Post: | Mayor of the Alice Springs Town Council |
Incumbent: | Matt Paterson |
Precursor: | Damien Ryan |
Incumbentsince: | 15 September 2021 |
Department: | Alice Springs Town Council |
Style: | His/Her Worship |
Member Of: | Alice Springs Town Council |
Seat: | Alice Springs |
Termlength: | 4 years |
Termlength Qualified: | No restriction on renewal |
Formation: | 1 July 1971 |
First: | Jock Nelson |
Website: | https://alicesprings.nt.gov.au/ |
This is a list of mayors of Alice Springs Town Council, a local government area in the Northern Territory, Australia.[1] The mayor is an elected member of the council, who acts as a ceremonial figurehead at official functions, and carries the authority of council between meetings.
The longest serving Mayor of Alice Springs was Damien Ryan, who served from March 2008 until his resignation in September 2021 (13.5 years approxiamately).
The current mayor is Matt Paterson, who won the 2021 mayoral election by just two votes.[2] [3]
No. | Portrait | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | |
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1 | Jock Nelson | Labor | 1 July 1971 | 8 December 1973 | ||
2 | Brian Martin | Independent | 9 December 1973 | 12 April 1976[4] | ||
3 | Tony Greatorex | Country Liberal | 30 May 1976 | 28 May 1977[5] | ||
4 | George Smith | Independent | 29 May 1977 | 11 February 1983[6] | ||
5 | Leslie Oldfield | Independent | 24 April 1983 | 30 May 1992[7] | ||
6 | Andy McNeill | Independent | 31 May 1992 | 27 May 2000 | ||
7 | Fran Kilgariff | Country Liberal | 28 May 2000 | 29 March 2008[8] | ||
8 | Damien Ryan | Country Liberal | 30 March 2008 | 14 September 2021 | ||
9 | Matt Paterson | Independent | 15 September 2021 | incumbent |
No. | Portrait | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | |
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Steve Brown | Country Liberal | 16 April 2012 | 14 March 2016 | |||
Jamie De Brenni | Country Liberal | 14 March 2016 | 16 August 2017 | |||
16 August 2017 | August 2018 | |||||
Jacinta Price | Country Liberal | 29 September 2020 | 28 August 2021 | |||
Eli Melky | Independent | 14 September 2021 | 24 August 2023 | |||
Allison Bitar | Independent | 24 August 2023 | incumbent |