List of mayors of Auburn

This is a list of mayors of the City of Auburn, a former a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, which disbanded in 2016.

Jack Lang, Premier of New South Wales (1925–1927, 1930–1932), served as Mayor of Auburn in 1909–1911.

The final mayor was Le Lam, who was elected into the position by other councillors on 23 September 2015.

Mayors

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1892−2016

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No. Portrait Mayor Party Term start Term end
1   George Wright Independent 16 April 1892[1] 10 May 1893[2]
2   James Douglas Ritchie Independent 10 May 1893[3] 14 February 1895[4][5]
3   Thomas Taylor Independent 14 February 1895 11 February 1896[6]
4   Lancelot Tregunnel Roper Independent 11 February 1896 9 February 1897[7]
5   Charles Dyer Independent 9 February 1897 15 February 1899[8][9]
6   John Rose Hutchinson Gibbons Independent 15 February 1899 15 February 1901[10][11]
(3)   Thomas Taylor Independent 15 February 1901[12][13] 4 July 1904[14][15][16]
7   Thomas Edwin Farrar Independent 8 July 1904[17] 16 February 1906[18]
(5)   Charles Dyer Independent 16 February 1906[19] 2 May 1907[20]
8   John David Edward Lambeth Independent 2 May 1907 7 February 1908[21][22]
9   Francis Henry Furnival Independent 7 February 1908[23] 19 February 1909[24]
10   Jack Lang Labor 19 February 1909 10 February 1911[25][26][27]
11   John Hunter Independent 10 February 1911 12 February 1912[28]
12   George Ritchie Independent 12 February 1912 9 February 1914[29][30]
13   William Johnson Labor 9 February 1914[31][32][33] 3 February 1916[34][35][36]
14   Tom Cheetham Independent 3 February 1916 5 February 1918[37][38]
15   Robert Lightfoot Independent 5 February 1918 5 February 1920[39][40][41]
(14)   Tom Cheetham Independent 5 February 1920 7 December 1922[42][43]
(12)   George Ritchie Independent 7 December 1922 December 1924[44][45]
16   George Gollan Independent December 1924 20 December 1926[46][47]
17   Albert Thomas Briggs Municipal Progressive Party 20 December 1926[48][49] 6 January 1932[50][51][52]
(14)   Tom Cheetham Municipal Progressive Party 6 January 1932[53] 10 December 1934[54][55]
18   William Henry Lamb Labor 10 December 1934 16 December 1935[56]
19   Peter Herlihy Labor 16 December 1935 21 December 1936[57]
20   James Upton Labor 21 December 1936 13 December 1937[58]
21   Gordon Andrew Byrne Labor 13 December 1937 19 December 1938[59]
22   Bernard John Kelly Labor 19 December 1938 18 December 1939[60]
23   Frederick Charles Schindler Labor 18 December 1939 16 December 1940[61]
24   Norman John Keile Labor (N-C) 16 December 1940 December 1941[62]
25   Thomas Vernon Ryan Labor December 1941 December 1942[63]
(22)   Bernard John Kelly Labor December 1942 20 December 1943[64]
26   William Eric Cottee Labor 20 December 1943 7 December 1944[65]
27   Alexander Kerr Independent 7 December 1944 15 December 1947[66][67][68]
28   Norman Grant Crook Independent 15 December 1947 December 1950[69][70][71]
(27)   Alexander Kerr Independent December 1950 December 1951[72][73]
29   Frank Chadwick Independent December 1951 December 1953[74][75]
30   Ernest Norman Independent December 1953 15 January 1958[76][77][78]
31   Patrick McLaughlin Labor 15 January 1958 December 1959[79]
32   Stanley Lewis Hedges Independent December 1959 29 September 1971[80]
33   C. G. Noble Independent 29 September 1971 26 September 1973
34   Terry Keegan Independent 26 September 1973 1 October 1974
(32)   Stanley Lewis Hedges Independent 1 October 1974 17 September 1975
(34)   Terry Keegan Independent 17 September 1975 28 September 1988
35   George J. Dunn Independent 28 September 1988 26 September 1991
(32)   Stanley Lewis Hedges Independent 26 September 1991 September 1994
36   William J. Kain Independent September 1994 September 1995
37   Patrick Curtin Labor September 1995 September 1998
(34)   Terry Keegan Independent September 1998 September 1999
38   Le Lam Unity September 1999 September 2000
39   Christopher Cassidy Labor September 2000 September 2001
40   Michael Tadros Independent September 2001 19 April 2004
(39)   Christopher Cassidy Labor 19 April 2004 30 September 2005
(37)   Patrick Curtin Labor 30 September 2005 September 2006
(38)   Le Lam Unity September 2006 September 2008
41   Irene Simms Residents Action Group September 2008 September 2009
42   Hicham Zraika Labor September 2009 September 2010
43   Ronney Oueik Liberal September 2010 September 2012
44   Ned Attie Liberal September 2012 September 2013
45   Hicham Zraika Labor September 2013 September 2014
(43)   Ronney Oueik Liberal September 2014 23 September 2015
(38)   Le Lam Independent 23 September 2015 10 February 2016[81]
N/A WAR EAGLE! Kent Blankenburg August 2023 Current

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