List of mayors of Willoughby

Mayor of Willoughby
Incumbent Cr. Gail Giles-Gidney since 16 April 2014
Style	His/Her Worship
Appointer	Willoughby City Council
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Ald. James William Bligh
Formation	23 October 1865
Deputy	TBA
Website	www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au

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 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.

List of incumbents

Years	Mayors[1]
1865–1867	James William Bligh
1868	David Broadfoot
1869	H. H. Bligh
1870	Richard H. Harnett
1871	H. H. Bligh
1872	J. French
1873	Elijah Charlish
1874	James P. Best
1875	James Forsyth Snr.
1876–1880	Richard Seldon
1881	Elijah Charlish
1882	Thomas Todd Forsyth
1883	James P. Best
1884–1886	Howard Fleming
1887–1888	Thomas Todd Forsyth
1889	Alex Simpson
1890	W. T. Muston
1891	H. C. Catt
1892	R. Small
1893	Thomas Todd Forsyth
1894	Howard Fleming
1895	R. Small
1896–1897	Robert Henry Gordon
1898	Claude Leplastrier
1899–1900	George Francis Bailey
1901	Frederick Smith Willis
1902–1904	F. C. Petrie
1905	John N. Mason
1906–1907	W. M. Cleland Jr.
1908–1909	George Francis Bailey
1910	H. H. Robey
1911	Robert Todd Forsyth
1912–1913	C. N. Backhouse
1914	W. T. Dickson
1915–1918	Robert Todd Forsyth
1919	F. C. Petrie
1920–1921	Robert Todd Forsyth
1922–1925	H. W. Clarke
1926–1927	Robert Todd Forsyth
1928–1930	Lancelot Bavin
1931–1932	John Bales
1933–1934	E. E. Alcorn
1935	H. P. Piper
1936	John Bales
1937	A. V. Meldrum
1938–1942	John Bales
1943–1944	Henry Hastings Willis
1945–1947	John Bales
1948–1949	W. M. Jack
1950–1952	A. R. Baldwin
1953–1954	E. A. Deans
1955–1957	D. J. Cawthorne
1958–1959	N. R. McDowell
1960–1967	Laurie McGinty
1968–1972	Bob Dougherty
1973–1974	David Warner
1975–1980	Noel Reidy
1981–1982	Jack W Donnelly
1983–1991	Noel Reidy
1992–1993	Greg Bartels
1994–1995	John Squire
1996–1997	Eunice Raymond
1997–2014	Pat Reilly
2014-	Gail Giles-Gidney

Notes and references

1. "Fact Sheet 14 - Mayors of Willoughby". Willoughby City Facts. Willoughby City Library. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

External links

• The City of Willoughby (Council website)