# List of mayors of Fairfield

This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Fairfield, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
The current mayor is Frank Carbone, who was elected in 2012 and most recently re-elected in 2024.

## Mayors
### 1889–present

| No. | Portrait | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | | Francis Atkin Kenyon | Independent | 22 February 1889 | 13 February 1891 |
| 2 | | John Lackey | Independent | 13 February 1891 | 15 February 1893 |
| 3 | | Thomas Downey | Independent | 15 February 1893 | 17 February 1894 |
| 4 | | William Stimson | Independent | 17 February 1894 | 14 February 1896 |
| 5 | | Adam Vallance | Independent | 14 February 1896 | 12 February 1898 |
| 6 | | Bruce Sofala Ephraim Hall | Independent | 12 February 1898 | 14 February 1899 |
| 7 | | George Paine | Independent | 14 February 1899 | 14 February 1900 |
| 8 | | Adam Craig Bell | Independent | 14 February 1900 | 14 February 1901 |
| 9 | | John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 14 February 1901 | 8 February 1902 |
| 10 | | James Robert Anderson | Independent | 8 February 1902 | February 1903 |
| 11 | | Walter Stimson | Independent | February 1903 | 11 February 1904 |
| 12 | | Samuel Critchley | Independent | 11 February 1904 | February 1905 |
| 13 | | John Downey | Independent | February 1905 | 15 February 1907 |
| 14 | | John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 15 February 1907 | 6 July 1917 |
| (11) | | Walter Stimson | Independent | 6 July 1917 | 11 February 1919 |
| (14) | | John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 11 February 1919 | 4 February 1920 |
| 15 | | Thomas Miles | Independent | 4 February 1920 | 6 December 1921 |
| 16 | | Amos Robert Coleman | Independent | 6 December 1921 | 12 December 1922 |
| (11) | | Walter Stimson | Independent | 12 December 1922 | 18 December 1923 |
| 17 | | Harold William Stein | Independent | 18 December 1923 | 8 December 1925 |
| 18 | | Augustus Morris Jentsch | Independent | 4 December 1928 | 8 December 1925 |
| 19 | | Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | 4 December 1928 | 5 January 1932 |
| 20 | | Robert Towers Gillies | Independent | 5 January 1932 | December 1932 |
| (11) | | Walter Stimson | Independent | December 1932 | 4 December 1934 |
| 21 | | Thomas Fishpool | Independent | 4 December 1934 | 14 December 1937 |
| 22 | | Samuel Foster Money | Labor | 14 December 1937 | December 1938 |
| 23 | | John Burleigh, Snr. | Labor | December 1938 | 10 December 1941 |
| (19) | | Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | 10 December 1941 | 15 December 1943 |
| 24 | | Clifford Green | Independent | 15 December 1943 | December 1945 |
| (19) | | Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | December 1945 | December 1947 |
| (24) | | Clifford Green | Independent | December 1947 | December 1948 |
| 25 | | Jack Henshaw | Labor | December 1948 | 6 December 1949 |
| 26 | | Jack McBurney | Citizens' Representative Party | 6 December 1949 | December 1950 |
| 27 | | Samuel Austin Seaman | Labor | December 1950 | 3 December 1951 |
| 28 | | Philip Bartholomew Ryan | Labor | 3 December 1951 | 8 December 1952 |
| 29 | | William Leonard Wolfenden | Labor | 8 December 1952 | 10 December 1953 |
| 30 | | Leslie Charles Hale | Progress Association | 10 December 1953 | 12 December 1955 |
| 31 | | Les Powell | Labor | 12 December 1955 | 2 December 1957 |
| 32 | | Keith Makepeace | Labor | 2 December 1957 | 11 December 1958 |
| 33 | | Keith Howick | Labor | 11 December 1958 | 10 December 1959 |
| 34 | | Vic Wenban | Labor | 10 December 1959 | December 1962 |
| 35 | | A. E. Harvey | Labor | December 1962 | December 1963 |
| 36 | | Lawrence Fraser | Labor | December 1963 | December 1964 |
| (34) | | Vic Wenban | Independent | December 1964 | December 1965 |
| 37 | | Frank Calabro | Independent | December 1965 | 20 December 1966 |
| (32) | | Keith Makepeace | Independent | 20 December 1966 | December 1967 |
| 38 | | Harold Schofield | Independent | December 1967 | September 1968 |
| (37) | | Frank Calabro | Independent | September 1968 | September 1969 |
| (35) | | A. E. Harvey | Labor | September 1969 | September 1970 |
| (38) | | Harold Schofield | Independent | September 1970 – September 1971 | |
| 39 | | Ian Thorley | Labor | September 1971 | September 1973 |
| 40 | | Don Turtle | Labor | September 1972 | September 1973 |
| (31) | | Les Powell | Labor | September 1973 | September 1974 |
| 41 | | Janice Crosio | Labor | September 1974 | September 1975 |
| 42 | | Ernest Loveday | Independent | September 1975 | September 1976 |
| 43 | | Warren Colless | Independent | September 1976 | September 1977 |
| (41) | | Janice Crosio | Labor | September 1977 | September 1980 |
| | | Maria Heggie | Independent | September 1987 | September 1988 |
| | | unknown | | September 1988 | September 1989 |
| | | Lawrence White | Labor | September 1989 | September 1990 |
| | | unknown | | September 1990 | September 1991 |
| | | Dennis Donovan | Labor | September 1991 | September 1992 |
| | | Toni Lord | Independent | September 1992 | September 1993 |
| | | Nick Lalich | Labor | September 1993 | September 1994 |
| | | unknown | | September 1994 | September 1995 |
| | | Maria Heggie | Independent | September 1995 | September 1996 |
| | | Ken Chapman | Labor | September 1996 | September 1997 |
| | | Anwar Khoshaba | Labor | September 1997 | September 1998 |
| | | Chris Bowen | Labor | September 1998 | September 1999 |
| | | Anwar Khoshaba | Labor | September 1999 | September 2000 |
| | | Robert Watkins | Labor | September 2000 | September 2001 |
| | | Anwar Khoshaba OAM | Labor | September 2001 | September 2002 |
| | | Nick Lalich | Labor | September 2002 | 21 March 2012 |
| | | Frank Carbone | Labor | 21 March 2012 | 29 August 2016 |
| | Independent | 29 August 2016 | 2021 |
| | Frank Carbone | 2021 | 9 May 2023 |
| | Dai Le & Frank Carbone | 9 May 2023 | 3 July 2024 |
| Western Sydney Community | 3 July 2024 | incumbent |

