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List of mayors of Lane Cove

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.[1] The mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.

Mayor of Lane Cove Council
Incumbent
Scott Bennison
since 21 September 2023
StyleHis/Her Worship
AppointerLane Cove Council
Term lengthOne year (1895–2016)
Two years (2017–date)
Formation4 April 1895
First holderJeremiah Roberts
DeputyDavid Roenfeldt
Websitehttps://www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/

Mayors edit

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
1 Jeremiah Roberts   Independent 4 April 1895 8 February 1897 1 year, 310 days [2][3][4]
2 James Robb   Independent 8 February 1897 4 February 1898 361 days [5]
3 Henry Charles Catt   Independent 4 February 1898 15 February 1900 2 years, 11 days [6]
4 Charles Ludowici   Independent 15 February 1900 9 February 1901 359 days [7]
– Henry Charles Catt   Independent 9 February 1901 11 February 1904 3 years, 2 days [8][9][10]
5 Cyril Blacket   Independent 11 February 1904 20 February 1906 2 years, 9 days [11][12][13]
6 Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth   Independent 20 February 1906 February 1910 3 years, 346 days [14][15][16]
7 Walter Thomas   Independent February 1910 February 1912 [17]
– Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth   Independent February 1912 February 1914 [18][19]
8 James Tomlin   Independent February 1914 February 1918 [20][21]
9 John Lloyd Jones   Independent February 1918 February 1920 [22][23]
10 Angus James Fraser   Independent February 1920 9 July 1923 [24][25][26]
11 Archibald Johnston   Independent 12 July 1923 10 December 1923 151 days [27]
12 Thomas John Howell   Independent 10 December 1923 15 December 1924 1 year, 5 days [28][29]
13 Vincent Aloysius Carroll   Independent 15 December 1924 December 1925 [30]
– Angus James Fraser   Independent December 1925 December 1926 [31]
14 Frederick William Dunn   Independent December 1926 December 1929 [32][33]
15 William Malachy Brady   Independent December 1929 December 1930 [34]
16 Frederick William Dunn   Independent December 1930 December 1931 [35]
17 Charles Robert Conrad Scharkie   Independent December 1931 December 1932 [36][37]
18 Fred Graham   Independent December 1932 December 1933 [38]
19 John Marsh   Independent December 1933 December 1938 [39][40][41][42]
– Archibald Johnston   Independent December 1938 December 1943 [43][44]
20 George Polson Holloway   Independent December 1943 December 1946 [45][46][47]
21 James Ernest Clancy Rawson   Independent December 1946 December 1948 [48][49]
22 John Hargraves Hodgson   Independent December 1948 December 1950 [50][35]
23 John Harold Blackman   Independent December 1950 December 1952 [35]
24 George Oliver Venteman   Independent December 1952 December 1954 [35]
25 George Batten   Independent December 1954 December 1956 [35]
26 Albert Edward Shaw   Independent December 1956 December 1958 [35]
27 Arthur Eddington Langford Griffith   Independent December 1958 December 1961 [35]
28 Russell Brickhill   Independent December 1961 December 1963 [51][35]
29 Marjorie Propsting   Independent December 1963 December 1965 [52][35]
30 Sydney Jack Friedlander   Independent December 1965 December 1967 [35]
31 Archibald William Mackinnon   Independent December 1967 December 1968 [35]
32 Andrew White Aitchison   Independent December 1968 December 1970 [35]
33 Richard Harwin Nossiter DSC OAM   Independent December 1970 September 1973 [35]
34 Rex Lemaire   Independent September 1973 September 1975 [35]
35 William Albert Fleming   Independent September 1975 September 1977 [35]
36 Bill Henningham PSM   Independent September 1977 September 1981 [35]
37 Rosilyn Ivy Baxter OAM   Independent September 1981 September 1984 [35]
38 John McGirr   Independent September 1984 September 1987 [35]
– Sydney Jack Friedlander OAM   Independent September 1987 September 1991 [35]
39 James Douglas Welsh   Independent September 1991 September 1993 [35]
40 Barry John Harrison   Independent September 1993 September 1994 [35]
41 Rod Tudge   Independent September 1994 September 1996 [35]
42 Mary Rawlings   Independent September 1996 September 1998 [35]
43 Fran Tierney   Independent September 1998 September 1999 [35]
44 Anthony Roberts   Independent September 1999 September 2000 [35]
45 Stephen Bowers   Independent September 2000 September 2001 [35]
– Anthony Roberts   Independent September 2001 September 2002 [35]
46 John May   Independent September 2002 March 2004 [53]
47 Ian Longbottom   Independent March 2004 21 September 2009 [54]
48 Win Gaffney   Liberal 21 September 2009 September 2012 2 years, 365 days [35]
49 Scott Bennison   Liberal September 2012 17 September 2013 362 days [55]
50 David Brooks-Horn   Liberal 17 September 2013 21 September 2015 2 years, 4 days [56][57]
51 Deborah Hutchens   Liberal 21 September 2015 25 September 2017 2 years, 4 days [58]
52 Pam Palmer   Independent 25 September 2017 10 January 2022 4 years, 107 days [59][60][61]
53 Andrew Zbik   Labor 10 January 2022 21 September 2023 1 year, 254 days [62]
– Scott Bennison   Liberal 21 September 2023 Incumbent 227 days [1]

See also edit

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