Post: | Lord Mayor of Sydney |
Insignia: | File:City of Sydney Flag.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Incumbent: | Clover Moore |
Incumbentsince: | 27 March 2004 |
Style: | The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor |
Appointer: | Council of the City of Sydney |
Termlength: | 4 years, renewable indefinitely (Since 1995) |
Formation: | 1842 (as Mayor) 1902 (as Lord Mayor) |
Inaugural: | Charles Windeyer (Mayor) Sir Thomas Hughes (Lord Mayor) |
Deputy: | Robert Kok |
Website: | Lord Mayor of Sydney |
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Sydney is the head of the Council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The Lord Mayor has been directly elected since 1995, replacing the previous system of being internally elected annually by the Councillors, and serves a four-year term. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, at which the incumbent Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, was re-elected to a fifth term. The Lord Mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Lord Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.
The office of the Mayor of Sydney along with the City of Sydney was created on 20 July 1842 pursuant to the Sydney City Incorporation Act 1842 by Governor Sir George Gipps. Prior to the first municipal election, the governor nominated magistrate Charles Windeyer to serve as interim mayor.[1] The first council, consisting of 24 aldermen elected across six wards, was declared elected on 3 November 1842 and first met in the George Street Market Building (now the site of the Queen Victoria Building) on 9 November and elected John Hosking as the first elected mayor of Sydney.[2]
The title of Mayor (in full: The Right Worshipful the Mayor[3]) was elevated to "Lord Mayor" on 23 November 1902 by King Edward VII, and as part of this process received the honorific The Right Honourable, a title which attaches to the title of Lord Mayor and not to the individual holding the office. In December 1915, the Parliament of New South Wales passed the Sydney Corporation (Election of Mayor) Act, 1915 which amended the 1902 act to allow for the governor to appoint the lord mayor should the council be unable to elect a candidate on or before 30 December of any year.[4] This occurred three times, in 1916, 1920 and 1934.
The office of lord mayor, along with the City of Sydney, was governed by the Sydney Corporation Act, 1932 until the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, which placed Sydney under the terms of the Local Government Act 1919, which governed all other local governments in the state. This meant that the election of lord mayor (until 1971 in December of each year, and then in September) marked the beginning of the term, instead of the previous system, where the lord mayoral term began on 1 January and expired on 31 December. When the City of Sydney Act 1988 was passed, the City of Sydney was once again governed under a separate law, but the election of lord mayor did not change until the Local Government Legislation Amendment Act 1995, which allowed for popular direct elections from 1995.[5]
As head of the council, the lord mayor is entitled to wear the chains and robes of office, as befitting the ancient status of lord mayor of a large city. In 1902 the Sydney Chamber of Commerce commissioned the first link of a mayoral chain. In 1903, the governor of New South Wales, Sir Harry Rawson presented the first lord mayor, Thomas Hughes, with the chain of office. It features the coat of arms of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce and the Stock Exchange and a pendant depicting the coat of arms of Sydney. Successive mayors each added a medallion, on which was embossed their term of office. By 1945, this practice had ended because of the size and weight of the chain. Today, the chain is worn with the robes of office only for rare civic ceremonies, a smaller collar being worn for most civic duties.
The original civic robe for the mayor of Sydney in 1842 was purple, trimmed with ermine and worn with a court dress hat. The current robes worn by the lord mayor and deputy lord mayor are black, trimmed with ermine, and worn with bicorne hat, lace jabot and white gloves. They are worn rarely and only at major civic functions.[6] Recently, it has become the custom not to wear the robes.
