This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Adelaide, a local government area of South Australia.
The first local government in Australia was formed on 31 October 1840 with the election of nineteen councillors to the new Adelaide Corporation, followed by the councillors' election of a mayor. The first mayor was James Hurtle Fisher and the first council meeting was held on 4 November 1840.
Mayors (1840–1919) Mayoral Order Mayor Term Image 1 1840–1842 2 1842–1843 3 City managed as Government Department 1843–1849 4 City managed by Commissioners 1849–1852 5 1852 6 1852–1854 7 1854–1855 8 1855–1858 9 1858–1859 10 1859 11 1859–1862 12 1862–1863 13 1863–1864 14 1864–1866 15 1866–1869 16 1869–1871 17 1871–1873 18 1873–1874 19 1874–1875 20 1875–1877 21 1877–1878 22 1878–1879 23 1879–1882 24 1882–1883 25 1883–1886 26 1886–1887 27 1887–1888 28 1888–1889 29 1889–1890 30 1891–1892 31 1892–1894 32 1894–1898 33 1898–1901 34 1901–1904 35 1904–1907 36 1907–1909 37 1909–1911 38 Until the widower Bonython remarried in December 1912, his sister Mrs H. A. Parsons served as acting Mayoress at official functions. 1911–1913 39 1913–1915 40 1915–1917 41 1917–1919
Lord mayors (since 1919) The Official styled title of the Lord Mayor of Adelaide is The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide.
The styled title The Right Honourable, (which has no connection with the privy council) attaches to the title of Lord Mayor, and not to their names, and is relinquished upon leaving office. Lord Mayoral Order Mayoral Order Lord Mayor Term Image 1 41 1919 2 42 1919–1921 3 43 1921–1923 4 44 1923–1925 5 45 1925–1927 6 46 1927–1930 7 47 1930–1933 8 48 1933–1937 9 49 1937–1941 10 50 1941–1943 11 51 1943–1946 12 52 1946–1949 13 53 1949A. E. W. Short died within 3 weeks of assuming office 14 54 1949–1950 15 55 1950–1953 16 56 1954–1957 17 57 1957–1960 18 58 , Sir John Glover 1960–1963 19 59 1963–1966 20 60 1966–1968 21 61 1968–1971 22 62 1971–1973 23 63 1973–1975 24 64 1975–1977 25 65 1977–1979 26 66 1979–1981 27 67 1981–1983 28 68 1983–1985 29 69 1985–1987 30 70 1987–1993 31 71 1993–1997 31 72 1997–2000 33 73 2000–2003 34 74 2003–2010 35 75 2010–2014 36 76 2014–2018 37 77 2018–2022 38 78 2022–present
See also City of Adelaide Adelaide city centre
References
External links adelaidecitycouncil.com How Adelaide became a Lord Mayoralty, adelaidejmuseum.org Civic Leaders, adelaidejmuseum.org