# Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney

The deputy lord mayor of Sydney is the deputy head of the council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Since 1949, the deputy lord mayor has been indirectly elected annually by the council, becoming a permanent council position following the passage of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948. The holder may be appointed to a full mayoral term or for a shorter, specified duration. The deputy lord mayor assists the lord mayor in their work, exercising any function of the lord mayor at request and fulfilling the role during a casual vacancy of the lord mayor's office. The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, following which the new council voted first-term councillor, Zann Maxwell, as deputy lord mayor.

## Office history

The position of deputy lord mayor was made a permanent council position when the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 placed the City of Sydney under the main body of local government legislation. Prior to 1 January 1949, "Deputy" Lord Mayors were occasionally elected to act for the council during times of absence or illness of a sitting Lord Mayor, but the position was not permanent under the Sydney Corporation Act 1932 or any previous acts. The following individuals have been elected as Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney:
| # | Officeholder | Party/Affiliation | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Lord Mayor |
| 1 | John James Carroll | Labor | 1 January 1949 | 14 December 1950 | 1 year, 347 days | O'Dea |
| 2 | Jack Byrne | Labor | 14 December 1950 | 15 December 1952 | 2 years, 1 day | O'Dea |
| 3 | Frank Green | Labor | 15 December 1952 | 6 January 1954 | 1 year, 22 days | Hills |
| 4 | Kevin Dwyer | Labor | 6 January 1954 | 13 December 1954 | 341 days | Hills |
| 5 | Anthony Doherty | Labor | 13 December 1954 | 12 December 1955 | 364 days | Hills |
| 6 | Kevin Dwyer | Labor | 12 December 1955 | 17 December 1956 | 1 year, 5 days | Hills |
| 7 | Jack Byrne | Labor | 17 December 1956 | 17 December 1959 | 3 years, 0 days | Jensen |
| 8 | Francis Joseph Dixon | Labor | 17 December 1959 | 11 December 1961 | 1 year, 359 days | Jensen |
| 9 | Henry Burland | Labor | 11 December 1961 | 16 December 1963 | 2 years, 5 days | Jensen |
| 10 | Clifford Noble | Labor | 16 December 1963 | 14 December 1964 | 364 days | Jensen |
| 11 | Henry Burland | Labor | 14 December 1964 | 16 December 1965 | 1 year, 2 days | Jensen |
| 12 | Tony Bradford | Labor | 16 December 1965 | 13 November 1967 | 1 year, 332 days | Armstrong |
| 13 | Nicholas Shehadie | Civic Reform | 7 October 1969 | 24 September 1973 | 3 years, 352 days | McDermott Griffin |
| 14 | Barrett Lewis | Civic Reform | 24 September 1973 | 30 September 1974 | 1 year, 6 days | Shehadie |
| 15 | Leo Port | Civic Reform | 30 September 1974 | 25 September 1975 | 360 days | Shehadie |
| 16 | Andrew Briger | Civic Reform | 25 September 1975 | 27 September 1976 | 1 year, 2 days | Port |
| 17 | Barrett Lewis | Civic Reform | 27 September 1976 | 10 October 1977 | 1 year, 13 days | Port |
| 18 | Nelson Meers | Civic Reform | 10 October 1977 | November 1978 | 1 year, 28 days | Port |
| 19 | Jeremy Bingham | Civic Reform | November 1978 | 20 September 1980 | 1 year, 318 days | Meers |
| 20 | Tony Bradford | Labor | 29 September 1980 | 28 September 1981 | 364 days | Sutherland |
| 21 | Jack Calpis | Labor | 28 September 1981 | 31 December 1981 | 94 days | Sutherland |
| 22 | Bill Hartup | Labor | 4 January 1982 | 13 September 1982 | 252 days | Sutherland |
| 23 | Tony Bradford | Labor | 13 September 1982 | 29 September 1983 | 1 year, 16 days | Sutherland |
| 24 | Jack Calpis | Labor | 29 September 1983 | 1 May 1984 | 215 days | Sutherland |
| 25 | Stanley Ashmore-Smith | Labor | 1 May 1984 | 16 September 1985 | 1 year, 138 days | Sutherland |
| 26 | Bill Hartup | Labor | 16 September 1985 | 26 March 1987 | 1 year, 191 days | Sutherland |
| 27 | Ross Bonthorne | Civic Reform | 3 January 1989 | 18 September 1991 | 2 years, 258 days | Bingham |
| 28 | Henry Tsang | Labor | 23 September 1991 | 11 September 1999 | 7 years, 353 days | Sartor |
| 29 | Lucy Turnbull | Living Sydney Independents | 18 September 1999 | 7 April 2003 | 3 years, 201 days | Sartor |
| 30 | Dixie Coulton | Living Sydney Independents | 7 April 2003 | 14 September 2003 | 305 days | Turnbull |
| 30 | Dixie Coulton | Sydney Independents | 14 September 2003 | 6 February 2004 | 305 days | Turnbull |
| 31 | John McInerney | Clover Moore Independent Team | 19 April 2004 | 12 September 2005 | 1 year, 146 days | Moore |
| 32 | Verity Firth | Labor | 12 September 2005 | 18 September 2006 | 1 year, 6 days | Moore |
| 33 | Chris Harris | Greens | 18 September 2006 | 17 September 2007 | 364 days | Moore |
| 34 | Tony Pooley | Labor | 17 September 2007 | 13 September 2008 | 362 days | Moore |
| 35 | Marcelle Hoff | Clover Moore Independent Team | 29 September 2008 | 21 September 2009 | 357 days | Moore |
| 36 | Phillip Black | Clover Moore Independent Team | 21 September 2009 | 13 September 2010 | 357 days | Moore |
| 37 | Marcelle Hoff | Clover Moore Independent Team | 13 September 2010 | 19 September 2011 | 1 year, 6 days | Moore |
| 38 | Robert Kok | Clover Moore Independent Team | 19 September 2011 | 21 September 2012 | 1 year, 2 days | Moore |
| 39 | Robyn Kemmis | Clover Moore Independent Team | 21 September 2012 | 26 December 2015 | 3 years, 96 days | Moore |
| 40 | Irene Doutney | Greens | 29 February 2016 | 10 September 2016 | 194 days | Moore |
| 41 | Kerryn Phelps | Clover Moore Independent Team | 23 September 2016 | 27 June 2017 | 360 days | Moore |
| 41 | Kerryn Phelps | Independent | 27 June 2017 | 18 September 2017 | 360 days | Moore |
| 42 | Jess Miller | Clover Moore Independent Team | 18 September 2017 | 17 September 2018 | 364 days | Moore |
| 43 | Linda Scott | Labor | 17 September 2018 | 9 September 2019 | 357 days | Moore |
| 44 | Jess Scully | Clover Moore Independent Team | 9 September 2019 | 19 September 2022 | 3 years, 10 days | Moore |
| 45 | Sylvie Ellsmore | Greens | 19 September 2022 | 18 September 2023 | 364 days | Moore |
| 46 | Robert Kok | Clover Moore Independent Team | 18 September 2023 | 10 October 2024 | 1 year, 136 days | Moore |
| 47 | Zann Maxwell | Labor | 10 October 2024 | Incumbent | 15 days | Moore |