# List of mayors of Woollahra

The mayor of Woollahra is the head of Woollahra Municipal Council, which is a local government area covering part of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. First incorporated on 20 April 1860 as the Municipality of Woollahra, under the terms of the Municipalities Act of 1858, the first leaders of the Council were titled "Chairman" until the 1858 act was replaced by the Municipalities Act of 1867, which introduced the title of "Mayor". On 1 July 1993 following the enactment of a new Local Government Act, elected representatives of the council were to be known as "Councillor", replacing the former title of "Alderman".
The mayor is internally-elected by the Councillors, and nominally serves a two-year term since 2017, which replaced the previous system of annual mayoral elections. The current mayor of Woollahra is Councillor Sarah Swan (Liberal), first elected on 9 October 2024. The mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected Councillors.

## List of incumbents

| # | Chairman | Party | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| 1 | George Thornton | No party | No party | 6 June 1860 | 19 February 1861 | 258 days | |
| 2 | Samuel Thompson | No party | No party | 19 February 1861 | 11 February 1862 | 357 days | |
| 3 | Richard Holdsworth | No party | No party | 11 February 1862 | 10 February 1863 | 364 days | |
| 4 | John Valentine Gorman | No party | No party | 10 February 1863 | 9 February 1864 | 364 days | |
| 5 | Joseph Trickett | No party | No party | 9 February 1864 | 2 February 1865 | 359 days | |
| 6 | Charles Martyn | No party | No party | February 1865 | 20 February 1866 | 1 year, 18 days | |
| 7 | Daniel Bulman | No party | No party | 20 February 1866 | February 1867 | 346 days | |
| 8 | Randolph Nott | No party | No party | February 1867 | 11 February 1868 | 1 year, 10 days | |
| # | Mayor | Party | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| 9 | Montagu Stephen | No party | No party | 11 February 1868 | 22 February 1871 | 3 years, 11 days | |
| – | Daniel Bulman | No party | No party | 22 February 1871 | 13 February 1872 | 356 days | |
| 10 | Walter Friend | No party | No party | 13 February 1872 | 18 February 1873 | 1 year, 5 days | |
| 11 | William Teale | No party | No party | 18 February 1873 | February 1874 | 348 days | |
| 12 | Benjamin Cocks | No party | No party | February 1874 | 21 June 1875 | 1 year, 140 days | |
| 13 | John Vincent Barnard | No party | No party | 21 June 1875 | 27 November 1877 | 2 years, 159 days | |
| 14 | James Sutherland Mitchell | No party | No party | 27 November 1877 | 8 February 1878 | 73 days | |
| 15 | William Adams Brodribb | No party | No party | 8 February 1878 | 11 February 1879 | 1 year, 3 days | |
| 16 | William Trickett | No party | No party | 11 February 1879 | 7 February 1881 | 1 year, 362 days | |
| 17 | Robert Butcher | No party | No party | 7 February 1881 | 9 February 1886 | 5 years, 2 days | |
| – | William Trickett | No party | No party | 9 February 1886 | 11 June 1888 | 2 years, 123 days | |
| 18 | John Neild | | Independent | 15 June 1888 | 18 February 1890 | 1 year, 248 days | |
| 19 | Thomas Magney | | Independent | 18 February 1890 | 14 February 1899 | 8 years, 361 days | |
| 20 | David Davis | | Independent | 14 February 1899 | 13 February 1900 | 364 days | |
| 21 | William Latimer | | Independent | 13 February 1900 | 7 February 1910 | 9 years, 359 days | |
| 22 | Thomas Christie Fairweather | | Independent | 7 February 1910 | 6 February 1911 | 364 days | |
| – | Thomas Magney | | Independent | 6 February 1911 | 5 February 1914 | 2 years, 364 days | |
| 23 | Leo Whitby Robinson | | Independent | 5 February 1914 | September 1916 | 2 years, 209 days | |
| 24 | George Dyson | | Independent | September 1916 | 12 February 1918 | 1 year, 164 days | |
| – | William Latimer | | Independent | 12 February 1918 | 20 December 1920 | 2 years, 312 days | |
| 25 | James Polidore Bradley | | Independent | 20 December 1920 | 8 December 1922 | 1 year, 353 days | |
| 26 | William Foster | | Independent | 8 December 1922 | 10 December 1925 | 3 years, 2 days | |
| – | Thomas Christie Fairweather (acting) | | Independent | 26 March 1923 | 26 November 1923 | 245 days | |
| – | Leo Whitby Robinson | | Independent | 10 December 1925 | 6 December 1929 | 3 years, 361 days | |
| 27 | George Slater Grimley | | Independent | 6 December 1929 | 8 January 1932 | 2 years, 33 days | |
| 28 | Hugh Latimer | | Independent | 8 January 1932 | 10 December 1935 | 3 years, 336 days | |
| 29 | Keith Denis Manion | | Independent | 10 December 1935 | 15 December 1936 | 1 year, 5 days | |
| 30 | Arthur Griffith | | Independent | 15 December 1936 | 14 December 1937 | 364 days | |
| – | George Slater Grimley | | Independent | 14 December 1937 | 11 December 1939 | 1 year, 362 days | |
| 31 | John Douglas Lesingham Gaden | | Independent | 11 December 1939 | 10 December 1940 | 365 days | |
| 32 | Lyle Howard Marshall Moore | | Independent | 10 December 1940 | 16 December 1941 | 1 year, 6 days | |
| – | Keith Denis Manion | | Independent | 16 December 1941 | 7 December 1942 | 356 days | |
| 33 | Aubrey Erskine Smith | | Independent | 7 December 1942 | 7 December 1943 | 1 year, 0 days | |
| 34 | Leon Snider | | Independent | 7 December 1943 | 11 December 1944 | 1 year, 4 days | |
| – | George Slater Grimley | | Independent | 11 December 1944 | 9 December 1946 | 1 year, 363 days | |
| 35 | Reginald Rosborough Thornton | | Independent | 9 December 1946 | 8 December 1947 | 364 days | |
