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. 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. 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: # Portrait Officeholder Party Term start Term end Time in office Ref. Lord Mayor John James Carroll Labor 1 January 1949 14 December 1950 Ernest Charles O'Dea Jack Byrne 14 December 1950 15 December 1952 Frank Green 15 December 1952 6 January 1954 Pat Hills Kevin Dwyer 6 January 1954 13 December 1954 Anthony Doherty 13 December 1954 12 December 1955 (4) Kevin Dwyer 12 December 1955 17 December 1956 (2) Jack Byrne 17 December 1956 17 December 1959 Harry Jensen Francis Joseph Dixon 17 December 1959 11 December 1961 Henry Burland 11 December 1961 16 December 1963 Clifford Noble 16 December 1963 14 December 1964 (7) Henry Burland 14 December 1964 16 December 1965 Tony Bradford 16 December 1965 13 November 1967 John Armstrong Nicholas Shehadie Civic Reform 7 October 1969 24 September 1973 Emmet McDermottDavid Griffin Barrett Lewis 24 September 1973 30 September 1974 Nicholas Shehadie Leo Port 30 September 1974 25 September 1975 Andrew Briger 25 September 1975 27 September 1976 Leo Port(11) Barrett Lewis 27 September 1976 10 October 1977 Nelson Meers 10 October 1977 November 1978 Jeremy Bingham November 1978 20 September 1980 Nelson Meers(9) Tony Bradford Labor 29 September 1980 28 September 1981 Doug Sutherland Jack Calpis 28 September 1981 31 December 1981 Bill Hartup 4 January 1982 13 September 1982 (9) Tony Bradford 13 September 1982 29 September 1983 (16) Jack Calpis 29 September 1983 1 May 1984 Stanley Ashmore-Smith 1 May 1984 16 September 1985 (17) Bill Hartup 16 September 1985 26 March 1987 Ross Bonthorne Civic Reform 3 January 1989 18 September 1991 Jeremy Bingham Henry Tsang Labor 23 September 1991 11 September 1999 Frank Sartor Lucy Turnbull Living Sydney Independents 18 September 1999 7 April 2003 Dixie Coulton 7 April 2003 14 September 2003 Lucy Turnbull Sydney Independents 14 September 2003 6 February 2004 John McInerney Clover Moore Independent Team 19 April 2004 12 September 2005 Clover Moore Verity Firth Labor 12 September 2005 18 September 2006 Chris Harris Greens 18 September 2006 17 September 2007 Tony Pooley Labor 17 September 2007 13 September 2008 Marcelle Hoff Clover Moore Independent Team 29 September 2008 21 September 2009 Phillip Black 21 September 2009 13 September 2010 (27) Marcelle Hoff 13 September 2010 19 September 2011 Robert Kok 19 September 2011 21 September 2012 Robyn Kemmis 21 September 2012 26 December 2015 Irene Doutney Greens 29 February 2016 10 September 2016 Kerryn Phelps Clover Moore Independent Team 23 September 2016 27 June 2017 Independent 27 June 2017 18 September 2017 Jess Miller Clover Moore Independent Team 18 September 2017 17 September 2018 Linda Scott Labor 17 September 2018 9 September 2019 Jess Scully Clover Moore Independent Team 9 September 2019 19 September 2022 Sylvie Ellsmore Greens 19 September 2022 18 September 2023 Robert Kok Clover Moore Independent Team 18 September 2023 10 October 2024 Zann Maxwell Labor 10 October 2024 30 September 2025Jess MillerClover Moore Independent Team30 September 2025Incumbent
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