	December 1957	December 1958		[13]
42	A. D. Frost		Independent	December 1958	December 1959		[13]
–	John Esler Calwell		Independent	December 1959	December 1960		[13]
43	Allan Charles Murchison		Independent	December 1960	December 1961		[13]
–	Maxwell Elliott Lawrence		Independent	December 1961	December 1962		[13]
–	Allan Charles Murchison		Independent	December 1962	December 1963		[13]
–	Maxwell Elliott Lawrence		Independent	December 1963	December 1964		[13]
44	Graham John Crouch		Independent	December 1964	December 1965		[13]
–	Maxwell Elliott Lawrence		Independent	December 1965	December 1966		[13]
–	Allan Charles Murchison		Independent	December 1966	December 1967		[13]
–	Graham John Crouch		Independent	December 1967	December 1968		[13]
45	Andrew Midwood Clayton		Independent	December 1968	December 1969		[13]
46	Grosvenor Charles Thomas Burfitt-Williams		Independent	December 1969	December 1970		[13]
47	David L. Parker		Independent	December 1970	September 1971		[13]
48	John William O'Brien		Independent	September 1971	September 1972		[13]
49	Thomas O'Loghlen Reynolds		Independent	September 1972	September 1973		[13]
50	Michael Keith Fosbery Bray		Independent	September 1973	September 1974		[13]
51	Graham John O'Neill		Independent	September 1974	September 1975		[13]
–	John William O'Brien		Independent	September 1975	September 1976		[13]
–	Michael Keith Fosbery Bray		Independent	September 1976	September 1977		[13]
52	Anthony Wentworth Perry		Independent	September 1977	September 1978		[13]
53	Brenda Somerville Backhouse		Independent	September 1978	September 1979		[13][137]
54	Francis Patrick Donohoe		Independent	September 1979	September 1980		[13]
55	Charles Bernard Alexander Widdy		Independent	September 1980	September 1981		[13]
56	David Fulton Rofe		Independent	September 1981	September 1982		[13]
57	Judith Ann May		Independent	September 1982	September 1983		[13]
58	John Mungo MacCallum		Independent	September 1983	September 1985		[13]
59	Hylda Ann Rolfe		Independent	September 1985	September 1986		[13]
–	Charles Bernard Alexander Widdy		Independent	September 1986	September 1987		[13]
60	Susan Margaret Collett		Independent	September 1987	September 1988		[13]
61	Elaine Cassidy		Independent	September 1988	September 1989		[13]
–	Hylda Ann Rolfe		Independent	September 1989	September 1990		[13]
62	Peter King		Independent	September 1990	September 1991		[13]
63	Catherine Elizabeth Lemech		Independent	September 1991	September 1992		[13]
64	Andrew Briger		Independent	September 1992	September 1994		[13][138][139][140]
65	David Leach		Independent	September 1994	September 1995		[13]
66	Neville Gruzman		Independent	September 1995	4 September 1996		[13][141][142]
67	Greg James Medcraft		Independent	4 September 1996	September 1998		[13][142][143]
68	Mairaed Bilmon		Woollahra Action Committee	September 1998	21 September 1999	1 year, 20 days	[13]
69	Andrew Petrie		Liberal	21 September 1999	September 2000	346 days	[13][144][145][146]
70	Christopher J. Dawson		Independent	September 2000	19 September 2001	1 year, 18 days	[13]
71	John Comino		Liberal	19 September 2001	15 April 2004	2 years, 209 days	[147]
72	Geoffrey Rundle		Residents First	15 April 2004	7 September 2005	1 year, 145 days	[148]
–	Andrew Petrie		Liberal	7 September 2005	20 September 2006	1 year, 13 days	[149]
73	Keri Huxley			20 September 2006	17 September 2007	362 days	[150]
–	Geoffrey Rundle		Residents First	17 September 2007	13 September 2008	362 days	[151]
–	Andrew Petrie		Liberal	1 October 2008	21 September 2010	1 year, 355 days	[152][153]
74	Isabelle Shapiro		Independent	21 September 2010	13 September 2011	357 days	[154]
75	Susan Wynne		Residents First	13 September 2011	27 September 2012	1 year, 14 days	[155]
–	Andrew Petrie		Liberal	27 September 2012	19 September 2013	357 days	[156][144]
76	Toni Zeltzer			19 September 2013	25 September 2017	4 years, 6 days	[157][158][159][160]
77	Peter Cavanagh			25 September 2017	23 September 2019	1 year, 363 days	[161]
–	Susan Wynne			23 September 2019	26 September 2023	5 years, 323 days	[162][163][164]
78	Richard Shields			26 September 2023	9 October 2024	1 Year, 13 Days	[165]
78	Sarah Swan			9 October 2024	Incumbent	307 days	[2]

Deputy Mayors

The position of Deputy Mayor was made a permanent council position under the Local Government Act 1919. The following individuals have been elected as Deputy Mayor of Woollahra:

#	Deputy Mayor	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes	Mayor
	Keri Huxley		Liberal	15 April 2004	13 September 2004	151 days	[148]	Rundle
	David Shoebridge		Greens	13 September 2004	7 September 2005	359 days	[166]
	Marcus Ehrlich		Labor	7 September 2005	20 September 2006	2 years, 10 days	[149]	Petrie
				20 September 2006	17 September 2007		[150]	Huxley
	Isabelle Shapiro		Independent	17 September 2007	1 October 2008	2 years, 6 days	[151]	Rundle
				1 October 2008	23 September 2009		[152]	Petrie
	Peter Cavanagh		Liberal	23 September 2009	21 September 2010	1 year, 355 days	[153]
				21 September 2010	13 September 2011		[154]	Shapiro
	Toni Zeltzer			13 September 2011	27 September 2012	1 year, 14 days	[155]	Wynne
	Katherine O'Regan			27 September 2012	19 September 2013	1 year, 356 days	[156]	Petrie
				19 September 2013	18 September 2014		[157]	Zeltzer
	Greg Levenston			18 September 2014	21 September 2015	1 year, 3 days	[158]
	Susan Wynne			21 September 2015	25 September 2017	3 years, 3 days	[160][159]
				25 September 2017	24 September 2018		[161]	Cavanagh
	Mary-Lou Jarvis			24 September 2018	23 September 2019	364 days	[167]
	Richard Shields			23 September 2019	5 January 2022	2 years, 104 days	[162][168][163]	Wynne
	Isabelle Shapiro			5 January 2022	26 September 2023	1 year, 264 days	[164]
	Sarah Swan			26 September 2023	9 October 2024	1 Year, 13 Days	[165]	Shields
	Sean Carmichael			9 October 2024	Incumbent	307 days	[2]	Swan