This is a list of the Mayors of Willoughby City Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Mayors while holding office is: His/Her Worship The Mayor of Willoughby. First incorporated on 23 October 1865 as the Municipality of Willoughby, the council first met to elect six Aldermen and two Auditors on 16 December 1865, in the house of James Harris French and the first chairman, James William Bligh, was elected on 1 January 1866. With the enactment of the Municipalities Act, 1867 the title of chairman was changed to "Mayor".
The council area was proclaimed as the City of Willoughby on 17 November 1989. 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'. Originally, nominated annually by the council, since 1999 the mayor has been popularly elected for a four-year term.
List of incumbents Years Chairman Notes 1 January 1866 – 23 December 1867 James William Bligh Years Mayors Notes 23 December 1867 – 18 February 1868 James William Bligh 18 February 1868 – 10 February 1869 David Broadfoot 10 February 1869 – 8 February 1870 Henry Hocken Bligh 8 February 1870 – 18 February 1871 Richard H. Harnett 18 February 1871 – February 1872 Henry Hocken Bligh February 1872 – February 1873 James Harris French February 1873 – 10 February 1874 Elijah Charlish 10 February 1874 – 13 February 1875 James Peter Best 13 February 1875 – February 1876 James Forsyth Snr. February 1876 – 10 February 1881 Richard Seldon 10 February 1881 – 18 February 1882 Elijah Charlish 18 February 1882 – 9 February 1883 Thomas Todd Forsyth 9 February 1883 – 19 February 1884 James Peter Best 19 February 1884 – 11 February 1887 Howard Fleming 11 February 1887 – 7 March 1888 Thomas Todd Forsyth 7 March 1888 – February 1890 Alexander Simpson February 1890 – 13 February 1891 William Thomas Muston 13 February 1891 – 11 February 1892 Henry Charles Catt 11 February 1892 – February 1893 Robert Small February 1893 – 16 February 1894 Thomas Todd Forsyth 16 February 1894 – 28 February 1895 Howard Fleming 28 February 1895 – March 1896 Robert Small March 1896 – February 1898 Robert Henry Gordon February 1898 – February 1899 Claude Leplastrier February 1899 – 14 February 1901 George Francis Bailey 14 February 1901 – 13 February 1902 Frederick Smythe Willis 13 February 1902 – 16 February 1905 Fitt Charles Petrie 16 February 1905 – 14 February 1906 John Norbert Mason 14 February 1906 – February 1908 William M. Cleland Jr. February 1908 – February 1910 George Francis Bailey February 1910 – 6 February 1911 H. H. Robey 6 February 1911 – February 1912 Robert Todd Forsyth February 1912 – February 1914 Clive N. Backhouse February 1914 – February 1915 William T. Dickson February 1915 – February 1919 Robert Todd Forsyth February 1919 – February 1920 Fitt Charles Petrie February 1920 – December 1921 Robert Todd Forsyth December 1921 – December 1925 H. W. Clarke December 1926 – 12 December 1927 Robert Todd Forsyth 12 December 1927 – 23 December 1930 Lancelot Bavin 23 December 1930 – December 1932 Joseph Bales December 1932 – December 1934 Ernest Edward Alcorn December 1934 – December 1935 Herbert Parkinson Piper December 1935 – December 1936 Joseph Bales December 1936 – December 1937 Arnold Vivian Meldrum December 1937 – December 1942 Joseph Bales December 1942 – December 1944 Henry Hastings Willis December 1944 – 1947 Joseph Bales 1948–1949 W. M. Jack 1950–1952 A. R. Baldwin 1953–1954 Edgar Absalom Deans 1955–1957 David John Cawthorne 1958–1959 N. R. McDowell 1960–1967 Laurie McGinty 1968 – September 1972 Bob Dougherty September 1972 – September 1974 David Warner September 1974 – September 1980 Noel Reidy September 1980 – September 1982 Jack Wilkinson Donnelly September 1982 – September 1991 Noel Reidy September 1991 – September 1993 Greg Bartels September 1993 – September 1995 John Squire September 1995 – September 1997 Eunice Raymond September 1997 – 20 January 2014 Pat Reilly 16 April 2014 – 21 December 2021 Gail Giles-Gidney 21 December 2021 – present Tanya Taylor
Electoral results 2024
2021
2017
2014 by-election
2012
References
External links City of Willoughby (Council website)