List of mayors and lord mayors of Hobart

Lord Mayor of Hobart


Incumbent Anna Reynolds since November 2018
Style	The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Councillor^[1]
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^[2]

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

Mayors (1853–1934)

#	Mayor	Term
#	Mayor	Start	End
1	William Carter	1853	1854
2	William Gore Elliston	1855	1856
3	John Leslie Stewart	1857
4	Osmond H. Gilles	1858
5	David Lewis	July 1858	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	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^[3]	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	July 1922
46	J. A. McKenzie	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

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

^ "Parliaments and councils". www.stylemanual.gov.au.
^ "Information Sheet" (PDF). www.dpac.tas.gov.au. 4 October 2023.
^ "OBITUARY". Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860–1954). 12 June 1914. p. 5.

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