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Mayor of Willoughby
Incumbent
Tanya Taylor
since 21 December 2021
StyleHis/Her Worship
AppointerWilloughby City Council
Term lengthOne year (1865–1999)
Four years (1999–date)
Inaugural holderAld. James William Bligh
Formation1 January 1866
DeputyBrendan Zhu
Websitewww.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 first met to elect six Aldermen and two Auditors on 16 December 1865, in the house of James Harris French and the first chairman, James William Bligh, was elected on 1 January 1866. With the enactment of the Municipalities Act, 1867 the title of chairman was changed to "Mayor".

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.

The first Willoughby Town Hall, on Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, 1907. Built in 1903, it was demolished in 1969 to make way for the new town hall and is now the site of The Concourse.

List of incumbents

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Years Chairman Notes[1]
1 January 1866 – 23 December 1867 James William Bligh
Years Mayors Notes
23 December 1867 – 18 February 1868 James William Bligh
18 February 1868 – 10 February 1869 David Broadfoot [2]
10 February 1869 – 8 February 1870 Henry Hocken Bligh [3]
8 February 1870 – 18 February 1871 Richard H. Harnett [4]
18 February 1871 – February 1872 Henry Hocken Bligh [5]
February 1872 – February 1873 James Harris French
February 1873 – 10 February 1874 Elijah Charlish
10 February 1874 – 13 February 1875 James Peter Best [6]
13 February 1875 – February 1876 James Forsyth Snr. [7]
February 1876 – 10 February 1881 Richard Seldon
10 February 1881 – 18 February 1882 Elijah Charlish [8]
18 February 1882 – 9 February 1883 Thomas Todd Forsyth [9]
9 February 1883 – 19 February 1884 James Peter Best [10]
19 February 1884 – 11 February 1887 Howard Fleming [11]
11 February 1887 – 7 March 1888 Thomas Todd Forsyth [12]
7 March 1888 – February 1890 Alexander Simpson [13][14]
February 1890 – 13 February 1891 William Thomas Muston
13 February 1891 – 11 February 1892 Henry Charles Catt [15]
11 February 1892 – February 1893 Robert Small [16]
February 1893 – 16 February 1894 Thomas Todd Forsyth [17]
16 February 1894 – 28 February 1895 Howard Fleming [18]
28 February 1895 – March 1896 Robert Small [19]
March 1896 – February 1898 Robert Henry Gordon [20]
February 1898 – February 1899 Claude Leplastrier [21]
February 1899 – 14 February 1901 George Francis Bailey
14 February 1901 – 13 February 1902 Frederick Smythe Willis [22]
13 February 1902 – 16 February 1905 Fitt Charles Petrie [23][24]
16 February 1905 – 14 February 1906 John Norbert Mason [25]
14 February 1906 – February 1908 William M. Cleland Jr. [26]
February 1908 – February 1910 George Francis Bailey
February 1910 – 6 February 1911 H. H. Robey [27]
6 February 1911 – February 1912 Robert Todd Forsyth [28]
February 1912 – February 1914 Clive N. Backhouse [29]
February 1914 – February 1915 William T. Dickson [30]
February 1915 – February 1919 Robert Todd Forsyth [17]
February 1919 – February 1920 Fitt Charles Petrie
February 1920 – December 1921 Robert Todd Forsyth [31]
December 1921 – December 1925 H. W. Clarke [32][33]
December 1926 – 12 December 1927 Robert Todd Forsyth [34][35]
12 December 1927 – 23 December 1930 Lancelot Bavin [36][37][38]
23 December 1930 – December 1932 Joseph Bales [39][40]
December 1932 – December 1934 Ernest Edward Alcorn [41][42][43]
December 1934 – December 1935 Herbert Parkinson Piper [44]
December 1935 – December 1936 Joseph Bales [45]
December 1936 – December 1937 Arnold Vivian Meldrum
December 1937 – December 1942 Joseph Bales [46]
December 1942 – December 1944 Henry Hastings Willis
December 1944 – 1947 Joseph Bales
1948–1949 W. M. Jack
1950–1952 A. R. Baldwin
1953–1954 Edgar Absalom Deans [47]
1955–1957 David John Cawthorne
1958–1959 N. R. McDowell
1960–1967 Laurie McGinty
1968 – September 1972 Bob Dougherty [48]
September 1972 – September 1974 David Warner [49]
September 1974 – September 1980 Noel Reidy [50]
September 1980 – September 1982 Jack Wilkinson Donnelly [51]
September 1982 – September 1991 Noel Reidy [50]
September 1991 – September 1993 Greg Bartels
September 1993 – September 1995 John Squire
September 1995 – September 1997 Eunice Raymond
September 1997 – 20 January 2014 Pat Reilly
16 April 2014 – 21 December 2021 Gail Giles-Gidney [52][53]
21 December 2021 – present Tanya Taylor [54]

