This is a list of the shire presidents and mayors of Ku-ring-gai 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 Ku-ring-gai. The current mayor of Ku-ring-gai is Councillor Kim Wheatley, elected on 15 September 2026.
Development of the office Ku-ring-gai was first incorporated on 6 March 1906 as the "Shire of Ku-ring-gai" and the first shire council was elected on 24 November 1906. The first leader of the council was elected at the first meeting on 8 December 1906, when Councillor William Cowan was elected as Shire President. There would not be a deputy president until the council election on 1 March 1920. On 22 September 1928, the Shire of Ku-ring-gai was proclaimed as the "Municipality of Ku-ring-gai" and the titles of 'Shire President' and 'Councillor' were retitled to be 'Mayor' and 'Alderman' respectively. In 1993, with the passing of a new Local Government Act, council was retitled as simply "Ku-ring-gai Council" and aldermen were retitled as councillors.
List of incumbents Presidents and deputy presidents of Ku-ring-gai Shire Council, 1906–1928 Years Shire presidentsDeputy presidentsYear 8 December 1906 – 6 February 1908 William Cowan 6 February 1908 – 4 February 1911 William Thomas Wait 4 February 1911 – 4 February 1914 Paul Clipsham 4 February 1914 – 1 February 1917 James Young1 February 1917 – 22 December 1921William Robert Fitzsimons Walter Scott Griffiths 1 March 1920 22 December 1921 – 7 December 1923 Norman McIntosh Malcolm McFayden 22 December 1921 John Gilmour Lockley 7 December 1922 7 December 1923 – 5 December 1924 John Gilmour Lockley Christopher Bowes Thistlethwayte 7 December 1923 5 December 1924 – 6 December 1927 Christopher Bowes Thistlethwayte Malcolm McFayden 5 December 1924 George Christie 15 December 1925 6 December 1927 – 22 September 1928 George Christie William Henry Read 6 December 1927
Mayors and deputy mayors of Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council, 1928–present YearsCurby & Macleod, "Under the Canopy", pp.195–199. MayorsDeputy mayorsYear 22 September 1928 – 19 March 1929 George Christie William Henry Read 22 September 1928 19 March 1929 – 5 December 1933 Walter Cresswell O'Reilly Audley Hubert Brennan 19 March 1929 James Briton 2 December 1930 Ernest Selby 6 December 1932 5 December 1933 – 4 December 1934 Ernest Selby James Briton 5 December 1933 4 December 1934 – 10 December 1935 George Seville Travis Claude Ewen Cameron 4 December 1934 10 December 1935 – 18 December 1936 Claude Ewen Cameron William King McLean 10 December 1935 18 December 1936 – 7 December 1937 George Seville Travis Michael L'Estrange 18 December 1936 7 December 1937 – 12 December 1939 Herbert Gordon Carter Michael L'Estrange 7 December 1937 George Seville Travis 13 December 1938 12 December 1939 – 9 December 1941 Noel Desmond McIntosh George Seville Travis 12 December 1939 9 December 1941 – 7 December 1943 Robert Taylor Rutledge George Seville Travis 9 December 1941 Joseph Hector Brown 8 December 1942 7 December 1943 – 5 December 1944 George Seville Travis Robert Taylor Rutledge 7 December 1943 5 December 1944 – 11 December 1945 Robert Taylor Rutledge Geoffrey Herbert Robin 5 December 1944 11 December 1945 – 3 December 1946 Geoffrey Herbert Robin Joseph Hector Brown 11 December 1945 3 December 1946 – 7 December 1948 Joseph Hector Brown Geoffrey Herbert Robin 3 December 1946 Alexander Powell Cooke 9 December 1947 7 December 1948 – 5 December 1950 Robert Taylor Rutledge John Paradine Middleton 7 December 1948 5 December 1950 – 2 December 1952 Eric Saxby Solomon Andrew Noble Campbell 5 December 1950 Reginald Nelson Walker 4 December 1951 2 December 1952 – 11 December 1956 Herbert Thomas Cornish George McCahon Sinclair 2 December 1952 Andrew Noble Campbell 11 December 1953 11 December 1956 – 14 December 1959 Andrew Noble Campbell Reginald Nelson Walker 11 December 1956 14 December 1959 – 5 December 1961 Harry Jago Reginald Nelson Walker 14 December 1959 5 December 1961 – 10 December 1962 Reginald Nelson Walker Alastair Gibson Muir 5 December 1961 10 December 1962 – 3 December 1963 George Revans