Officeholder | Party/Affiliation | Title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||||
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data-sort-value="Windeyer, Charles" | n/a | Mayor | 12 August 1842 | 9 November 1842 | ||||||
data-sort-value="Hosking, John" | 9 November 1842 | 1843 | [7] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Wilshire, James Robert" | 25 September 1843 | November 1844 | [8] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Allen, George" | November 1844 | November 1845 | [9] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Macdermott, Henry" | Henry Macdermott | 1846 | 1846 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Broughton, Thomas" | 1847 | 1847 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Josephson, Joshua Frey" | 1848 | 1848 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Flood, Edward" | 1849 | 1849 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Hill, George" | 1850 | 1850 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Thurlow, William Edward" | 1851 | 1852 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Egan, Daniel" | 1853 | 1853 | ||||||||
align=center rowspan="3" | n/a | data-sort-value="Elliott, Gilbert" | Gilbert Elliot | Chief Commissioner | 1854 | 1856 | ||||
data-sort-value="Darval, Frederick Orme" | Frederick Orme Darval | Commissioner | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Rae, John" | John Rae | |||||||||
data-sort-value="Thornton, George" | Mayor | 1857 | 1857 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Williams, John" | 1858 | 1858 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Smith, George" | George Smith | 1859 | 1859 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Murphy, James" | 1860 | 1860 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Sutherland, John" | 1861 | 1861 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Oatley, James" | 1862 | 1862 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Spence, Thomas" | Thomas Spence | 1863 | 1863 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Speer, William" | William Speer | 1864 | 1864 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Woods, John" | John Woods | 1865 | 1865 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Sutton, John" | John Sutton | 1866 | 1866 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Moore, Charles" | 1867 | 1869 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Renny, Walter" | 1869 | 1870 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Chapman, Michael" | 1871 | 1872 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Merriman, James" | 1873 | 1873 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Goold, Stephen Styles" | 1874 | 1874 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Palmer, Benjamin" | Benjamin Palmer | 1875 | 1876 | |||||||
– | data-sort-value="Merriman, James" | James Merriman | 1877 | 1878 | ||||||
data-sort-value="Roberts, Charles James" | 1879 | 1879 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Fowler, Robert" | 1880 | 1880 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Harris, John" | 1881 | 1883 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Hardie, John" | John Hardie | 1884 | 1884 | |||||||
data-sort-value="Playfair, Thomas" | [10] | |||||||||
data-sort-value="Young, John" | 1 January 1886 | 31 December 1886 | [11] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Riley, Alban Joseph" | 1 January 1887 | 31 December 1887 | [12] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Harris, John" | Independent | 1 January 1888 | 31 December 1889 | [13] [14] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Burdekin, Sydney" | Independent | 1 January 1890 | 10 April 1891 | [15] [16] [17] [18] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Manning, William Patrick" | Independent | 10 April 1891 | 31 December 1894 | [19] [20] [21] [22] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Lees, Samuel Edward" | Independent | 1 January 1895 | 31 December 1895 | [23] [24] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Ives, Isaac Ellis" | Independent | 1 January 1896 | 31 December 1897 | [25] [26] [27] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Harris, Matthew" | Independent | 1 January 1898 | 31 December 1900 | [28] [29] [30] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Graham, James" | Independent | 1 January 1901 | 31 December 1901 | [31] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Hughes, Thomas" rowspan=2 | Independent | 1 January 1902 | 23 November 1902 | [32] [33] | ||||||
Lord Mayor | 23 November 1902 | 31 December 1903 | [34] [35] | |||||||
– | data-sort-value="Lees, Samuel Edward" | Samuel Edward Lees | Independent | 1 January 1904 | 31 December 1904 | [36] | ||||
data-sort-value="Taylor, Allen" | Independent | 1 January 1905 | 31 December 1906 | [37] [38] | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Hughes, Thomas" | Thomas Hughes | Independent | 1 January 1907 | 31 December 1908 | [39] [40] | ||||
