List of mayors and lord mayors of Hobart

Lord Mayor of Hobart
Incumbent
Anna Reynolds
since November 2018
StyleThe Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Hobart
Member ofHobart City Council
SeatHobart Town Hall
Term length4 years (renewable)
Constituting instrumentLocal Government Act, 1993
PrecursorMayor of Hobart
Inaugural holderWilliam Carter (Mayor)
Joshua J. Wignall
(Lord Mayor)
Formation1853 (as Mayor)
1935 (as Lord Mayor)
Unofficial names'Lord Mayor'
SalaryA$145,657[1]

This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Hobart local government area, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Mayors (1853–1934)

# Mayor Term
1 William Carter 1853–1854
2 William Gore Elliston 1855–1856
3 John Leslie Stewart 1857
4 Osmond H. Gilles 1858
5 David Lewis 1858 (July)-1859
6 Henry Cook 1860–1861
7 Alfred Kennerley 1862–1863
8 Robert Walker 1864–1867
9 J. M. Wilson 1868–1869
10 H. Cook (from August) 1869
11 Thomas Christie Smart 1870
12 Alfred Kennerley 1871–1872
13 George Crisp 1873–1875
14 John Perkins 1876–1877
15 William Patrick Green 1878
16 Wiliam Henry Burgess 1879–1880
17 James Harcourt 1881–1882
18 William Belbin 1883–1884
19 John George Davies 1885–1886
20 Charles Harbottle 1887
21 Alfred Crisp 1888–1889
22 John Watchorn 1890
23 George Hiddlestone 1891
24 Thomas Augustus Reynolds 1891
25 George Stanton Crouch[2] 1893
26 John Watchorn 1894–1896
27 John George Davies 1897
28 George Hiddlestone 1898
29 John George Davies 1899–1901
30 George Kerr 1902
31 Thomas Bennison 1903–1904
32 George Kerr 1905
33 Alfred Crisp 1906
34 Charles Duncan Haywood 1907
35 Daniel Freeman 1908
36 J. W. Hoggins 1909
37 C. J. Atkins 1910
38 Thomas H. Amott 1911
39 Alfred Crisp 1912–1913
40 R. J. Meagher 1914
41 W. H. Williams 1915
42 L. H. Macleod 1916
43 R. D. Lord 1917
44 J. G. Shield 1918–1919
45 R. Eccles Snowden 1920 – 1922 (till July)
46 J. A. McKenzie (after July) 1922
47 John Soundy 1924
48 Francis Valentine 1925–1926
49 Edwin J. Rogers, C.M.G. 1926–1927
50 J. J. Wignall 1927–1929
51 John Soundy 1929–1932
52 Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G. 1932–1934

Lord Mayors (since 1935)

The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor during the 1934 – 1935 council.

# Lord Mayor Term
53 Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G. 1935–1938
54 John Soundy 1938–1946
55 W. W. Osborne 1946–1948
56 Richard O. Harris 1948–1950
57 Archibald R. Park 1950–1952
58 Sir Richard Harris, C.M.G. 1952–1954
59 Archibald R. Park, C.M.G. 1954–1959
60 Sir Basil Osborne 1959–1970
61 Ronald George Soundy 1970–1976
62 Douglas Robert Plaister 1976–1984
63 Brian Broadby 1984–1986
64 Doone Kennedy 1986–1996
65 John Freeman 1996–1999
66 Rob Valentine 1999–2011
67 Damon Thomas 2011–2014
68 Sue Hickey 2014–2018
69 Ron Christie 2018
70 Anna Reynolds 2018–present

Election results

2022

This section is an excerpt from 2022 Hobart City Council election § Lord Mayor.[edit]
2022 Tasmanian mayoral elections: Hobart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Your Hobart Independents Anna Reynolds 9,015 28.78
Independent John Kelly 6,190 19.76
Independent Marti Zucco 3,676 11.73
Independent Louise Elliot 3,593 11.47
Greens Bill Harvey 3,481 11.11
Independent Liberal Louise Bloomfield 3,025 9.65
Our Hobart Marcus Bai 1,176 3.75
Independent Liberal Will Coats 1,161 3.70
Total formal votes 31,317 97.87
Informal votes 684 2.13
Turnout 32,001 83.02
Two-candidate-preferred result
Your Hobart Independents Anna Reynolds 14,571 53.41
Independent John Kelly 12,711 46.59
Your Hobart Independents hold Swing

References

  1. ^ https://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/126613/2023-Councillor-allowances-information-sheet.PDF [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "OBITUARY". Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860–1954). 12 June 1914. p. 5.