Nicol Elizabeth Marian Carter 10 December 1962 3 December 1963 – 7 December 1964 Adrian Allaster Cox Reginald Nelson Walker 3 December 1963 7 December 1964 – 16 December 1966 Justin Roald Rickard Robert Sutherland Turner 7 December 1964 Norman Scott McDonald 13 December 1965 16 December 1966 – 4 December 1967 Norman Scott McDonald John Gordon McLean 16 December 1966 4 December 1967 – 13 December 1968 John Harris John Gordon McLean 4 December 1967 13 December 1968 – 9 December 1970 Robert Sutherland Turner Mavis Alexandra McMillan 13 December 1968 Richard John Basto 16 December 1969 9 December 1970 – 23 September 1971 Bryan Maxwell Mason James Frederick Bennett 9 December 1970 23 September 1971 – 26 September 1973 James Frederick Bennett Michael Marcel Strenger 23 September 1971 Richard John Basto 23 September 1972 26 September 1973 – 2 October 1974 Michael Eugene Kartzoff George Henry Bardsley 26 September 1973 2 October 1974 – 30 September 1975 Anthony Earl Cronin Trevor Carter Brown 2 October 1974 30 September 1975 – 26 September 1977 Trevor Carter Brown Roy Woodward 30 September 1975 26 September 1977 – 25 September 1979 Richard Cleveland Lennon Yolanda Amalia Lee 26 September 1977 25 September 1979 – 1 October 1980 Howard Parkinson Vains Yolanda Amalia Lee 25 September 1979 1 October 1980 – 22 September 1981 Richard Cleveland Lennon Brian John Taylor 1 October 1980 22 September 1981 – 11 October 1983 Brian John Taylor William Ferrier Thomson 22 September 1981 Michael Eugene Kartzoff 13 September 1982 11 October 1983 – 27 September 1984 Steven Paul Klinger Robert James Webeck 11 October 1983 27 September 1984 – 27 September 1987 Ronald Victor Yeates Adrian Coghan 27 September 1984 Peter Andrew Derwent 26 September 1985 Robert Webeck 29 September 1986 27 September 1987 – 1 September 1991 Richard Cleveland Lennon Tony Hall 27 September 1987 Richard Geddes 1 September 1989 Malcolm Patterson 24 August 1990 1 September 1991 – 1 September 1996 Peter Andrew Derwent Robert Pallin 1 September 1991 Richard Geddes 1 September 1992 Robert Pallin 1 September 1994 David Roy Barnett 1 September 1995 1 September 1996 – 8 September 1998 Richard Geddes Tony Hall 1 September 1996 David Dobbin 9 September 1997 8 September 1998 – 21 September 1999 David Dobbin Johanne Tobin 8 September 1998 21 September 1999 – 5 September 2000 Tony Hall Laura Bennett 21 September 1999 5 September 2000 – 3 September 2002 Laura Bennett Ted Roach 5 September 2000 Ian Cross 4 September 2001 3 September 2002 – 13 April 2004 Ian Cross Ian de Vulder 3 September 2002 13 April 2004 – 7 September 2005 Adrienne Ryan Maureen Shelley 13 April 2004 7 September 2005 – September 2006 Elaine Malicki Nick Ebbeck 7 September 2005 September 2006 – September 2008 Nick Ebbeck Anita Andrew September 2006 September 2008 – September 2010 Elaine Malicki Jennifer Anderson September 2008 September 2010 – 6 September 2011 Ian Cross Jennifer Anderson September 2010 6 September 2011 – September 2012 Jennifer Anderson Elaine Malicki 6 September 2011 September 2012 – September 2013 Elaine Malicki Cheryl Szatow September 2012 September 2013 – 16 September 2015 Jennifer Anderson Elaine Malicki September 2013"Mayoral election", North Shore Times, 22 August 2014, p.5. Chantelle Fornari-Orsmond 16 September 2014 16 September 2015 – 20 September 2016 Cheryl Szatow David Ossip 16 September 2015 20 September 2016 – 21 September 2021 Jennifer Anderson David Ossip 20 September 2016 Callum Clarke 21 September 2017 Jeff Pettett 25 September 2018 Callum Clarke 18 September 2019 Cedric Spencer 22 September 2020 21 September 2021 – 11 January 2022 Cedric Spencer Sam Ngai 21 September 2021 11 January 2022 – 19 September 2023 Jeff Pettett Barbara Ward 11 January 2022 19 September 2023 – November 2024 Sam Ngai Christine Kay 19 September 2023 November 2024 – 15 September 2026 Christine Kay Kim Wheatley Martin Smith November 2024 15 September 2026—present Kim Wheatley Matt Devlin 2026-2028
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Further reading
External links Ku-ring-gai Council (Council website)