# List of mayors of Ku-ring-gai

This is a list of the Shire Presidents and Mayors of Ku-ring-gai Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Mayors while holding office is: His/Her Worship the Mayor of Ku-ring-gai. The current mayor of Ku-ring-gai is Councillor Sam Ngai, elected on 19 September 2023.

## Development of the office

Ku-ring-gai was first incorporated on 6 March 1906 as the "Shire of Ku-ring-gai" and the first Shire Council was elected on 24 November 1906. The first leader of the council was elected at the first meeting on 8 December 1906, when Councillor William Cowan was elected as Shire President. There would not be a Deputy President until the council election on 1 March 1920. On 22 September 1928, the Shire of Ku-ring-gai was proclaimed as the "Municipality of Ku-ring-gai" and the titles of 'Shire President' and 'Councillor' were retitled to be 'Mayor' and 'Alderman' respectively. In 1993, with the passing of a new Local Government Act, council was retitled as simply "Ku-ring-gai Council" and Aldermen were retitled as Councillors.

## List of incumbents
### Presidents/Deputy Presidents of Ku-ring-gai Shire Council, 1906–1928

| Years | Shire Presidents | Deputy Presidents | Year |
| 8 December 1906 – 6 February 1908 | William Cowan |
| 6 February 1908 – 4 February 1911 | William Thomas Wait |
| 4 February 1911 – 4 February 1914 | Paul Clipsham |
| 4 February 1914 – 1 February 1917 | James Young |
| 1 February 1917 – 22 December 1921 | William Robert Fitzsimons | Walter Scott Griffiths | 1 March 1920 |
| 22 December 1921 – 7 December 1923 | Norman McIntosh |
| 22 December 1921 – 7 December 1923 | Norman McIntosh | Malcolm McFayden | 22 December 1921 |
| 22 December 1921 – 7 December 1923 | Norman McIntosh | John Gilmour Lockley | 7 December 1922 |
| 7 December 1923 – 5 December 1924 | John Gilmour Lockley | Christopher Bowes Thistlethwayte | 7 December 1923 |
| 5 December 1924 – 6 December 1927 | Christopher Bowes Thistlethwayte |
| 5 December 1924 – 6 December 1927 | Christopher Bowes Thistlethwayte | Malcolm McFayden | 5 December 1924 |
| 5 December 1924 – 6 December 1927 | Christopher Bowes Thistlethwayte | George Christie | 15 December 1925 |
| 6 December 1927 – 22 September 1928 | George Christie | William Henry Read | 6 December 1927 |

### Mayors/Deputy Mayors of Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council/Ku-ring-gai Council, 1928–present

