Mayors and Councillors

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Access our directory of Woollahra Alderman and Councillors(PDF, 27MB) dating back to 1860, with portraits of each elected Mayor/Chairman. 

Chairmen of Woollahra (1860 - 1867)

  • 1860 - George Thornton
  • 1861 - Samuel Thompson
  • 1862 - Richard Holdsworth
  • 1863 - John Valentine Gorman
  • 1864 - Joseph Trickett
  • 1865 - Charles Martyn
  • 1866 - Daniel Bulman
  • 1867 - Randolph Nott

Mayors of Woollahra (1868 - present)

  • 1868-1871 - M. Consett Stephen
  • 1871 - Daniel Bulman
  • 1872 - Walter Friend
  • 1873 - William Teale
  • 1874 - Benjamin Cocks
  • 1875-1877 - John V. Barnard
  • 1877 - James Sutherland Mitchell
  • 1878 - William Adams Brodribb
  • 1879-1881 - William Joseph Trickett
  • 1881-1886 - Robert Butcher
  • 1886-1888 - William Joseph Trickett
  • 1888-1890 - John Cash Neild
  • 1890-1899 - Thomas Magney
  • 1899 - David Davis
  • 1900-1909 - William H. Latimer
  • 1910 - Thomas Christie Fairweather
  • 1911-1914 - Thomas Magney
  • 1914-1916 - Leo Whitby Robinson
  • 1916-1917 - George Dyson
  • 1918-1920 - William H. Latimer
  • 1921-1922 - James Polidore Bradley
  • 1923-1925 - William Frederick Foster
  • 1923 - Thomas Christie Fairweather (acting)
  • 1926-1929 - Leo Whitby Robinson
  • 1930-1931 - George Slater Grimley
  • 1932-1935 - Hugh Latimer
  • 1936 - Keith Denis Manion
  • 1937 - Arthur Griffith
  • 1938-1939 - George Slater Grimley
  • 1940 - John Douglas Lesingham Gaden
  • 1941 - Lyle Howard Marshall Moore
  • 1942 - Keith Denis Manion
  • 1943 - Aubrey Erskine Smith
  • 1944 - Leon Samuel Snider
  • 1945-1946 - George Slater Grimley
  • 1947 - Reginald Rosborough Thornton
  • 1948 - Leslie Edye Duff
  • 1949-1951 - Hugh Latimer
  • 1952 - William Frederick Arthur Harvey
  • 1953 - Chester William Davies
  • 1954 - Leslie Edye Duff
  • 1955 - John Esler Calwell
  • 1956 - Hugh Carlyle Foster
  • 1957 - Norman Ernest Mills
  • 1958 - William Frederick Arthur Harvey
  • 1959 - A. D. Frost
  • 1960 - John Esler Calwell
  • 1961 - Allan Charles Murchison
  • 1962 - Maxwell Elliott Lawrence
  • 1963 - Allan Charles Murchison
  • 1964 - Maxwell Elliott Lawrence
  • 1965 - Graham John Crouch
  • 1966 - Maxwell Elliott Lawrence
  • 1967 - Allan Charles Murchison
  • 1968 - Graham John Crouch
  • 1969 - Andrew Midwood Clayton
  • 1970 - Grosvenor Charles Thomas Burfitt-Williams
  • 1971 - David L. Parker
  • 1972 - John William O'Brien
  • 1973 - Thomas O'Loghlen Reynolds
  • 1974 - Michael Keith Fosbery Bray
  • 1975 - Graham John O'Neill
  • 1976 - John W. O'Brien
  • 1977 - Michael Keith Fosbery Bray
  • 1978 - Anthony Wentworth Perry
  • 1979 - Brenda Somerville (Dutchie) Backhouse
  • 1980 - Francis Patrick Donohoe
  • 1981 - Charles Bernard Alexander Widdy
  • 1982 - David Fulton Rofe
  • 1983 - Judith Ann May
  • 1984-1985 - John Mungo MacCallum
  • 1986 - Hylda Ann Rolfe
  • 1987 - Charles Bernard A. Widdy
  • 1988 - Susan Margaret Collett
  • 1989 - Elaine Armgard Cassidy
  • 1990 - Hylda Ann Rolfe
  • 1991 - Peter Edward King
  • 1992 - Catherine Elizabeth Lemech
  • 1993-1994 - Andrew Briger
  • 1995 - David Willoughby Leach
  • 1996 - Neville Gruzman
  • 1997-1998 - Greg James Medcraft
  • 1998 - Mairaed Bilmon
  • 1999 - Andrew Petrie
  • 2000 - Christopher J. Dawson
  • 2001-2004 - John Comino
  • 2004 - Geoffrey Rundle
  • 2005 - Andrew Petrie
  • 2006 - Keri Huxley
  • 2007 - Geoffrey Rundle
  • 2008-2009 - Andrew Petrie
  • 2010 - Isabelle Shapiro
  • 2011 - Susan Wynne
  • 2012 - Andrew Petrie
  • 2013-2017 - Toni Zeltzer
  • 2017-2019 - Peter M Cavanagh
  • 2019-2023 - Susan Wynne
  • 2023-Present - Richard Shields 
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