– | data-sort-value="Taylor, Allen" | Sir Allen Taylor | Independent | 1 January 1909 | 1 May 1912 | [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] | ||||
data-sort-value="Clarke, George Thomas" | Independent | 1 May 1912 | 31 December 1912 | [46] [47] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Cocks, Arthur" | Independent | 1 January 1913 | 31 December 1913 | [48] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Richards, Richard Watkins" | Independent | 1 January 1914 | 31 December 1915 | [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Meagher, Richard" | 15 January 1916 | 31 December 1917 | [54] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Smith, James Joynton" | Independent | 1 January 1918 | 31 December 1918 | [55] [56] [57] | ||||||
data-sort-value="English, John" | John English | Labor | 1 January 1919 | 8 March 1919 | [58] [59] [60] | |||||
– | data-sort-value="Richards, Richard Watkins" | Independent | 11 March 1919 | 12 March 1920 | [61] [62] [63] | |||||
data-sort-value="Fitzgerald, William Patrick" | Labor | 16 March 1920 | 31 December 1920 | [64] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Lambert, William" | 1 January 1921 | 31 December 1921 | [65] [66] | |||||||
data-sort-value="McElhone, William" | William McElhone | Independent | 1 January 1922 | 31 December 1922 | [67] [68] | |||||
data-sort-value="Gilpin, David" | 1 January 1923 | 31 December 1924 | [69] [70] [71] [72] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Stokes, Patrick Vincent" | Labor | 1 January 1925 | 31 December 1926 | [73] [74] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Mostyn, John Harold" | 1 January 1927 | 3 January 1928 | [75] [76] [77] | |||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | n/a | data-sort-value="Fleming, Edmund Patrick" | Edmund Patrick Fleming | n/a | Chief Commissioner | 3 January 1928 | 3 October 1928 | [78] [79] [80] | ||
data-sort-value="Garlick, John" | Commissioner | 30 October 1928 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Morton, Henry Edgar" | Henry Edgar Morton | |||||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | n/a | data-sort-value="Garlick, John" | n/a | Chief Commissioner | 30 October 1928 | 30 June 1930 | [81] [82] | |||
data-sort-value="Morton, Henry Edgar" | Commissioner | [83] | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Bennett, Gordon" | Gordon Bennett | |||||||||
data-sort-value="Marks, Ernest" | Civic Reform | Lord Mayor | 1 July 1930 | 31 December 1930 | [84] | |||||
data-sort-value="Jackson, Joseph" | 1 January 1931 | 31 December 1931 | [85] [86] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Walder, Samuel" | 1 January 1932 | 31 December 1932 | [87] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Hagon, Richard" | Independent | 1 January 1933 | 31 December 1933 | [88] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Parker, Alfred" | Civic Reform | 1 January 1934 | 18 October 1935 | [89] [90] [91] | ||||||
data-sort-value="MacElhone, Arthur" | Independent | 22 October 1935 | 31 December 1935 | [92] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Howie, Archibald" | Civic Reform | 1 January 1936 | 31 December 1937 | [93] [94] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Nock, Norman" | 1 January 1938 | 31 December 1939 | [95] [96] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Crick, Stanley" | 1 January 1940 | 31 December 1942 | [97] [98] [99] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Bartley, Reg" | 1 January 1943 | 31 December 1944 | [100] [101] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Harding, William Neville" | 1 January 1945 | 31 December 1945 | [102] | |||||||
– | data-sort-value="Bartley, Reg" | 1 January 1946 | 31 December 1948 | [103] [104] [105] | ||||||
data-sort-value="O'Dea, Ernest Charles" | 1 January 1949 | 9 December 1952 | [106] [107] [108] [109] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Hills, Pat" | 9 December 1952 | 30 November 1956 | [110] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Jensen, Harry" | 1 December 1956 | 3 December 1965 | [111] [112] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Armstrong, John" | 4 December 1965 | 13 November 1967 | [113] | |||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | n/a | data-sort-value="Treatt, Vernon" | n/a | Chief Commissioner | 14 November 1967 | 26 September 1969 | [114] | |||
data-sort-value="Shaw, John" | Deputy Chief Commissioner | |||||||||
data-sort-value="Pettingel, William Walter" | Commissioner | |||||||||
data-sort-value="MacDermott, Laurence Emmet" | Civic Reform | Lord Mayor | 7 October 1969 | 25 September 1972 | [115] | |||||
data-sort-value="Griffin, David" | 25 September 1972 | 24 September 1973 | [116] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Shehadie, Nicholas" | 24 September 1973 | 26 September 1975 | [117] [118] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Port, Leo" | 26 September 1975 | 26 August 1978 | [119] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Meers, Nelson" | 26 August 1978 | 19 September 1980 | [120] [121] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Sutherland, Doug" | Labor | 20 September 1980 | 26 March 1987 | [122] | ||||||
