Mayor of Derry City and Strabane

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council is an honorary position bestowed upon a citizen of Derry City & Strabane District in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry and Strabane District Council, chosen by their peers on the council to serve a one-year term. The mayor is the chairperson of the council as well as the city's first citizen. The current mayor is Grace Uí Niallais of Sinn Féin. The current deputy mayor is Catherine McDaid of the Social Democratic and Labour Party.

The district was created in 2015 by the merger of two existing councils. The previous post of Mayor of Derry, more formally Lord Mayor of Londonderry, has a long history. A provost, Sir Henry Docwra, was appointed in the initial city charter of 1604 by James I. In 1613, this post was replaced with that of governor, or mayor, with John Rowley being the first to serve.Thomas Colby, Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, p. 87 The City charter of 1665 which provided:

During much of its history, it has been held by unionists (largely due to the practice of gerrymandering), but in recent years, the majority of mayors have been Irish nationalists, reflecting the majority of the city's population.

From 1921 until 1969, the Lord Mayor was automatically entitled to a seat in the Senate of Northern Ireland.

List of mayors

17th century FromTo Name Party1615John Vaughan1617Sir John Vaughan1618John Wray16201621Jesse Smith1625H Vaughan1629Sir John Vaughan1631William Gage1636Thomas Hammond1639Peter Benson1641James Vaughan1643Sir Robert StewartDictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 541644Colonel Audley Mervyn1646Sir Charles Coote1653Henry Finch1654Ralph King16551656John Handford1657John Elwin1658Samuel Dawson (died in office)1659John Westgate1660Luke Ash1662William Gardner1664Colonel John Gorges1670Thomas Skipton1671Hugh Edwards16721674Samuel Norman16751676Gervais Squire1677Colonel William Cecil16781680Thomas Moncrieff16811682John Campsie1683Alexander Tomkins1684James Hobson16851686John Campsie1687Andrew Coningham (died in office)1688John Campsie1690Gervais Squire1691Alexander Lecky1692William Squire (died in office)1693James Lenox1694Henry Long1695Alexander Lecky1696Henry Ash1697James Lenox1698Horace Kennedy1699Gervais Squire1700Edward Brooks

18th century FromTo Name1701Thomas Moncrieff1702Robert Shannon17031704Samuel Leeson1705Henry Ash1706George Tomkins1707Charles Norman1708Thomas Lecky1709Thomas Ash1710Samuel Leeson1711Robert Norman1712John Wotton1713Alexander Tomkins1714John Wotton17691770Robert Fairly"History of Congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Biographical Notices of Eminent Presbyterian Ministers and Laymen", 18861771Adam Schoales1772Hugh Hill1773William Lecky17741775Charles M'Manus1776Thomas Bateson1777John Coningham1778John Ferguson1779George Ash17801781Thomas Lecky1782Robert Fairly17831784John Coningham17851786Squire Lecky17871788John Coningham1789Squire Lecky17901791Eneas Murray17921793Stephen Bennett17941795George Kennedy17961797Andrew Ferguson17981799John Darcus18001801William Walker

19th century FromTo Name Party1802R. G. Hill1803John Darcus18041805R. Murray18061807William Walker18081809Thomas Lecky18101811Thomas Scott18121813John Curry18141815Marcus S. Hill18161817William Alexander18181819William Scott18201821Sir John Maginnis18221823John Dysart18241825John Rea18261827Richard Young18281829Conolly Skipton1830Sir R.A. Ferguson (resigned), then J. Dysart1831Richard Young18321833George Hill18341835Joshua Gillespie18361837Thomas P. Kennedy18381839Sir Robert Bateson, Bt18401841Joseph E. Miller18421843Conolly Lecky18431845William Haslett18451846John Munn18461847Daniel Baird1847Alexander Lindsay18591862Bartholomew McCorkell JP18681869 Sir Edward Reidpersonal memorandum of Sir Edward Reid 18751877Sir William Miller, MD 1883Henry Darcus?1887?(Sir) Thomas Lecky18881889Sir William Miller 18981899Sir John Barr Johnston18991900Sir William McLearn

20th century FromTo Name Party19011902Sir Francis Henry Miller 19081911John McFarland 19111912Matthew Anderson Ballantine 19121913John McFarland 19131915William McLearn 19151920Robert Newton Anderson 19201923Hugh O'Doherty 19231925Maxwell Scott Moore 19251927John Gilbert Magee 19271929James Hamilton 19291935Dudley McCorkell 19351939James McElmunn Wilton 19391940Basil McFarland 19401945Frederick James Simmons 19451950Basil McFarland 19501952Gerald Stanley Glover 19521954Samuel Orr 19541957Samuel Sydney Dowds 19571961John Gordon Colhoun 19611963Gerald Stanley Glover 19631968Albert Anderson 19681969William Beatty 19691973Post vacant - council replaced by interim development commission19731974Raymond McClean 19741975Jack Allen 19751976Ivor Canavan 19761977James Hegarty 19771978Hugh Doherty 19781979Thomas M. Craig 19791980Pat Devine 19801981Marleen Jefferson 19811982Joe Fegan 19821983William O'Connell 19831984Len Green 19841985John Tierney 19851986John McNickle 19861987Noel McKenna 19871988James Guy 19881989Annie Gallagher 19891990Tony Carlin 19901991David Davis 19911992Mary Bradley 19921993William Hay 19931994Annie Courtney 19941995James Guy 19951996John Kerr 19961997Richard Dallas 19971998Martin Bradley 19981999Joe Millar 19992000Pat Ramsey

21st century FromTo Name Party20002001Cathal Crumley 20012002Mildred Garfield 20022003Kathleen McCloskey 20032004Shaun Gallagher 20042005Gearóid Ó hEára 20052006Lynn Fleming 20062007Helen Quigley 20072008Drew Thompson 20082009Gerard Diver 20092010Paul Fleming 20102011Colum Eastwood 20112012Maurice Devenney 20122013Kevin Campbell 20132014Martin Reilly 20142015Brenda Stevenson 20152016Elisha McCallion 20162017Hilary McClintock 20172018Maolíosa McHugh 20182019John Boyle 20192020Michaela Boyle 20202021Brian Tierney 20212022Graham Warke 20222023Sandra Duffy 20232024Patricia Logue 20242025Lilian Seenoi-Barr20252026Ruairí McHugh2026Grace Uí Niallais

References

External links Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1921 - 72