| Years | Mayors | Deputy Mayors | Year |
| 22 September 1928 – 19 March 1929 | George Christie | William Henry Read | 22 September 1928 |
| 19 March 1929 – 5 December 1933 | Walter Cresswell O'Reilly |
| 19 March 1929 – 5 December 1933 | Walter Cresswell O'Reilly | Audley Hubert Brennan | 19 March 1929 |
| 19 March 1929 – 5 December 1933 | Walter Cresswell O'Reilly | James Briton | 2 December 1930 |
| 19 March 1929 – 5 December 1933 | Walter Cresswell O'Reilly | Ernest Selby | 6 December 1932 |
| 5 December 1933 – 4 December 1934 | Ernest Selby | James Briton | 5 December 1933 |
| 4 December 1934 – 10 December 1935 | George Seville Travis | Claude Ewen Cameron | 4 December 1934 |
| 10 December 1935 – 18 December 1936 | Claude Ewen Cameron | William King McLean | 10 December 1935 |
| 18 December 1936 – 7 December 1937 | George Seville Travis | Michael L'Estrange | 18 December 1936 |
| 7 December 1937 – 12 December 1939 | Herbert Gordon Carter |
| 7 December 1937 – 12 December 1939 | Herbert Gordon Carter | Michael L'Estrange | 7 December 1937 |
| 7 December 1937 – 12 December 1939 | Herbert Gordon Carter | George Seville Travis | 13 December 1938 |
| 12 December 1939 – 9 December 1941 | Noel Desmond McIntosh | George Seville Travis | 12 December 1939 |
| 9 December 1941 – 7 December 1943 | Robert Taylor Rutledge |
| 9 December 1941 – 7 December 1943 | Robert Taylor Rutledge | George Seville Travis | 9 December 1941 |
| 9 December 1941 – 7 December 1943 | Robert Taylor Rutledge | Joseph Hector Brown | 8 December 1942 |
| 7 December 1943 – 5 December 1944 | George Seville Travis | Robert Taylor Rutledge | 7 December 1943 |
| 5 December 1944 – 11 December 1945 | Robert Taylor Rutledge | Geoffrey Herbert Robin | 5 December 1944 |
| 11 December 1945 – 3 December 1946 | Geoffrey Herbert Robin | Joseph Hector Brown | 11 December 1945 |
| 3 December 1946 – 7 December 1948 | Joseph Hector Brown |
| 3 December 1946 – 7 December 1948 | Joseph Hector Brown | Geoffrey Herbert Robin | 3 December 1946 |
| 3 December 1946 – 7 December 1948 | Joseph Hector Brown | Alexander Powell Cooke | 9 December 1947 |
| 7 December 1948 – 5 December 1950 | Robert Taylor Rutledge | John Paradine Middleton | 7 December 1948 |
| 5 December 1950 – 2 December 1952 | Eric Saxby Solomon |
| 5 December 1950 – 2 December 1952 | Eric Saxby Solomon | Andrew Noble Campbell | 5 December 1950 |
| 5 December 1950 – 2 December 1952 | Eric Saxby Solomon | Reginald Nelson Walker | 4 December 1951 |
| 2 December 1952 – 11 December 1956 | Herbert Thomas Cornish |
| 2 December 1952 – 11 December 1956 | Herbert Thomas Cornish | George McCahon Sinclair | 2 December 1952 |
| 2 December 1952 – 11 December 1956 | Herbert Thomas Cornish | Andrew Noble Campbell | 11 December 1953 |
| 11 December 1956 – 14 December 1959 | Andrew Noble Campbell | Reginald Nelson Walker | 11 December 1956 |
| 14 December 1959 – 5 December 1961 | Harry Jago | Reginald Nelson Walker | 14 December 1959 |
| 5 December 1961 – 10 December 1962 | Reginald Nelson Walker | Alastair Gibson Muir | 5 December 1961 |
| 10 December 1962 – 3 December 1963 | George Revans Nicol | Elizabeth Marian Carter | 10 December 1962 |
| 3 December 1963 – 7 December 1964 | Adrian Allaster Cox | Reginald Nelson Walker | 3 December 1963 |
| 7 December 1964 – 16 December 1966 | Justin Roald Rickard |
| 7 December 1964 – 16 December 1966 | Justin Roald Rickard | Robert Sutherland Turner | 7 December 1964 |
| 7 December 1964 – 16 December 1966 | Justin Roald Rickard | Norman Scott McDonald | 13 December 1965 |
| 16 December 1966 – 4 December 1967 | Norman Scott McDonald | John Gordon McLean | 16 December 1966 |
| 4 December 1967 – 13 December 1968 | John Harris | John Gordon McLean | 4 December 1967 |
| 13 December 1968 – 9 December 1970 | Robert Sutherland Turner |
| 13 December 1968 – 9 December 1970 | Robert Sutherland Turner | Mavis Alexandra McMillan | 13 December 1968 |
| 13 December 1968 – 9 December 1970 | Robert Sutherland Turner | Richard John Basto | 16 December 1969 |
| 9 December 1970 – 23 September 1971 | Bryan Maxwell Mason | James Frederick Bennett | 9 December 1970 |
| 23 September 1971 – 26 September 1973 | James Frederick Bennett |
| 23 September 1971 – 26 September 1973 | James Frederick Bennett | Michael Marcel Strenger | 23 September 1971 |
| 23 September 1971 – 26 September 1973 | James Frederick Bennett | Richard John Basto | 23 September 1972 |
| 26 September 1973 – 2 October 1974 | Michael Eugene Kartzoff | George Henry Bardsley | 26 September 1973 |
| 2 October 1974 – 30 September 1975 | Anthony Earl Cronin | Trevor Carter Brown | 2 October 1974 |
