List of mayors of Willoughby

This is a list of the Mayors of Willoughby City Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Mayors while holding office is: His/Her Worship The Mayor of Willoughby. First incorporated on 23 October 1865 as the Municipality of Willoughby, the council first met to elect six Aldermen and two Auditors on 16 December 1865, in the house of James Harris French and the first Chairman, James William Bligh, was elected on 1 January 1866. With the enactment of the Municipalities Act, 1867 the title of Chairman was changed to "Mayor".

Mayor of Willoughby
Incumbent
Cr. Gail Giles-Gidney
since 16 April 2014
StyleHis/Her Worship
AppointerWilloughby City Council
Term lengthOne year (1865–1999)
Four years (1999–date)
Inaugural holderAld. James William Bligh
Formation1 January 1866
DeputyHugh Eriksson
Websitewww.willoughby.nsw.gov.au

The council area was proclaimed as the City of Willoughby on 17 November 1989. On 1 July 1993 following the enactment of a new Local Government Act, elected representatives of the council were to be known as 'Councillor', replacing the former title of 'Alderman'. Originally, nominated annually by the council, since 1999 the mayor has been popularly elected for a four-year term.

The first Willoughby Town Hall, on Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, 1907. Built in 1903, it was demolished in 1969 to make way for the new town hall and is now the site of The Concourse.

List of incumbents
YearsChairmanNotes[1]
1 January 1866 – 23 December 1867James William Bligh
YearsMayorsNotes
23 December 1867 – 18 February 1868James William Bligh
18 February 1868 – 10 February 1869David Broadfoot[2]
10 February 1869 – 8 February 1870Henry Hocken Bligh[3]
8 February 1870 – 18 February 1871Richard H. Harnett[4]
18 February 1871 – February 1872Henry Hocken Bligh[5]
February 1872 – February 1873James Harris French
February 1873 – 10 February 1874Elijah Charlish
10 February 1874 – 13 February 1875James Peter Best[6]
13 February 1875 – February 1876James Forsyth Snr.[7]
February 1876 – 10 February 1881Richard Seldon
10 February 1881 – 18 February 1882Elijah Charlish[8]
18 February 1882 – 9 February 1883Thomas Todd Forsyth[9]
9 February 1883 – 19 February 1884James Peter Best[10]
19 February 1884 – 11 February 1887Howard Fleming[11]
11 February 1887 – 7 March 1888Thomas Todd Forsyth[12]
7 March 1888 – February 1890Alexander Simpson[13][14]
February 1890 – 13 February 1891William Thomas Muston
13 February 1891 – 11 February 1892Henry Charles Catt[15]
11 February 1892 – February 1893Robert Small[16]
February 1893 – 16 February 1894Thomas Todd Forsyth[17]
16 February 1894 – 28 February 1895Howard Fleming[18]
28 February 1895 – March 1896Robert Small[19]
March 1896 – February 1898Robert Henry Gordon[20]
February 1898 – February 1899Claude Leplastrier[21]
February 1899 – 14 February 1901George Francis Bailey
14 February 1901 – 13 February 1902Frederick Smythe Willis[22]
13 February 1902 – 16 February 1905Fitt Charles Petrie[23][24]
16 February 1905 – 14 February 1906John Norbert Mason[25]
14 February 1906 – February 1908William M. Cleland Jr.[26]
February 1908 – February 1910George Francis Bailey
February 1910 – 6 February 1911H. H. Robey[27]
6 February 1911 – February 1912Robert Todd Forsyth[28]
February 1912 – February 1914Clive N. Backhouse[29]
February 1914 – February 1915William T. Dickson[30]
February 1915 – February 1919Robert Todd Forsyth[17]
February 1919 – February 1920Fitt Charles Petrie
February 1920 – December 1921Robert Todd Forsyth[31]
December 1921 – December 1925H. W. Clarke[32][33]
December 1926 – 12 December 1927Robert Todd Forsyth[34][35]
12 December 1927 – 23 December 1930Lancelot Bavin[36][37][38]
23 December 1930 – December 1932Joseph Bales[39][40]
December 1932 – December 1934Ernest Edward Alcorn[41][42][43]
December 1934 – December 1935Herbert Parkinson Piper[44]
December 1935 – December 1936Joseph Bales[45]
December 1936 – December 1937Arnold Vivian Meldrum
December 1937 – December 1942Joseph Bales[46]
December 1942 – December 1944Henry Hastings Willis
December 1944 – 1947Joseph Bales
1948–1949W. M. Jack
1950–1952A. R. Baldwin
1953–1954Edgar Absalom Deans[47]
1955–1957David John Cawthorne
1958–1959N. R. McDowell
1960–1967Laurie McGinty
1968 – September 1972Bob Dougherty[48]
September 1972 – September 1974David Warner[49]
September 1974 – September 1980Noel Reidy[50]
September 1980 – September 1982Jack Wilkinson Donnelly[51]
September 1982 – September 1991Noel Reidy[50]
September 1991 – September 1993Greg Bartels
September 1993 – September 1995John Squire
September 1995 – September 1997Eunice Raymond
September 1997 – 20 January 2014Pat Reilly
16 April 2014 – presentGail Giles-Gidney[52][53]

Notes and references
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  6. "BOROUGH OF NORTH WILLOUGHBY". New South Wales Government Gazette (34). 13 February 1874. p. 466. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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  8. "BOROUGH OF NORTH WILLOUGHBY". New South Wales Government Gazette (66). 18 February 1881. p. 997. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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