# List of mayors of Redfern

People who served as the mayor of the Municipality of Redfern are:
| # | Office | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Chairman | Thomas Hayes | | 14 September 1859 | 1 June 1861 | 1 year, 260 days |
| 2 | Chairman | Michael Williamson | | 1 June 1861 | 5 February 1862 | 249 days |
| 3 | Chairman | George Renwick | | 5 February 1862 | 5 February 1864 | 2 years, 0 days |
| 4 | Chairman | Thomas Jones | | 5 February 1864 | 10 February 1865 | 1 year, 5 days |
| 5 | Chairman | Thomas Wild | | 10 February 1865 | 9 February 1866 | 364 days |
| 6 | Chairman | William Williamson | | 9 February 1866 | 7 February 1867 | 363 days |
| (3) | Chairman | George Renwick | | 7 February 1867 | 13 February 1868 | 1 year, 6 days |
| (3) | Mayor | George Renwick | | 13 February 1868 | 16 February 1872 | 4 years, 3 days |
| 7 | Mayor | Henry Hudson | | 16 February 1872 | 11 February 1874 | 1 year, 360 days |
| – | Mayor | William Williamson | | 11 February 1874 | 8 February 1876 | 1 year, 362 days |
| 8 | Mayor | Patrick Stanley | | 8 February 1876 | 11 February 1880 | 4 years, 3 days |
| – | Mayor | Henry Hudson | | 11 February 1880 | 9 February 1881 | 364 days |
| – | Mayor | Patrick Stanley | | 9 February 1881 | 10 February 1882 | 1 year, 1 day |
| 9 | Mayor | Francis Augustus Wright | | 10 February 1882 | 16 February 1885 | 3 years, 6 days |
| 10 | Mayor | George Lander | | 16 February 1885 | 3 February 1887 | 1 year, 352 days |
| 11 | Mayor | Edwin Berry | | 3 February 1887 | 10 February 1888 | 1 year, 7 days |
| 12 | Mayor | Thomas Williamson | | 10 February 1888 | 14 February 1889 | 1 year, 4 days |
| 13 | Mayor | John Crowe | | 14 February 1889 | 13 February 1890 | 364 days |
| 14 | Mayor | Thomas Clarke | | 13 February 1890 | 12 February 1891 | 364 days |
| 15 | Mayor | John Beveridge | | 12 February 1891 | 29 May 1891 | 106 days |
| 16 | Mayor | George William Howe | | 2 June 1891 | 17 February 1893 | 1 year, 260 days |
| 17 | Mayor | Cornelius Gorton | | 17 February 1893 | 15 February 1894 | 363 days |
| 18 | Mayor | William Davis | | 15 February 1894 | 15 February 1895 | 1 year, 0 days |
| 19 | Mayor | William Poole | | 15 February 1895 | 13 February 1896 | 363 days |
| 20 | Mayor | George Richard Parkes | | 13 February 1896 | 11 February 1897 | 364 days |
| 21 | Mayor | Joseph Medcalf | | 11 February 1897 | 8 February 1898 | 362 days |
| – | Mayor | Edwin Berry | | 8 February 1898 | 13 October 1898 | 247 days |
| – | Mayor | Thomas Clarke | | 13 October 1898 | 7 February 1900 | 1 year, 117 days |
| 22 | Mayor | Henry Vernon | | 7 February 1900 | 14 February 1901 | 1 year, 7 days |
| 23 | Mayor | James Jackson | | 14 February 1901 | 12 February 1902 | 363 days |
| 24 | Mayor | Thomas Fanning | | 12 February 1902 | 12 February 1903 | 1 year, 0 days |
| – | Mayor | George Richard Parkes | | 12 February 1903 | 13 February 1904 | 1 year, 0 days |
| – | Mayor | Joseph Medcalf | | 13 February 1904 | 17 February 1905 | 1 year, 5 days |
| – | Mayor | Cornelius Gorton | | 17 February 1905 | 16 February 1906 | 364 days |
| 25 | Mayor | James Owen Batchelor | | 16 February 1906 | 15 February 1907 | 364 days |
| 26 | Mayor | George Todd | | 15 February 1907 | 7 February 1908 | 357 days |
| 27 | Mayor | John Leitch | Labor | 7 February 1908 | 2 February 1911 | 2 years, 360 days |
| 28 | Mayor | Tom Holden | Labor | 2 February 1911 | 11 February 1914 | 3 years, 9 days |
| – | Mayor | John Leitch | Labor | 11 February 1914 | 4 February 1915 | 358 days |
| – | Mayor | Tom Holden | Labor | 4 February 1915 | 12 July 1917 | 2 years, 158 days |
| 29 | Mayor | Albert Clarke Isaacs | | 12 July 1917 | 5 February 1920 | 2 years, 208 days |
| 30 | Mayor | Patrick Roberts | Labor | 5 February 1920 | 6 December 1922 | 2 years, 304 days |
| 31 | Mayor | John Joseph Castle | Labor | 6 December 1922 | 20 December 1923 | 1 year, 14 days |
| 32 | Mayor | George Boyd | Labor | 20 December 1923 | 16 December 1924 | 362 days |
| 33 | Mayor | Patrick Mooney | Labor | 16 December 1924 | 23 December 1926 | 2 years, 7 days |
| – | Mayor | Tom Holden | Labor | 23 December 1926 | 23 December 1927 | 1 year, 0 days |
| 34 | Mayor | Francis James Gilmore | | 23 December 1927 | 12 December 1928 | 355 days |
| 35 | Mayor | John Hanafin | | 12 December 1928 | 19 December 1929 | 1 year, 7 days |
| 36 | Mayor | George Waite | Labor | 19 December 1929 | 18 December 1930 | 364 days |
| 37 | Mayor | Kenneth John Alexander MacRae | Labor | 18 December 1930 | 7 January 1932 | 1 year, 20 days |
| 38 | Mayor | George Wheatley | Labor | 7 January 1932 | 15 December 1932 | 343 days |
| – | Mayor | John Joseph Castle | Labor | 15 December 1932 | 31 December 1934 | 2 years, 16 days |
| 39 | Mayor | Harry Gardiner | Labor | 31 December 1934 | 10 January 1936 | 1 year, 10 days |
| 40 | Mayor | Joseph Malachi Gilmore | | 10 January 1936 | 8 January 1937 | 364 days |
| 41 | Mayor | Alexis Howarth | | 8 January 1937 | 23 December 1937 | 349 days |
| – | Mayor | Francis James Gilmore | | 23 December 1937 | 21 December 1939 | 1 year, 363 days |
| 42 | Mayor | James Francis Edward Gilmore | | 21 December 1939 | 11 December 1941 | 1 year, 355 days |
| 43 | Mayor | John Stephen O’Brien | | 11 December 1941 | 23 December 1943 | 2 years, 12 days |
| 44 | Mayor | Thomas Ormond Powell | | 23 December 1943 | 13 December 1944 | 356 days |
| 45 | Mayor | Edward Robert Elvy | | 13 December 1944 | 10 January 1946 | 1 year, 28 days |
| 46 | Mayor | Joseph Warburton | | 10 January 1946 | 18 December 1946 | 342 days |
| – | Mayor | Alexis Howarth | | 18 December 1946 | 31 December 1948 | 2 years, 13 days |