The Mayor of Ryde is the elected head of the City of Ryde, a local government area in the north shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated on 11 November 1870. Since 2017, the mayor is elected for a two-year term, by the councillors. The mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.
Election method From 1870 to 1959, the mayor was elected annually by the elected aldermen. From 1959 to 1968, the Municipality of Ryde had a system of triennial mayoral elections, with the mayor chosen by the electors of the municipality alongside the elected aldermen. From 1968 to 2017, the mayor was again elected annually by the aldermen (retitled councillors after 1 July 1993, with the enactment of the Local Government Act, 1993). From 2017, in line with all other local government areas in the state, the mayoral term was extended to two years.
A referendum was undertaken at the election held on 4 December 2021, asking residents the following question: "Do you support a popularly elected Mayor where the voters of the City of Ryde elect the Mayor for a four (4) year term, thereby adopting a thirteen (13) Councillor model (including the Mayor)?". The final declared results were: 76.18% YES and 23.82% NO. As a result, the position of mayor will again be directly elected from the next local government elections scheduled for 2024.
Mayors
The following individuals have served as Mayor of the City of Ryde and its predecessors:
# MayorPartyTermNotes 1 Edward Terry Independent 13 February 1871 – 11 February 1874 2 Gerrard Herring Independent 11 February 1874 – October 1875 – Edward Terry Independent 22 October 1875 – 12 February 1876 – Gerrard Herring Independent 12 February 1876 – 13 October 1876 3 George Wicks Independent 13 October 1876 – 12 February 1877 4 John Linsley Independent 12 February 1877 – 9 February 1880 – Gerard Edgar Herring Independent 9 February 1880 – 20 February 1885 5 James Ross Independent 20 February 1885 – 1 March 1886 6 Henry Watts Independent 1 March 1886 – 14 February 1887 7 William Jackson Independent 14 February 1887 – 4 November 1887 – James Ross Independent 4 November 1887 – 13 February 1889 8 George Lovell Independent 13 February 1889 – 16 February 1891 9 Samuel Jordan Independent 16 February 1891 – 12 February 1892 10 John Forsyth Independent 12 February 1892 – 18 February 1893 11 Thomas Potts Independent 18 February 1893 – 14 February 1894 – Samuel Jordan Independent 14 February 1894 – 14 February 1896 12 Thomas Pidding Independent 14 February 1896 – 11 February 1897 13 Edward Worthington Independent 11 February 1897 – 13 February 1898 – Edward Terry Independent 13 February 1898 – 22 September 1899 14 Walter Hibble Independent 27 September 1899 – 13 February 1901 15 John Redshaw Independent 13 February 1901 – 14 February 1902 16 Edward Betts Independent 14 February 1902 – 6 February 1904 17 David Anderson Independent 6 February 1904 – 14 February 1905 18 William Thompson Independent 14 February 1905 – 13 February 1906 19 Rowland Sutton Independent 13 February 1906 – 15 February 1907 20 Sidney Benson Independent 15 February 1907 – 7 February 1908 – David Anderson Independent 7 February 1908 – 11 February 1909 – John Redshaw Independent 11 February 1909 – February 1911 21 Charles Robert Summerhayes Independent February 1911 – 12 February 1913 – David Anderson Independent 12 February 1913 – February 1914 – Rowland Sutton Independent February 1914 – 12 February 1915 22 John Kelly Independent 12 February 1915 – 5 February 1920 23 Alexander Stewart Independent 5 February 1920 – December 1920 24 Charles Dyer Independent December 1920 – December 1921 – Charles Robert Summerhayes Independent December 1921 – December 1922 – Charles Dyer Independent December 1922 – 14 December 1927 25 Albion Greenwood Independent 14 December 1927 – December 1931 26 Percival Chatfield Independent December 1931 – 5 December 1934 27 William Harrison Independent 5 December 1934 – December 1936 28 William Mahon Independent December 1936 – December 1937 – William Harrison Independent December 1937 – December 1938 29 William Irvine Independent December 1938 – December 1939 – William Harrison Independent December 1939 – 24 June 1942 30 Gibson McMillan Independent 30 June 1942 – December 1943 31 Clive Bondfield Independent December 1943 – December 1947 32 E. L. S. Hall Independent December 1947 – 17 December 1948 33 Kenneth Anderson Independent 17 December 1948 – December 1950 34 Henry Attwool Dunbar Mitchell Independent December 1950 – December 1953 35 William John Irvine Independent December 1953 – December 1956 – Henry Attwool Dunbar Mitchell Independent December 1956 – December 1957 36 James Henry Donovan Independent December 1957 – December 1958 – William Harrison Independent December 1958 – 5 December 1959 37 E. L. S. Hall Independent 5 December 1959 – 1 December 1962 38 C. M. Cutler Independent 1 December 1962 – December 1968 – William Harrison Independent December 1968 – 18 September 1971 39 Harry Anderson Independent 18 September 1971 – September 1973 40 Mick Lardelli Independent September 1973 – September 1974 41 T. Greenwood Independent September 1974 – September 1977 – Harry Anderson Independent September 1977 – September 1979 42 Ross Horner Independent September 1979 – September 1980 43 Edna Wilde Independent September 1980 – September 1982 44 J. M. Malone Independent September 1982 – September 1983 45 Mick Lardelli Independent September 1983 – September 1995 46 Jim Hull Independent September 1995 – September 1997 47 Peter Graham Independent September 1997 – September 1999 – Edna Wilde Independent September 1999 – September 2000 48 Ivan Petch Independent September 2000 – 10 September 2002 – Edna Wilde Independent 10 September 2002 – 8 April 2004 49 Terry Perram Independent 8 April 2004 – 13 September 2005 – Ivan Petch Independent 13 September 2005 – 30 September 2008 50 Vic Tagg Independent 30 September 2008 – 8 September 2009 51 Michael Butterworth Labor 8 September 2009 – 14 September 2010 52 Artin Etmekdjian Liberal 14 September 2010 – 25 September 2012 – Ivan Petch Independent 25 September 2012 – 9 September 2013 53 Roy MaggioLiberal 9 September 2013 – 9 September 2014 54 Bill Pickering 9 September 2014 – 8 September 2015 55 Jerome Laxale Labor 8 September 2015 – 16 September 2016 – Bill Pickering Liberal 16 September 2016 – 9 September 2017 – Jerome Laxale Labor 26 September 2017 – 11 January 2022 56 Jordan LaneLiberal 11 January 2022 – 13 December 2022 57 Sarkis Yedelian 13 December 2022 – 19 March 2024 58 Trenton Brown 19 March 2024 – present
Election results 2024
See also Local government areas of New South Wales
References
External links City of Ryde website