## Deputy mayors

| Deputy Mayor (Ward) | Party | Term start | Term end | Mayor |
| Dai Le (Fairfield/Cabravale) | Women's Party | 30 December 2021 | 27 September 2022 | Carbone (Frank Carbone/DLFCN) |
| Reni Barkho (Fairfield/Cabravale) | Dai Le & Frank Carbone | 27 September 2022 | 28 September 2023 | Carbone (Frank Carbone/DLFCN) |
| Charbel Saliba (Parks) | Dai Le & Frank Carbone | 28 September 2023 | incumbent | Carbone (Frank Carbone/DLFCN) |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Frank Carbone | Frank Carbone | |
| | Labor | Basim Shamaon | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Frank Carbone hold | Frank Carbone hold | Swing |

### 2021

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Frank Carbone | Frank Carbone | 66,455 | 73.5 | +23.3 |
| | Labor | George Barcha | 23,974 | 26.5 | −23.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 90,429 | 95.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,688 | 4.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,117 | 73.3 | |
| | Frank Carbone hold | Frank Carbone hold | Swing | +23.3 | |

### 2016

2016 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Del Bennett | 32,004 | 31.31 |
| | Independent | Frank Carbone | 29,683 | 29.04 |
| | Independent | Dai Le | 17,319 | 16.95 |
| | Liberal | Joe Molluso | 13,018 | 12.74 |
| | Christian Democrats | Milan Maksimovic | 6,944 | 6.79 |
| | Greens | Bill Cashman | 3,234 | 3.16 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 102,202 | 94.17 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,331 | 5.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 108,533 | |
| | Independent | Frank Carbone | | |
| | Labor | Del Bennett | | |
| | Mayor changed to Independent from Labor | Mayor changed to Independent from Labor | Swing | N/A |

### 2012

2012 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Frank Carbone | 44,641 | 45.4 | −15.0 |
| | Independent | Nhan Tran | 15,833 | 16.1 | +16.1 |
| | Independent Liberal | Zaya Toma | 8,773 | 8.9 | −24.6 |
| | Greens | Bill Cashman | 8,371 | 8.5 | +8.5 |
| | Independent | Sam Yousif | 7,918 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| | Christian Democrats | Juliat Nasr | 7,237 | 7.4 | +7.4 |
| | Unity | Ken Yeung | 5,647 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 98,450 | 90.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | | 9.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 85.4 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Frank Carbone | 49,041 | 71.3 | +10.9 |
| | Independent | Nhan Tran | 19,727 | 28.7 | +28.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |