# List of mayors of Canterbury (New South Wales)

People who served as the mayor of the City of Canterbury are:
| Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| John Sproule | Independent | 16 June 1879 | 10 February 1880 | 239 days |
| John Campbell Sharp | Independent | 10 February 1880 | 19 February 1883 | 3 years, 9 days |
| Thomas Austen Davis | Independent | 19 February 1883 | 14 February 1884 | 360 days |
| Benjamin Taylor | Independent | 14 February 1884 | 3 February 1886 | 1 year, 354 days |
| James Slocombe | Independent | 3 February 1886 | 13 February 1888 | 2 years, 10 days |
| John Campbell Sharp | Independent | 13 February 1888 | 24 August 1889 | 1 year, 192 days |
| James McBean | Independent | 24 August 1889 | 12 February 1890 | 172 days |
| James Charles Stone | Independent | 12 February 1890 | 11 February 1891 | 364 days |
| John Quigg | Independent | 11 February 1891 | 19 February 1892 | 1 year, 8 days |
| Patrick Joseph Scahill | Independent | 19 February 1892 | 15 February 1895 | 2 years, 361 days |
| Sydney Robert Lorking | Independent | 15 February 1895 | 16 February 1899 | 4 years, 1 day |
| George Wallace Nicoll | Independent | 16 February 1899 | 16 February 1900 | 1 year |
| Jeffrey Denniss | Independent | 16 February 1900 | 11 February 1904 | 3 years, 360 days |
| Benjamin Taylor | Independent | 11 February 1904 | 16 February 1906 | 2 years, 5 days |
| Jeffrey Denniss | Independent | 16 February 1906 | 10 February 1908 | 1 year, 359 days |
| John Edward Draper | Independent | 10 February 1908 | February 1910 | 2 years |
| John McCulloch | Independent | February 1910 | February 1911 | 1 year |
| Patrick Joseph Scahill | Independent | February 1911 | February 1912 | 1 year |
| John Edward Draper | Liberal Reform | February 1912 | 10 February 1913 | 1 year |
| George Frederick Wells Hocking | Labor | 10 February 1913 | March 1914 | 1 year |
| James Augustus Wilson | Labor | March 1914 | February 1917 | 2 years |
| Arthur Preston | Independent | February 1917 | February 1920 | 3 years |
| George Frederick Wells Hocking | Labor | February 1920 | 11 December 1922 | 2 years, 304 days |
| John Henry Ewen | Citizens' Progress Party | 11 December 1922 | 7 December 1925 | 2 years, 361 days |
| Norman Rydge | Labor | 7 December 1925 | 20 December 1926 | 1 year, 13 days |
| Eric Howard Stephenson | Labor | 20 December 1926 | 19 December 1927 | 364 days |
| Asa North | Labor | 19 December 1927 | 10 December 1928 | 357 days |
| George Harold Bramston | Citizens' Progress Party | 10 December 1928 | 8 January 1932 | 3 years, 29 days |
| Stanley Parry | Independent | 8 January 1932 | August 1947 | 15 years, 211 days |
| Harold McPherson | | 7 August 1947 | December 1948 | 1 year, 121 days |
| Colin Williams | | December 1948 | 6 December 1949 | 1 year |
| Samuel Warren | | 6 December 1949 | December 1951 | 2 years |
| Herbert Reuben Thorncraft | | 6 December 1951 | December 1953 | 2 years |
| George Herbert Mulder | Labor | December 1953 | December 1956 | 3 years |
| Stanley Charles Reuben Squire | | December 1956 | December 1957 | 1 year |
| R. J. Schofield | Independent | December 1957 | December 1958 | 1 year |
| Stanley Charles Reuben Squire | | December 1958 | 10 December 1959 | 1 year |
| R. J. Schofield | Independent | 10 December 1959 | December 1962 | 3 years |
| Ronald Gordon Pate | | December 1962 | 8 December 1963 | 1 year |
| James Schofield Scott | Labor | 8 December 1963 | 10 December 1965 | 2 years, 2 days |
| Alfred James Pate | Independent | 10 December 1965 | December 1967 | 2 years |
| James William Eccles | | 5 December 1967 | December 1968 | 1 year |
| Allan Mulder | Labor | 8 December 1968 | December 1969 | 1 year |
| James William Eccles | | December 1969 | December 1970 | 1 year |
| James Beaman | | December 1970 | September 1971 | 281 days |
| Colin Gordon Williams | | September 1971 | September 1976 | 5 years |
| John Mountford | Labor | September 1976 | October 1980 | 4 years, 30 days |
| Kevin Moss | Labor | October 1980 | September 1987 | 6 years, 335 days |
| John Gorrie | Labor | September 1987 | September 1995 | 8 years |
| Kayee Griffin | Labor | September 1995 | January 2004 | 8 years, 122 days |
| Robert Furolo | Labor | January 2004 | 21 October 2011 | 7 years, 273 days |
| Brian Robson | Labor | 1 November 2011 | 12 May 2016 | 4 years, 193 days |