This is a list of mayors of the Council of the Municipality of Lane Cove, a local government area in the north shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated on 11 February 1895. From inception until 2017, the mayor was elected annually by the elected councillors. Since 2017, the Mayor is elected for a two-year term, with the deputy mayor for one year, by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The mayor of Lane Cove Council since 21 September 2023 is Councillor Scott Bennison, a councillor from the Liberal Party of Australia. The mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.
Mayors The following individuals have served as Mayor of the Council of the Municipality of Lane Cove:
# Mayor Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes Jeremiah Roberts Independent 4 April 1895 8 February 1897 James Robb Independent 8 February 1897 4 February 1898 Henry Charles Catt Independent 4 February 1898 15 February 1900 Charles Ludowici Independent 15 February 1900 9 February 1901 – Henry Charles Catt Independent 9 February 1901 11 February 1904 Cyril Blacket Independent 11 February 1904 20 February 1906 Son of Edmund Blacket. Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth Independent 20 February 1906 February 1910 Walter Thomas Independent February 1910 February 1912 – Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth Independent February 1912 February 1914 James Tomlin Independent February 1914 February 1918 John Lloyd Jones Independent February 1918 February 1920 Angus James Fraser Independent February 1920 9 July 1923 Archibald Johnston Independent 12 July 1923 10 December 1923 Thomas John Howell Independent 10 December 1923 15 December 1924 Vincent Aloysius Carroll Independent 15 December 1924 December 1925 – Angus James Fraser Independent December 1925 December 1926 Frederick William Dunn Independent December 1926 December 1929 William Malachy Brady Independent December 1929 December 1930 Frederick William Dunn Independent December 1930 December 1931 Charles Robert Conrad Scharkie Independent December 1931 December 1932 Fred Graham Independent December 1932 December 1933 John Marsh Independent December 1933 December 1938 – Archibald Johnston Independent December 1938 December 1943 George Polson Holloway Independent December 1943 December 1946 James Ernest Clancy Rawson Independent December 1946 December 1948 John Hargraves Hodgson Independent December 1948 December 1950 John Harold Blackman Independent December 1950 December 1952 George Oliver Venteman Independent December 1952 December 1954 George Batten Independent December 1954 December 1956 Albert Edward Shaw Independent December 1956 December 1958 Arthur Eddington Langford Griffith Independent December 1958 December 1961 Russell Brickhill Independent December 1961 December 1963 Marjorie Propsting Independent December 1963 December 1965 Martha Sear, 'Propsting, Marjorie Gertrude Eleanor (1905–1972)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/propsting-marjorie-gertrude-eleanor-11464/text20439, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 15 April 2017. Sydney Jack Friedlander Independent December 1965 December 1967 Archibald William Mackinnon Independent December 1967 December 1968 Andrew White Aitchison Independent December 1968 December 1970 Richard Harwin Nossiter Independent December 1970 September 1973 Rex Lemaire Independent September 1973 September 1975 William Albert Fleming Independent September 1975 September 1977 Bill Henningham Independent September 1977 September 1981 Rosilyn Ivy Baxter Independent September 1981 September 1984 John McGirr Independent September 1984 September 1987 – Sydney Jack Friedlander Independent September 1987 September 1991 James Douglas Welsh Independent September 1991 September 1993 Barry John Harrison Independent September 1993 September 1994 Rod Tudge Independent September 1994 September 1996 Mary Rawlings Independent September 1996 September 1998 Fran Tierney Independent September 1998 September 1999 Anthony Roberts Independent September 1999 September 2000 Stephen Bowers Independent September 2000 September 2001 – Anthony Roberts Independent September 2001 September 2002 John May Independent September 2002 March 2004 Ian Longbottom Independent March 2004 21 September 2009 Win Gaffney Liberal 21 September 2009 September 2012 Scott Bennison Liberal September 2012 17 September 2013 David Brooks-Horn Liberal 17 September 2013 21 September 2015 Deborah Hutchens Liberal 21 September 2015 25 September 2017 Pam Palmer Independent 25 September 2017 10 January 2022 Andrew Zbik Labor 10 January 2022 21 September 2023 – Scott Bennison One Nation 21 September 2023 October 2024
See also
Local government areas of New South Wales
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