List of mayors and lord mayors of Hobart

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

Lord Mayor of Hobart
Incumbent Anna Reynolds since November 2018
Style	The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Hobart
Member of	Hobart City Council
Seat	Hobart Town Hall
Term length	4 years (renewable)
Constituting instrument	Local Government Act, 1993
Precursor	Mayor of Hobart
Inaugural holder	William Carter (Mayor) Joshua J. Wignall (Lord Mayor)
Formation	1853 (as Mayor) 1935 (as Lord Mayor)
Unofficial names	'Lord Mayor'
Salary	A$145,657

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	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

• Hobart City Council – About Council