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. Since inception, the Mayor is elected annually by the elected councillors. The Mayor of Lane Cove Council since 25 September 2017 is Cr. Pam Palmer (Independent).

Mayor of Lane Cove Council
Incumbent Pam Palmer since 25 September 2017
Style	His/Her Worship
Appointer	Lane Cove Council
Term length	One year (1895–date)
Formation	4 April 1895
First holder	Jeremiah Roberts
Deputy	Karola Brent

Mayors

The following individuals have served as Mayor of the Council of the Municipality of Lane Cove, or any of its predecessor titles:

#	Mayor	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Jeremiah Roberts			4 April 1895	8 February 1897	1 year, 310 days	[1][2][3]
2	James Robb			8 February 1897	February 1898		[4]
3	Henry Charles Catt			February 1898	15 February 1900		[5]
4	Charles Ludowici			15 February 1900	9 February 1901	359 days	[6]
-	Henry Charles Catt			9 February 1901	11 February 1904	3 years, 2 days	[7][8][9]
5	Cyril Blacket			11 February 1904	20 February 1906	2 years, 9 days	[10][11][12]
6	Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth			20 February 1906	February 1910	3 years, 346 days	[13][14][15]
7	Walter Thomas			February 1910	February 1912		[16]
-	Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth			February 1912	February 1914		[17][18]
8	James Tomlin			February 1914	February 1918		[19][20]
9	John Lloyd Jones			February 1918	February 1920		[21][22]
10	Angus James Fraser			February 1920	9 July 1923		[23][24][25]
11	Archibald Johnston			12 July 1923	10 December 1923	151 days	[26]
12	Thomas John Howell			10 December 1923	15 December 1924	1 year, 5 days	[27][28]
13	Vincent Aloysius Carroll			15 December 1924	December 1925		[29]
-	Angus James Fraser			December 1925	December 1926		[30]
14	Frederick William Dunn			December 1926	December 1929		[31][32]
15	William Malachy Brady			December 1929	December 1930		[33]
16	Frederick William Dunn			December 1930	December 1931
17	Charles Robert Conrad Scharkie			December 1931	December 1932		[34][35]
18	Fred Graham			December 1932	December 1933		[36]
19	John Marsh			December 1933	December 1938		[37][38][39][40]
-	Archibald Johnston			December 1938	December 1943		[41][42]
20	George Polson Holloway			December 1943	December 1946		[43][44][45]
21	James Ernest Clancy Rawson			December 1946	December 1948		[46][47]
22	John Hargraves Hodgson			December 1948	December 1949		[48]
23
	Russell Brickhill			December 1961	December 1963		[49]
	Marjorie Propsting			December 1963	December 1965		[50]
	Bill Henningham			September 1977	September 1981
	John McGirr			September 1984	September 1986
	Rod Tudge			September 1995	September 1996
	Mary Rawlings			September 1996	September 1998
	Fran Tierney			September 1998	September 1999
	Anthony Roberts			September 1999	September 2000
	Stephen Bowers			September 2000	September 2001
-	Anthony Roberts			September 2001	September 2002
	John May			September 2002	March 2004		[51]
	Ian Longbottom		Independent	March 2004	21 September 2009		[52]
	Win Gaffney		Liberal	21 September 2009	September 2012	2 years, 365 days
	Scott Bennison		Liberal	September 2012	17 September 2013	362 days	[53]
	David Brooks-Horn		Liberal	17 September 2013	21 September 2015	2 years, 4 days	[54][55]
	Deborah Hutchens		Liberal	21 September 2015	25 September 2017	2 years, 4 days	[56]
	Pam Palmer		Independent	25 September 2017	incumbent	3 years, 123 days

See also

• Local government areas of New South Wales

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