# List of mayors and lord mayors of Hobart

This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Hobart local government area, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

## Mayors (1853–1934)

| # | Mayor | Term |
| 1 | William Carter | 1853–1854 |
| 2 | William Gore Elliston | 1855–1856 |
| 3 | John Leslie Stewart | 1857 |
| 4 | Osmond H. Gilles | 1858 |
| 5 | David Lewis | 1858 (July)-1859 |
| 6 | Henry Cook | 1860–1861 |
| 7 | Alfred Kennerley | 1862–1863 |
| 8 | Robert Walker | 1864–1867 |
| 9 | J. M. Wilson | 1868–1869 |
| 10 | H. Cook | (from August) 1869 |
| 11 | Thomas Christie Smart | 1870 |
| 12 | Alfred Kennerley | 1871–1872 |
| 13 | George Crisp | 1873–1875 |
| 14 | John Perkins | 1876–1877 |
| 15 | William Patrick Green | 1878 |
| 16 | Wiliam Henry Burgess | 1879–1880 |
| 17 | James Harcourt | 1881–1882 |
| 18 | William Belbin | 1883–1884 |
| 19 | John George Davies | 1885–1886 |
| 20 | Charles Harbottle | 1887 |
| 21 | Alfred Crisp | 1888–1889 |
| 22 | John Watchorn | 1890 |
| 23 | George Hiddlestone | 1891 |
| 24 | Thomas Augustus Reynolds | 1891 |
| 25 | George Stanton Crouch | 1893 |
| 26 | John Watchorn | 1894–1896 |
| 27 | John George Davies | 1897 |
| 28 | George Hiddlestone | 1898 |
| 29 | John George Davies | 1899–1901 |
| 30 | George Kerr | 1902 |
| 31 | Thomas Bennison | 1903–1904 |
| 32 | George Kerr | 1905 |
| 33 | Alfred Crisp | 1906 |
| 34 | Charles Duncan Haywood | 1907 |
| 35 | Daniel Freeman | 1908 |
| 36 | J. W. Hoggins | 1909 |
| 37 | C. J. Atkins | 1910 |
| 38 | Thomas H. Amott | 1911 |
| 39 | Alfred Crisp | 1912–1913 |
| 40 | R. J. Meagher | 1914 |
| 41 | W. H. Williams | 1915 |
| 42 | L. H. Macleod | 1916 |
| 43 | R. D. Lord | 1917 |
| 44 | J. G. Shield | 1918–1919 |
| 45 | R. Eccles Snowden | 1920 – 1922 (till July) |
| 46 | J. A. McKenzie | (after July) 1922 |
| 47 | John Soundy | 1924 |
| 48 | Francis Valentine | 1925–1926 |
| 49 | Edwin J. Rogers, C.M.G. | 1926–1927 |
| 50 | J. J. Wignall | 1927–1929 |
| 51 | John Soundy | 1929–1932 |
| 52 | Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G. | 1932–1934 |

## Lord Mayors (since 1935)

The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor during the 1934 – 1935 council.
| # | Lord Mayor | Term |
| 53 | Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G. | 1935–1938 |
| 54 | John Soundy | 1938–1946 |
| 55 | W. W. Osborne | 1946–1948 |
| 56 | Richard O. Harris | 1948–1950 |
| 57 | Archibald R. Park | 1950–1952 |
| 58 | Sir Richard Harris, C.M.G. | 1952–1954 |
| 59 | Archibald R. Park, C.M.G. | 1954–1959 |
| 60 | Sir Basil Osborne | 1959–1970 |
| 61 | Ronald George Soundy | 1970–1976 |
| 62 | Douglas Robert Plaister | 1976–1984 |
| 63 | Brian Broadby | 1984–1986 |
| 64 | Doone Kennedy | 1986–1996 |
| 65 | John Freeman | 1996–1999 |
| 66 | Rob Valentine | 1999–2011 |
| 67 | Damon Thomas | 2011–2014 |
| 68 | Sue Hickey | 2014–2018 |
| 69 | Ron Christie | 2018 |
| 70 | Anna Reynolds | 2018–present |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Tasmanian mayoral elections: Hobart :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Anna Reynolds | 9,015 | 28.78 |
| | Independent | John Kelly | 6,190 | 19.76 |
| | Independent | Marti Zucco | 3,676 | 11.73 |
| | Independent | Louise Elliot | 3,593 | 11.47 |
| | Greens | Bill Harvey | 3,481 | 11.11 |
| | Independent Liberal | Louise Bloomfield | 3,025 | 9.65 |
| | Our Hobart | Marcus Bai | 1,176 | 3.75 |
| | Independent Liberal | Will Coats | 1,161 | 3.70 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,317 | 97.87 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 684 | 2.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,001 | 83.02 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Your Hobart Independents | Anna Reynolds | 14,571 | 53.41 |
| | Independent | John Kelly | 12,711 | 46.59 |
| | Your Hobart Independents hold | Your Hobart Independents hold | Swing | |