# List of mayors of Lane Cove

This is a list of mayors of the Council of the Municipality of Lane Cove, a local government area in the north shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated on 11 February 1895. From inception until 2017, the mayor was elected annually by the elected councillors. Since 2017, the Mayor is elected for a two-year term, with the deputy mayor for one year, by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The mayor of Lane Cove Council since 21 September 2023 is Councillor Scott Bennison, a councillor from the Liberal Party of Australia. The mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.

## Mayors

The following individuals have served as Mayor of the Council of the Municipality of Lane Cove:
| # | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Jeremiah Roberts | Independent | 4 April 1895 | 8 February 1897 | 1 year, 310 days |
| 2 | James Robb | Independent | 8 February 1897 | 4 February 1898 | 361 days |
| 3 | Henry Charles Catt | Independent | 4 February 1898 | 15 February 1900 | 2 years, 11 days |
| 4 | Charles Ludowici | Independent | 15 February 1900 | 9 February 1901 | 359 days |
| – | Henry Charles Catt | Independent | 9 February 1901 | 11 February 1904 | 3 years, 2 days |
| 5 | Cyril Blacket | Independent | 11 February 1904 | 20 February 1906 | 2 years, 9 days |
| 6 | Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth | Independent | 20 February 1906 | February 1910 | 3 years, 346 days |
| 7 | Walter Thomas | Independent | February 1910 | February 1912 | |
| – | Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth | Independent | February 1912 | February 1914 | |
| 8 | James Tomlin | Independent | February 1914 | February 1918 | |
| 9 | John Lloyd Jones | Independent | February 1918 | February 1920 | |
| 10 | Angus James Fraser | Independent | February 1920 | 9 July 1923 | |
| 11 | Archibald Johnston | Independent | 12 July 1923 | 10 December 1923 | 151 days |
| 12 | Thomas John Howell | Independent | 10 December 1923 | 15 December 1924 | 1 year, 5 days |
| 13 | Vincent Aloysius Carroll | Independent | 15 December 1924 | December 1925 | |
| – | Angus James Fraser | Independent | December 1925 | December 1926 | |
| 14 | Frederick William Dunn | Independent | December 1926 | December 1929 | |
| 15 | William Malachy Brady | Independent | December 1929 | December 1930 | |
| 16 | Frederick William Dunn | Independent | December 1930 | December 1931 | |
| 17 | Charles Robert Conrad Scharkie | Independent | December 1931 | December 1932 | |
| 18 | Fred Graham | Independent | December 1932 | December 1933 | |
| 19 | John Marsh | Independent | December 1933 | December 1938 | |
| – | Archibald Johnston | Independent | December 1938 | December 1943 | |
| 20 | George Polson Holloway | Independent | December 1943 | December 1946 | |
| 21 | James Ernest Clancy Rawson | Independent | December 1946 | December 1948 | |
| 22 | John Hargraves Hodgson | Independent | December 1948 | December 1950 | |
| 23 | John Harold Blackman | Independent | December 1950 | December 1952 | |
| 24 | George Oliver Venteman | Independent | December 1952 | December 1954 | |
| 25 | George Batten | Independent | December 1954 | December 1956 | |
| 26 | Albert Edward Shaw | Independent | December 1956 | December 1958 | |
| 27 | Arthur Eddington Langford Griffith | Independent | December 1958 | December 1961 | |
| 28 | Russell Brickhill | Independent | December 1961 | December 1963 | |
| 29 | Marjorie Propsting | Independent | December 1963 | December 1965 | |
| 30 | Sydney Jack Friedlander | Independent | December 1965 | December 1967 | |
| 31 | Archibald William Mackinnon | Independent | December 1967 | December 1968 | |
| 32 | Andrew White Aitchison | Independent | December 1968 | December 1970 | |
| 33 | Richard Harwin Nossiter DSC OAM | Independent | December 1970 | September 1973 | |
| 34 | Rex Lemaire | Independent | September 1973 | September 1975 | |
| 35 | William Albert Fleming | Independent | September 1975 | September 1977 | |
| 36 | Bill Henningham PSM | Independent | September 1977 | September 1981 | |
| 37 | Rosilyn Ivy Baxter OAM | Independent | September 1981 | September 1984 | |
| 38 | John McGirr | Independent | September 1984 | September 1987 | |
| – | Sydney Jack Friedlander OAM | Independent | September 1987 | September 1991 | |
| 39 | James Douglas Welsh | Independent | September 1991 | September 1993 | |
| 40 | Barry John Harrison | Independent | September 1993 | September 1994 | |
| 41 | Rod Tudge | Independent | September 1994 | September 1996 | |
| 42 | Mary Rawlings | Independent | September 1996 | September 1998 | |
| 43 | Fran Tierney | Independent | September 1998 | September 1999 | |
| 44 | Anthony Roberts | Independent | September 1999 | September 2000 | |
| 45 | Stephen Bowers | Independent | September 2000 | September 2001 | |
| – | Anthony Roberts | Independent | September 2001 | September 2002 | |
| 46 | John May | Independent | September 2002 | March 2004 | |
| 47 | Ian Longbottom | Independent | March 2004 | 21 September 2009 | |
| 48 | Win Gaffney | Liberal | 21 September 2009 | September 2012 | 2 years, 365 days |
| 49 | Scott Bennison | Liberal | September 2012 | 17 September 2013 | 362 days |
| 50 | David Brooks-Horn | Liberal | 17 September 2013 | 21 September 2015 | 2 years, 4 days |
| 51 | Deborah Hutchens | Liberal | 21 September 2015 | 25 September 2017 | 2 years, 4 days |
| 52 | Pam Palmer | Independent | 25 September 2017 | 10 January 2022 | 4 years, 107 days |
| 53 | Andrew Zbik | Labor | 10 January 2022 | 21 September 2023 | 1 year, 254 days |
| – | Scott Bennison | Liberal | 21 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 19 days |