Mayors and Councillors

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