| 36 | Leslie Edye Duff | | Independent | 8 December 1947 | 31 December 1948 | 1 year, 23 days | |
| – | Hugh Latimer | | Independent | 1 January 1949 | 11 December 1951 | 2 years, 344 days | |
| 37 | William Frederick Arthur Harvey | | Independent | 11 December 1951 | 9 December 1952 | 364 days | |
| 38 | Chester William Davies | | Independent | 9 December 1952 | 15 December 1953 | 1 year, 6 days | |
| – | Leslie Edye Duff | | Independent | 15 December 1953 | December 1954 | 351 days | |
| 39 | John Esler Calwell | | Independent | December 1954 | December 1955 | | |
| 40 | Hugh Carlyle Foster | | Independent | December 1955 | December 1956 | | |
| 41 | Norman Ernest Mills | | Independent | December 1956 | December 1957 | | |
| – | William Frederick Arthur Harvey | | Independent | December 1957 | December 1958 | | |
| 42 | A. D. Frost | | Independent | December 1958 | December 1959 | | |
| – | John Esler Calwell | | Independent | December 1959 | December 1960 | | |
| 43 | Allan Charles Murchison | | Independent | December 1960 | December 1961 | | |
| – | Maxwell Elliott Lawrence | | Independent | December 1961 | December 1962 | | |
| – | Allan Charles Murchison | | Independent | December 1962 | December 1963 | | |
| – | Maxwell Elliott Lawrence | | Independent | December 1963 | December 1964 | | |
| 44 | Graham John Crouch | | Independent | December 1964 | December 1965 | | |
| – | Maxwell Elliott Lawrence | | Independent | December 1965 | December 1966 | | |
| – | Allan Charles Murchison | | Independent | December 1966 | December 1967 | | |
| – | Graham John Crouch | | Independent | December 1967 | December 1968 | | |
| 45 | Andrew Midwood Clayton | | Independent | December 1968 | December 1969 | | |
| 46 | Grosvenor Charles Thomas Burfitt-Williams | | Independent | December 1969 | December 1970 | | |
| 47 | David L. Parker | | Independent | December 1970 | September 1971 | | |
| 48 | John William O'Brien | | Independent | September 1971 | September 1972 | | |
| 49 | Thomas O'Loghlen Reynolds | | Independent | September 1972 | September 1973 | | |
| 50 | Michael Keith Fosbery Bray | | Independent | September 1973 | September 1974 | | |
| 51 | Graham John O'Neill | | Independent | September 1974 | September 1975 | | |
| – | John William O'Brien | | Independent | September 1975 | September 1976 | | |
| – | Michael Keith Fosbery Bray | | Independent | September 1976 | September 1977 | | |
| 52 | Anthony Wentworth Perry | | Independent | September 1977 | September 1978 | | |
| 53 | Brenda Somerville Backhouse | | Independent | September 1978 | September 1979 | | |
| 54 | Francis Patrick Donohoe | | Independent | September 1979 | September 1980 | | |
| 55 | Charles Bernard Alexander Widdy | | Independent | September 1980 | September 1981 | | |
| 56 | David Fulton Rofe | | Independent | September 1981 | September 1982 | | |
| 57 | Judith Ann May | | Independent | September 1982 | September 1983 | | |
| 58 | John Mungo MacCallum | | Independent | September 1983 | September 1985 | | |
| 59 | Hylda Ann Rolfe | | Independent | September 1985 | September 1986 | | |
| – | Charles Bernard Alexander Widdy | | Independent | September 1986 | September 1987 | | |
| 60 | Susan Margaret Collett | | Independent | September 1987 | September 1988 | | |
| 61 | Elaine Cassidy | | Independent | September 1988 | September 1989 | | |
| – | Hylda Ann Rolfe | | Independent | September 1989 | September 1990 | | |
| 62 | Peter King | | Independent | September 1990 | September 1991 | | |
| 63 | Catherine Elizabeth Lemech | | Independent | September 1991 | September 1992 | | |
| 64 | Andrew Briger | | Independent | September 1992 | September 1994 | | |
| 65 | David Leach | | Independent | September 1994 | September 1995 | | |
| 66 | Neville Gruzman | | Independent | September 1995 | 4 September 1996 | | |
| 67 | Greg James Medcraft | | Independent | 4 September 1996 | September 1998 | | |
| 68 | Mairaed Bilmon | | Woollahra Action Committee | September 1998 | 21 September 1999 | 1 year, 20 days | |
| 69 | Andrew Petrie | | Liberal | 21 September 1999 | September 2000 | 346 days | |
| 70 | Christopher J. Dawson | | Independent | September 2000 | 19 September 2001 | 1 year, 18 days | |
| 71 | John Comino | | Liberal | 19 September 2001 | 15 April 2004 | 2 years, 209 days | |
| 72 | Geoffrey Rundle | | Residents First | 15 April 2004 | 7 September 2005 | 1 year, 145 days | |
| – | Andrew Petrie | | Liberal | 7 September 2005 | 20 September 2006 | 1 year, 13 days | |
| 73 | Keri Huxley | | Liberal | 20 September 2006 | 17 September 2007 | 362 days | |
| – | Geoffrey Rundle | | Residents First | 17 September 2007 | 13 September 2008 | 362 days | |
| – | Andrew Petrie | | Liberal | 1 October 2008 | 21 September 2010 | 1 year, 355 days | |
| 74 | Isabelle Shapiro | | Independent | 21 September 2010 | 13 September 2011 | 357 days | |
| 75 | Susan Wynne | | Residents First | 13 September 2011 | 27 September 2012 | 1 year, 14 days | |
| – | Andrew Petrie | | Liberal | 27 September 2012 | 19 September 2013 | 357 days | |
| 76 | Toni Zeltzer | | Liberal | 19 September 2013 | 25 September 2017 | 4 years, 6 days | |
| 77 | Peter Cavanagh | | Liberal | 25 September 2017 | 23 September 2019 | 1 year, 363 days | |
| – | Susan Wynne | | Liberal | 23 September 2019 | 26 September 2023 | 5 years, 46 days | |
| 78 | Richard Shields | | Liberal | 26 September 2023 | 9 October 2024 | 1 Year, 13 Days | |
| 78 | Sarah Swan | | Liberal | 9 October 2024 | Incumbent | 30 days | |

