# List of mayors of Ashfield

People who served as the mayor of the Municipality of Ashfield are:
| # | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | John Pope | | 1872 | 1873 |
| 2 | Daniel Holborow | | 1874 | 1880 |
| 3 | Thomas Nicholson | | 1881 | 1881 |
| 4 | Mark Hammond | | 1882 | 1884 |
| 5 | John Watkin | | 1884 | 1884 |
| 1 (2nd term) | John Pope | | 1885 | 1885 |
| 6 | Joseph Mortley | | 1886 | 1887 |
| 7 | Joseph Watkin | | 1888 | 1888 |
| 8 | Thomas Dean | | 1888 | 1888 |
| 9 | Robert Dougan | | 1889 | 1890 |
| 10 | Albert Brown | | 1891 | 1892 |
| 11 | Richard Stanton | | 1893 | 7 March 1895 |
| 12 | Ninian Melville | Protectionist | 8 March 1895 | 23 February 1896 |
| 13 | John Upward | | 24 February 1896 | 1897 |
| 14 | Francis Josephson | | 1898 | 1898 |
| 15 | William Robson | Free Trade | 1899 | 1899 |
| 16 | John Mills | | 1900 | 1900 |
| 17 | Ernest Broughton | Liberal Reform | 1901 | 1902 |
| 18 | Arthur Miller | Liberal Reform | 1903 | 1905 |
| 11 (2nd term) | Richard Stanton | | 1906 | 1906 |
| 19 | Charles Websdale | | 1907 | 1907 |
| 20 | George Brown | | 1908 | 1908 |
| 21 | Herbert Pratten | Liberal Reform | 1909 | 1911 |
| 22 | Alfred Crane | Liberal Reform | 1911 | 1912 |
| 23 | Charles Algie | | 1913 | 1914 |
| 24 | John Hammond | | 1915 | 1917 |
| 25 | John Yeo | | 1917 | 1919 |
| 26 | Frank Hedger | Nationalist | 1919 | 1920 |
| 27 | George Watson | Nationalist | 1920 | 1922 |
| 24 (2nd term) | John Hammond | | 1922 | 1923 |
| 28 | D McDonald | Nationalist | 1923 | 1925 |
| 26 (2nd term) | Frank Hedger | Nationalist | 1925 | 1929 |
| 29 | Henry Gough | Nationalist | 1929 | 1932 |
| 30 | John Lapish | United Australia | 1932 | 1933 |
| 31 | William Grainger | United Australia | 1933 | 1935 |
| 32 | Thomas Cavill | United Australia | 1935 | 1938 |
| 33 | Edward Allman | United Australia | 1938 | 1943 |
| 34 | J Lindsay | | 1943 | 1944 |
| 32 (2nd term) | Thomas Cavill | Liberal | 1944 | 1946 |
| 35 | Ralph Tetley | Liberal | 1946 | 1948 |
| 36 | Thomas Marshall | Independent | 1948 | 1950 |
| 37 | Richard Murden | Liberal | 1950 | 1952 |
| 38 | Herbert Bailey | Liberal | 1952 | 1954 |
| 39 | James Blackwood | | 1954 | 1957 |
| 40 | Charles Bullivant | | 1957 | 1959 |
| 41 | Darrell Jackson | | 1959 | 1962 |
| 42 | William Peters | Labor | 1962 | 1964 |
| 43 | Bede Spillane | Labor | 1964 | 1965 |
| 44 | Allan Crawford | | 1965 | 1967 |
| 37 (2nd term) | Richard Murden | Liberal | December 1967 | September 1972 |
| 45 | Paul Whelan | Labor | September 1972 | September 1976 |
| 46 | Lew Herman | Labor | September 1976 | September 1991 |
| 47 | Dr John Ward | Independent | September 1991 | September 1995 |
| 46 (2nd term) | Lew Herman | Labor | September 1995 | September 1996 |
| 48 | Vincent Sicari | No Aircraft Noise | September 1996 | September 1997 |
| 49 | Mark Bonanno | Labor | September 1997 | March 2004 |
| 50 | Rae Desmond Jones | Labor | March 2004 | September 2006 |
| 51 | Ted Cassidy | Independent | September 2006 | September 2011 |
| 52 | Lyall Kennedy | Greens | September 2011 | September 2012 |
| 53 | Morris Mansour | Independent | September 2012 | September 2013 |
| 54 | Lucille McKenna | Labor | September 2013 | 12 May 2016 |