The Civic Mayor of Doncaster is the ceremonial leader of the City of Doncaster Council. The civic mayor is appointed annually from the members of City of Doncaster Council and serves for one municipal year.
History The first mayor of Doncaster, in 1493, was a Thomas Pigborne.The early Yorkshire woollen trade Page xxx John Lister - 1924 "The first mayor of Doncaster, in 1493, was a Thomas Pigborne" The first mayor of the Borough of Doncaster under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 was Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th baronet of Wheatley.The gentleman's magazine - Volume 37 - Page 186 1852 "In 1836 he was the first Mayor of Doncaster under the Municipal Act," One of the later 19th-century mayors was Charles Verity, who served from 1881 to 1882. The role was reconstituted on 1 April 1974 to cover the larger Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. On 18 May 2018 history was made when Councillor Majid Khan became the first ethnic minority Mayor of Doncaster.
Since May 2002 there has also been a directly elected mayor of Doncaster and in May 2012, voters decided in a referendum to keep the position.Mayor Peter Davies and Doncaster Council set date for elected mayor referendum, BBC News 1 February 2012
List of civic mayors (since 1900) Source: Doncaster History
1900 Charles Theobald 1901 Thomas Windle 1902 Robert Robinson 1903 John Tinsley Spencer 1904 George Smith 1905 George Smith 1906 Nathan Gyles 1907 Enoch Ellis 1908 Joseph Firth Clark 1909 George Bennett 1910 John Halmshaw 1911 Charles Wightman 1912 William Clark 1913 John Thomas Kay 1914 Patrick Stirling (engineer/footballer) 1915 Samuel Balmforth 1916 Samuel Balmforth 1917 George Raithby 1918 Abner Carr 1919 Richard Martin Jackson 1920 Frederick William Cocking 1921 Samuel Morris 1922 George Thomas Tuby 1923 Thomas Hedley Oliver 1924 William Davy Borrill 1925 Edwin Smith Knight 1926 Ernest John Dowson
County Borough
1927 Herbert Myers Marshall 1928 Harry Warren 1929 Richard Henry Hepworth 1930 Walter James Crookes 1931 George Watson 1932 Arthur Thomson 1933 Thomas Gilberthorpe 1934 George Herbert Ranyard 1935 Harry Herbert Bone 1936 Thomas Henry Johnson 1937 Samuel Morris 1938 Willie Corbett 1939 Herbert Fred Heaviside 1940 Ernest Scargall 1940 Andrew Clarke 1941 Frederick Charles Trotter 1942 Charles Herbert Mason 1943 Sidney Howe Auckland 1944 Walter Firth 1945 Frederick Charles Trotter 1946 Ernest Shaw 1947 Harry Llewellyn Goe 1948 Percy Judd 1949 Herbert Martin 1949 Percy Judd 1950 Herbert Wilson 1951 Rose Hodson 1952 Edgar Hubbard 1953 Albert Edward Cammidge 1954 Herbert Jackson 1955 Alfred Edward Hall 1956 Elizabeth Dougal Callander 1957 William Chappell 1958 Arthur Harvey 1959 Fred Ogden 1960 Frank Stafford Heptonstall 1961 Thomas Henry Wright 1962 Reginald Kelsall 1963 William Ernest Whittington 1964 Stanley Claude Holbrook 1965 H. Culshaw 1966 George Francis Hardy 1967 Elsie Stenson 1968 William Hubert Kelly 1969 Marcus S. Outwin 1970 Olive Sunderland 1971 William Clarke 1972 Edith Plumb 1973 Arthur Heaven
Metropolitan Borough
1974 – 1975 Albert Edward Cammidge 1975 – 1976 Gerald Messines McDade 1976 – 1977 Gordon Gallimore 1977 – 1978 Robert Vernon Carr Grainger 1978 – 1979 Winifred M. Liversidge 1979 – 1980 George Cheshire 1980 – 1981 John Edward Oliver 1981 – 1982 Alexander Grimson 1982 – 1983 Harry Schofield 1983 – 1984 Catherine Bower 1984 – 1985 Norma Wilson 1985 – 1986 Lionel Norten Hall 1986 – 1987 Edward Gardner 1987 – 1988 Gladys Ambler 1988 – 1989 Ronald Wilfred Gillies 1989 – 1990 Raymond Stockhill 1990 – 1991 John Meredith 1991 – 1992 William R. Gillies 1992 – 1993 Charles W. Verrill 1993 – 1994 John Quinn 1994 – 1995 Gordon Gallimore 1995 – 1996 Andy Lanaghan 1996 – 1997 Dorothy Layton 1997 – 1998 Sheila Mitchinson 1998 – 1999 Margaret Robinson 1999 – 2000 Yvonne Woodcock 2000 – 2001 Maureen Edgar 2001 – 2002 Beryl Roberts 2002 – 2003 John R. Quinn 2003 – 2004 G. M. (Mick) Jameson 2004 – 2005 Margaret Ward 2005 – 2006 Susan Bolton 2006 – 2007 Norah Troops 2007 – 2008 Anthony Sockett 2008 – 2009 Paul Coddington 2009 – 2010 Ros Jones 2010 Margaret Pinkney (resigned due to ill health) 2010 – 2011 Ken Knight 2011 – 2012 Eva Hughes 2012 – 2013 Christine Mills 2013 – 2014 Eddie Dobbs 2014 – 2015 Pat Haith 2015 – 2016 Paul Wray 2016 – 2017 David Nevett 2017 – 2018 Leslie George Derx 2018 – 2019 Majid Khan 2019 – 2021 Linda Curran 2021 – 2022 Richard Allan Jones 2022 – 2023 Ian Pearson 2023 – 2024 Duncan Anderson. 2024 – 2025 Julie Grace 2025 – 2026 Tim Needham 2026 – 2027 Jackie Dudley
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