n/a | data-sort-value="Neal, Eric" rowspan="2" | n/a | Administrator | 26 March 1987 | 6 April 1987 | [123] | ||||
Chief Commissioner | align=center rowspan="3" | 7 April 1987 | align=center rowspan="3" | 31 December 1988 | [124] | |||||
data-sort-value="Shehadie, Nicholas" | Deputy Chief Commissioner | [125] | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Oakes, Norman" | Commissioner | [126] | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Bingham, Jeremy" | Civic Reform | Lord Mayor | 3 January 1989 | 18 September 1991 | [127] [128] | |||||
data-sort-value="Sartor, Frank" | Living Sydney Independents | 23 September 1991 | 7 April 2003 | [129] [130] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Turnbull, Lucy" | 7 April 2003 | 6 February 2004 | ||||||||
n/a | data-sort-value="Pooley, Tony" | n/a | Commissioner | 6 February 2004 | 27 March 2004 | [131] | ||||
data-sort-value="Payne, Garry" | Garry Payne | |||||||||
data-sort-value="Turnbull, Lucy" | Lucy Turnbull | |||||||||
data-sort-value="Moore, Clover" | Clover Moore Independent Team | Lord Mayor | 27 March 2004 | Incumbent | [132] [133] [134] |
The position of Deputy Lord Mayor was made a permanent council position when the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 placed the City of Sydney under the main body of local government legislation. Prior to 1 January 1949, "Deputy" Lord Mayors were occasionally elected to act for the council during times of absence or illness of a sitting Lord Mayor, but the position was not permanent under the Sydney Corporation Act 1932 or any previous acts. The following individuals have been elected as Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney:
Officeholder | Party/Affiliation | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | Lord Mayor | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
data-sort-value="Carroll, John James" | John James Carroll | 1 January 1949 | 14 December 1950 | [135] [136] | O'Dea | |||||
data-sort-value="Byrne, Jack" | Jack Byrne | 14 December 1950 | 15 December 1952 | [137] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Green, Frank" | Frank Green | 15 December 1952 | 6 January 1954 | [138] | Hills | |||||
data-sort-value="Dwyer, Kevin" | 6 January 1954 | 13 December 1954 | [139] [140] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Doherty, Anthony" | Anthony Doherty | 13 December 1954 | 12 December 1955 | [141] | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Dwyer, Kevin" | 12 December 1955 | 17 December 1956 | [142] | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Byrne, Jack" | Jack Byrne | 17 December 1956 | 17 December 1959 | [143] [144] [145] | Jensen | ||||
data-sort-value="Dixon, Francis Joseph" | Francis Joseph Dixon | 17 December 1959 | 11 December 1961 | [146] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Burland, Henry" | Henry Burland | 11 December 1961 | 16 December 1963 | [147] [148] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Noble, Clifford" | Clifford Noble | 16 December 1963 | 14 December 1964 | [149] | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Burland, Henry" | Henry Burland | 14 December 1964 | 16 December 1965 | [150] | |||||
data-sort-value="Bradford, Tony" | Tony Bradford | 16 December 1965 | 13 November 1967 | [151] | Armstrong | |||||
data-sort-value="Shehadie, Nicholas" | 7 October 1969 | 24 September 1973 | McDermott Griffin | |||||||
data-sort-value="Lewis, Barrett" | Barrett Lewis | 24 September 1973 | 30 September 1974 | Shehadie | ||||||
data-sort-value="Port, Leo" | 30 September 1974 | 25 September 1975 | [152] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Briger, Andrew" | Andrew Briger | 25 September 1975 | 27 September 1976 | [153] [154] [155] | Port | |||||
– | data-sort-value="Lewis, Barrett" | Barrett Lewis | 27 September 1976 | 10 October 1977 | [156] | |||||
data-sort-value="Meers, Nelson" | 10 October 1977 | November 1978 | [157] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Bingham, Jeremy" | November 1978 | 20 September 1980 | [158] | Meers | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Bradford, Tony" | Tony Bradford | 29 September 1980 | 28 September 1981 | [159] | Sutherland | ||||
data-sort-value="Calpis, Jack" | Jack Calpis | 28 September 1981 | 31 December 1981 | [160] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Hartup, Bill" | Bill Hartup | 4 January 1982 | 13 September 1982 | [161] | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Bradford, Tony" | Tony Bradford | 13 September 1982 | 29 September 1983 | [162] | |||||
– | data-sort-value="Calpis, Jack" | Jack Calpis | 29 September 1983 | 1 May 1984 | [163] | |||||
data-sort-value="Ashmore-Smith, Stanley" | Stanley Ashmore-Smith | 1 May 1984 | 16 September 1985 | [164] | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Hartup, Bill" | Bill Hartup | 16 September 1985 | 26 March 1987 | [165] [166] [167] | |||||