| 30 September 1975 – 26 September 1977 | Trevor Carter Brown | Roy Woodward | 30 September 1975 |
| 26 September 1977 – 25 September 1979 | Richard Cleveland Lennon | Yolanda Amalia Lee | 26 September 1977 |
| 25 September 1979 – 1 October 1980 | Howard Parkinson Vains | Yolanda Amalia Lee | 25 September 1979 |
| 1 October 1980 – 22 September 1981 | Richard Cleveland Lennon | Brian John Taylor | 1 October 1980 |
| 22 September 1981 – 11 October 1983 | Brian John Taylor |
| 22 September 1981 – 11 October 1983 | Brian John Taylor | William Ferrier Thomson | 22 September 1981 |
| 22 September 1981 – 11 October 1983 | Brian John Taylor | Michael Eugene Kartzoff | 13 September 1982 |
| 11 October 1983 – 27 September 1984 | Steven Paul Klinger | Robert James Webeck | 11 October 1983 |
| 27 September 1984 – 27 September 1987 | Ronald Victor Yeates |
| 27 September 1984 – 27 September 1987 | Ronald Victor Yeates | Adrian Coghan | 27 September 1984 |
| 27 September 1984 – 27 September 1987 | Ronald Victor Yeates | Peter Andrew Derwent | 26 September 1985 |
| 27 September 1984 – 27 September 1987 | Ronald Victor Yeates | Robert Webeck | 29 September 1986 |
| 27 September 1987 – 1 September 1991 | Richard Cleveland Lennon |
| 27 September 1987 – 1 September 1991 | Richard Cleveland Lennon | Tony Hall | 27 September 1987 |
| 27 September 1987 – 1 September 1991 | Richard Cleveland Lennon | Richard Geddes | 1 September 1989 |
| 27 September 1987 – 1 September 1991 | Richard Cleveland Lennon | Malcolm Patterson | 24 August 1990 |
| 1 September 1991 – 1 September 1996 | Peter Andrew Derwent |
| 1 September 1991 – 1 September 1996 | Peter Andrew Derwent | Robert Pallin | 1 September 1991 |
| 1 September 1991 – 1 September 1996 | Peter Andrew Derwent | Richard Geddes | 1 September 1992 |
| 1 September 1991 – 1 September 1996 | Peter Andrew Derwent | Robert Pallin | 1 September 1994 |
| 1 September 1991 – 1 September 1996 | Peter Andrew Derwent | David Roy Barnett | 1 September 1995 |
| 1 September 1996 – 8 September 1998 | Richard Geddes |
| 1 September 1996 – 8 September 1998 | Richard Geddes | Tony Hall | 1 September 1996 |
| 1 September 1996 – 8 September 1998 | Richard Geddes | David Dobbin | 9 September 1997 |
| 8 September 1998 – 21 September 1999 | David Dobbin | Johanne Tobin | 8 September 1998 |
| 21 September 1999 – 5 September 2000 | Tony Hall | Laura Bennett | 21 September 1999 |
| 5 September 2000 – 3 September 2002 | Laura Bennett |
| 5 September 2000 – 3 September 2002 | Laura Bennett | Ted Roach | 5 September 2000 |
| 5 September 2000 – 3 September 2002 | Laura Bennett | Ian Cross | 4 September 2001 |
| 3 September 2002 – 13 April 2004 | Ian Cross | Ian de Vulder | 3 September 2002 |
| 13 April 2004 – 7 September 2005 | Adrienne Ryan | Maureen Shelley | 13 April 2004 |
| 7 September 2005 – September 2006 | Elaine Malicki | Nick Ebbeck | 7 September 2005 |
| September 2006 – September 2008 | Nick Ebbeck | Anita Andrew | September 2006 |
| September 2008 – September 2010 | Elaine Malicki | Jennifer Anderson | September 2008 |
| September 2010 – 6 September 2011 | Ian Cross | Jennifer Anderson | September 2010 |
| 6 September 2011 – September 2012 | Jennifer Anderson | Elaine Malicki | 6 September 2011 |
| September 2012 – September 2013 | Elaine Malicki | Cheryl Szatow | September 2012 |
| September 2013 – 16 September 2015 | Jennifer Anderson |
| September 2013 – 16 September 2015 | Jennifer Anderson | Elaine Malicki | September 2013 |
| September 2013 – 16 September 2015 | Jennifer Anderson | Chantelle Fornari-Orsmond | 16 September 2014 |
| 16 September 2015 – 20 September 2016 | Cheryl Szatow | David Ossip | 16 September 2015 |
| 20 September 2016 – 21 September 2021 | Jennifer Anderson |
| 20 September 2016 – 21 September 2021 | Jennifer Anderson | David Ossip | 20 September 2016 |
| 20 September 2016 – 21 September 2021 | Jennifer Anderson | Callum Clarke | 21 September 2017 |
| 20 September 2016 – 21 September 2021 | Jennifer Anderson | Jeff Pettett | 25 September 2018 |
| 20 September 2016 – 21 September 2021 | Jennifer Anderson | Callum Clarke | 18 September 2019 |
| 20 September 2016 – 21 September 2021 | Jennifer Anderson | Cedric Spencer | 22 September 2020 |
| 21 September 2021 – 11 January 2022 | Cedric Spencer | Sam Ngai | 21 September 2021 |
| 11 January 2022 – 19 September 2023 | Jeff Pettett | Barbara Ward | 11 January 2022 |
| 19 September 2023 – November 2024 | Sam Ngai | Christine Kay | 19 September 2023 |
| November 2024 – present | Christine Kay | Kim Wheatley | November 2024 |