Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney

Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney
Incumbent
Jess Miller
since September 2025
AppointerCouncil of the City of Sydney
Term length4 years, renewable
Inaugural holderJohn James Carroll (Official)
Formation1949 (officially)
WebsiteDeputy Lord Mayor of Sydney

The deputy lord mayor of Sydney is the deputy head of the council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Since 1949, the deputy lord mayor has been indirectly elected annually by the council, becoming a permanent council position following the passage of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948. The holder may be appointed to a full mayoral term or for a shorter, specified duration. The deputy lord mayor assists the lord mayor in their work, exercising any function of the lord mayor at request and fulfilling the role during a casual vacancy of the lord mayor's office.[1] The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, following which the new council voted first-term councillor, Zann Maxwell, as deputy lord mayor.

Office history

The position of deputy lord mayor was made a permanent council position when the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 placed the City of Sydney under the main body of local government legislation.[2] Prior to 1 January 1949, "Deputy" Lord Mayors were occasionally elected to act for the council during times of absence or illness of a sitting Lord Mayor, but the position was not permanent under the Sydney Corporation Act 1932 or any previous acts. The following individuals have been elected as Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney:

#PortraitOfficeholderPartyTerm startTerm endTime in officeRef.Lord Mayor
1John James Carroll Labor1 January 194914 December 19501 year, 347 days[3][4]Ernest Charles O'Dea
2Jack Byrne14 December 195015 December 19522 years, 1 day[5]
3Frank Green15 December 19526 January 19541 year, 22 days[6]Pat Hills
4Kevin Dwyer6 January 195413 December 1954341 days[7][8]
5Anthony Doherty13 December 195412 December 1955364 days[9]
(4)Kevin Dwyer12 December 195517 December 19561 year, 5 days[10]
(2)Jack Byrne17 December 195617 December 19593 years, 0 days[11][12]
[13]		Harry Jensen
6Francis Joseph Dixon17 December 195911 December 19611 year, 359 days[14]
7Henry Burland11 December 196116 December 19632 years, 5 days[15][16]
8Clifford Noble16 December 196314 December 1964364 days[17]
(7)Henry Burland14 December 196416 December 19651 year, 2 days[18]
9Tony Bradford16 December 196513 November 19671 year, 332 days[19]John Armstrong
10Nicholas Shehadie Civic Reform7 October 196924 September 19733 years, 352 days[20]Emmet McDermott
David Griffin
11Barrett Lewis24 September 197330 September 19741 year, 6 days[21]Nicholas Shehadie
12Leo Port30 September 197425 September 1975360 days[22]
13Andrew Briger25 September 197527 September 19761 year, 2 days[23][24]
[25]		Leo Port
(11)Barrett Lewis27 September 197610 October 19771 year, 13 days[26]
14Nelson Meers10 October 1977November 19781 year, 28 days[27]
15Jeremy BinghamNovember 197820 September 19801 year, 318 days[28]Nelson Meers
(9)Tony Bradford Labor29 September 198028 September 1981364 days[29]Doug Sutherland
16Jack Calpis28 September 198131 December 198194 days[30]
17Bill Hartup4 January 198213 September 1982252 days[31]
(9)Tony Bradford13 September 198229 September 19831 year, 16 days[32]
(16)Jack Calpis29 September 19831 May 1984215 days[33]
18Stanley Ashmore-Smith1 May 198416 September 19851 year, 138 days[34]
(17)Bill Hartup16 September 198526 March 19871 year, 191 days[35][36]
[37]
19Ross Bonthorne Civic Reform3 January 198918 September 19912 years, 258 days[38]Jeremy Bingham
20Henry Tsang Labor23 September 199111 September 19997 years, 353 days[39]Frank Sartor
21Lucy Turnbull Living Sydney Independents18 September 19997 April 20033 years, 201 days[40][41]
22Dixie Coulton 7 April 200314 September 2003305 days[42][43]Lucy Turnbull
 Sydney Independents14 September 20036 February 2004
23John McInerney Clover Moore
Independent Team		19 April 200412 September 20051 year, 146 days[44]Clover Moore
24Verity Firth Labor12 September 200518 September 20061 year, 6 days[45]
25Chris Harris Greens18 September 200617 September 2007364 days[46]
26Tony Pooley Labor17 September 200713 September 2008362 days[47]
27Marcelle Hoff Clover Moore
Independent Team		29 September 200821 September 2009357 days[48]
28Phillip Black21 September 200913 September 2010357 days[49]
(27)Marcelle Hoff13 September 201019 September 20111 year, 6 days[50]
29Robert Kok19 September 201121 September 20121 year, 2 days[51]
30Robyn Kemmis21 September 201226 December 20153 years, 96 days[51][52]
[53]
31Irene Doutney Greens29 February 201610 September 2016194 days[54]
32Kerryn Phelps Clover Moore
Independent Team		23 September 201627 June 2017360 days[55][56]
[57]
 Independent27 June 201718 September 2017
33Jess MillerClover Moore
Independent Team		18 September 201717 September 2018364 days[58][59]
34Linda Scott Labor17 September 20189 September 2019357 days[60]
35Jess ScullyClover Moore
Independent Team		9 September 201919 September 20223 years, 10 days[61][62]
[63][64]
36Sylvie Ellsmore Greens19 September 202218 September 2023364 days[65]
37Robert Kok Clover Moore
Independent Team		 18 September 2023 10 October 2024 2 years, 346 days [66]
38 Zann Maxwell   Labor 10 October 2024 30 September 2025 355 days [67]
39 Jess Miller Clover Moore
Independent Team		 30 September 2025 Incumbent 334 days [66]

References

  1. ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 231 Deputy mayor".
  2. ↑ "View - NSW legislation".
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  12. ↑ "Jensen's Deputy Retains Position". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 December 1957. p. 4. The City Council yesterday re-elected Alderman J. Byrne (A.L.P.) deputy Lord Mayor for 1958. Alderman Byrne defeated the opposition nominee, Alderman R. J. Bartley, leader of the Citizens' Reform aldermen, by 13 votes to 7.
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  31. ↑ Shanahan, Dennis (4 January 1982). "First big test as Right takes over - New City Council's deficit $8m-plus". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 1.
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  34. ↑ "Pyrmont squatters reprieved". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 1984. p. 14.
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  36. ↑ Grealy, Michael (28 September 1986). "Premier to hear plea for councillors". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 52.
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