## Deputy Mayors

The position of Deputy Mayor was made a permanent council position under the Local Government Act 1919. The following individuals have been elected as Deputy Mayor of Woollahra:
| Deputy Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Mayor |
| Keri Huxley | Liberal | 15 April 2004 | 13 September 2004 | 151 days | Rundle |
| David Shoebridge | Greens | 13 September 2004 | 7 September 2005 | 359 days | Rundle |
| Marcus Ehrlich | Labor | 7 September 2005 | 20 September 2006 | 2 years, 10 days | Petrie |
| Marcus Ehrlich | Labor | 20 September 2006 | 17 September 2007 | 2 years, 10 days | Huxley |
| Isabelle Shapiro | Independent | 17 September 2007 | 1 October 2008 | 2 years, 6 days | Rundle |
| Isabelle Shapiro | Independent | 1 October 2008 | 23 September 2009 | 2 years, 6 days | Petrie |
| Peter Cavanagh | Liberal | 23 September 2009 | 21 September 2010 | 1 year, 355 days | Petrie |
| Peter Cavanagh | Liberal | 21 September 2010 | 13 September 2011 | 1 year, 355 days | Shapiro |
| Toni Zeltzer | Liberal | 13 September 2011 | 27 September 2012 | 1 year, 14 days | Wynne |
| Katherine O'Regan | Liberal | 27 September 2012 | 19 September 2013 | 1 year, 356 days | Petrie |
| Katherine O'Regan | Liberal | 19 September 2013 | 18 September 2014 | 1 year, 356 days | Zeltzer |
| Greg Levenston | Liberal | 18 September 2014 | 21 September 2015 | 1 year, 3 days | Zeltzer |
| Susan Wynne | Liberal | 21 September 2015 | 25 September 2017 | 3 years, 3 days | Zeltzer |
| Susan Wynne | Liberal | 25 September 2017 | 24 September 2018 | 3 years, 3 days | Cavanagh |
| Mary-Lou Jarvis | Liberal | 24 September 2018 | 23 September 2019 | 364 days | Cavanagh |
| Richard Shields | Liberal | 23 September 2019 | 5 January 2022 | 2 years, 104 days | Wynne |
| Isabelle Shapiro | Liberal | 5 January 2022 | 26 September 2023 | 1 year, 264 days | Wynne |
| Sarah Swan | Liberal | 26 September 2023 | 9 October 2024 | 1 Year, 13 Days | Shields |
| Sean Carmichael | Liberal | 9 October 2024 | Incumbent | 30 days | Swan |