data-sort-value="Bonthorne, Ross" | Ross Bonthorne | Civic Reform | 3 January 1989 | 18 September 1991 | Bingham | |||||
data-sort-value="Tsang, Henry" | Labor | 23 September 1991 | 11 September 1999 | Sartor | ||||||
data-sort-value="Turnbull, Lucy" | Living Sydney Independents | 18 September 1999 | 7 April 2003 | [168] [169] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Coulton, Dixie" rowspan=2 | Dixie Coulton | 7 April 2003 | 14 September 2003 | [170] [171] | Turnbull | |||||
Sydney Independents | 14 September 2003 | 6 February 2004 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="McInerney, John" | John McInerney | Clover Moore Independent Team | 19 April 2004 | 12 September 2005 | [172] | Moore | ||||
data-sort-value="Firth, Verity" | Labor | 12 September 2005 | 18 September 2006 | [173] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Harris, Chris" | 18 September 2006 | 17 September 2007 | [174] | |||||||
data-sort-value="Pooley, Tony" | Labor | 17 September 2007 | 13 September 2008 | [175] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Hoff, Marcelle" | Marcelle Hoff | Clover Moore Independent Team | 29 September 2008 | 21 September 2009 | [176] | |||||
data-sort-value="Black, Phillip" | Phillip Black | 21 September 2009 | 13 September 2010 | [177] | ||||||
– | data-sort-value="Hoff, Marcelle" | Marcelle Hoff | 13 September 2010 | 19 September 2011 | [178] | |||||
data-sort-value="Kok, Robert" | Robert Kok | 19 September 2011 | 21 September 2012 | [179] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Kemmis, Robyn" | Robyn Kemmis | 21 September 2012 | 26 December 2015 | [180] [181] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Doutney, Irene" | Greens | 29 February 2016 | 10 September 2016 | [182] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Phelps, Kerryn" rowspan=2 | Clover Moore Independent Team | 23 September 2016 | 27 June 2017 | [183] [184] [185] | ||||||
Independent | 27 June 2017 | 18 September 2017 | ||||||||
data-sort-value="Miller, Jess" | Jess Miller | Clover Moore Independent Team | 18 September 2017 | 17 September 2018 | [186] [187] | |||||
data-sort-value="Scott, Linda" | Labor | 17 September 2018 | 9 September 2019 | [188] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Scully, Jess" | Clover Moore Independent Team | 9 September 2019 | 19 September 2022 | [189] [190] [191] [192] | ||||||
data-sort-value="Ellsmore, Sylvie" | Sylvie Ellsmore | Greens | 19 September 2022 | 18 September 2023 | [193] | |||||
– | data-sort-value="Kok, Robert" | Robert Kok | Clover Moore Independent Team | 18 September 2023 | Incumbent | [194] |
The first Town Clerk of Sydney was appointed on 3 September 1842 on a provisional basis by the Governor, pending the election of aldermen. When the council was dismissed in December 1853 and replaced by a board of three commissioners, the post of town clerk was left vacant.[195] The Local Government Act, 1993 removed the requirement that the administrative head of a council be a "Town or Shire Clerk" and specified that the head was to be known as the General Manager. The Sydney City Council had previously recognised the changing nature of role in appointing their first General Manager in December 1992. In May 2005, the title of General Manager was changed to Chief Executive Officer (CEO).[196]
Officeholder | Title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard O'Connor | 3 September 1842 | 16 November 1842 | ||||
Charles Henry Chambers | Town Clerk | 16 November 1842 | 27 July 1843 | |||
27 July 1843 | December 1853 | |||||
Charles Henry Woolcott | Town Clerk | 1857 | 1887 | [197] | ||
Henry J. Daniels | 1887 | 31 January 1898 | ||||
John R. Palmer | 19 July 1898 | 4 October 1899 | ||||
24 October 1899 | 25 January 1901 | |||||
– | John R. Palmer | Acting Town Clerk | 19 February 1901 | 31 December 1901 | ||
Thomas Huggins Nesbitt | Town Clerk | 1 January 1902 | 30 June 1924 | [198] [199] | ||
William Glazebrook Layton | 1 July 1924 | 31 May 1931 | [200] | |||
Roy Hendy | 1 June 1931 | 28 February 1956 | 24 years, 272 days | [201] | ||
Edward William Adams | 1 March 1956 | July 1962 | [202] | |||
Jack Hercules Luscombe | July 1962 | 30 March 1974 | [203] [204] | |||
Leon Parmeter Carter | 1 April 1974 | August 1992 | ||||
Graham Joss | Acting Town Clerk | 17 August 1992 | 4 December 1992 | |||
Katie Lahey | 14 December 1992 | 25 August 1995 | [205] [206] | |||
Greg Maddock | 1 February 1996 | January 2001 | ||||
Murray Douglas | February 2001 | June 2001 | ||||
John Kass | Acting General Manager | July 2001 | October 2001 | |||
Robert Domm | General Manager | November 2001 | September 2004 | |||
Petar Vladeta | Acting General Manager | October 2004 | March 2005 | |||
Peter Seamer | General Manager | March 2005 | May 2005 | [207] | ||
May 2005 | April 2006 | 11 months | ||||
Monica Barone | 7 August 2006 | incumbent | [208] |
In 1995, the Local Government Legislation Amendment Act 1995[209] amended the City of Sydney Act 1988, to allow for popular direct elections of the Lord Mayor from September 1995.