Electoral results

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2024

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This section is an excerpt from 2024 New South Wales mayoral elections § Willoughby.[edit]
2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby[55][56][57][58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Matters Tanya Taylor 18,314 48.97
Community Independents Anna Greco 8,779 23.47
Team Roy Roy McCullagh 4,449 11.90
Independent Labor Hao Luo 3,653 9.77
Independent Jade Yu-Chun Hsueh 2,207 5.90
Total formal votes 37,402
Informal votes 2,168
Turnout 39,570
Two-candidate-preferred result
Community Matters Tanya Taylor 19,605 66.66
Community Independents Anna Greco 9,804 33.34
Community Matters hold Swing N/A

2021

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This section is an excerpt from 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Willoughby.[edit]
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby[59][60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Matters Tanya Taylor 14,903 39.3 +39.3
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos 13,303 35.1 +4.6
Independent Liberal Craig Campbell 9,736 25.7 +25.7
Total formal votes 37,942 96.2 +1.2
Informal votes 1,511 3.8 −1.2
Turnout 39,453 85.0 +4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Community Matters Tanya Taylor 17,207 54.0 +54.0
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos 14,676 46.0 +15.5
Community Matters gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

2017

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This section is an excerpt from 2017 New South Wales mayoral elections § Willoughby.[edit]
2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby[61][62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney 24,713 69.5 +18.7
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos 10,869 30.5 +30.5
Total formal votes 35,582 95.0 −1.3
Informal votes 5.0 +1.3
Turnout 81.0 +12.3
Independent Liberal hold Swing +18.7

2014 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 2014 Willoughby mayoral by-election § Results.[edit]
2014 Willoughby mayoral by-election[63][64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock 6,259 20.83 −25.91
Independent Liberal Tony Mustaca 6,163 20.52 +20.52
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney 6,144 20.45 +20.45
Independent John C. Owen 5,036 16.76 +16.76
Labor Nic Wright 1,950 6.49 +6.49
Independent Wendy Norton 1,565 5.21 +5.21
Independent John Owens 1,389 4.62 +4.62
Independent Liberal James Flynn 673 2.24 +2.24
Independent David Stickland 475 1.58 +1.58
Independent Steven Willoughby 387 1.29 +1.29
Total formal votes 30,041 96.26 +1.89
Informal votes 1,152 3.74 −1.89
Turnout 31,193 68.74
Notional three-candidate-preferred count
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock 7,771 35.04
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney 7,421 33.47
Independent Liberal Tony Mustaca 6,980 31.48
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney 9,094 50.80 +50.80
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock 8,806 49.20 +2.46
Independent Liberal gain from Independent Swing N/A

2012

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This section is an excerpt from 2012 New South Wales local elections § Willoughby.[edit]
2012 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby[65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Pat Reilly 17,470 53.3
Independent Liberal Stuart Coppock 15,330 46.7
Total formal votes 32,800 94.4
Informal votes 1,959 5.6
Turnout 34,759
Independent hold Swing

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