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Chairmen of Woollahra (1860 - 1867)
| Year | Chairmen |
|---|---|
| 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)
| Year | Mayors |
|---|---|
| 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 |