# List of mayors of Broken Hill

This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Broken Hill, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
The current mayor is Tom Kennedy, who was elected in December 2021.

## Mayors

| Mayor | Mayor | Party | Term |
| | Richard Piper | Independent | 3 December 1888 – 11 February 1889 |
| | Zebina Lane | Independent | 11 February 1889 – 12 February 1890 |
| | Thomas Coombe | Independent | 12 February 1890 – 10 February 1891 |
| | George John Morgan | Independent | 10 February 1891 – 18 February 1892 |
| | August Carl Töpperwien | Independent | 18 February 1892 – 16 February 1893 |
| | Arthur Evans Martin | Independent | 16 February 1893 – 21 December 1893 |
| | Dennis Creedon | Independent | 22 December 1893 – 16 February 1894 |
| | Patrick McMahon | Independent | 16 February 1894 – 13 February 1895 |
| | George Thomas Lambert | Independent | 13 February 1895 – 10 February 1896 |
| | John Souter | Independent | 10 February 1896 – 10 February 1897 |
| | Robert F. Holdsworth | Independent | 10 February 1897 – 14 February 1898 |
| | George Strachan | Independent | 14 February 1898 – 21 February 1899 |
| | John Dunstan | Independent | 21 February 1899 – 16 February 1900 |
| | Jabez Wright | Labor | 16 February 1900 – 14 February 1901 |
| | William John Retallick | Labor | 14 February 1901 – 13 February 1902 |
| | Thomas Jackson | Labor | 13 February 1902 – 12 February 1903 |
| | Alexander Hendry | Independent | 12 February 1903 – 12 February 1904 |
| | John Henry Ivey | Labor | 12 February 1904 – 16 February 1905 |
| | Francis Richard Harvey | Labor | 16 February 1905 – 16 February 1906 |
| | Thomas Ivey | Labor | 16 February 1906 – 12 February 1907 |
| | Calvin Chester | Labor | 12 February 1907 – 6 February 1908 |
| | John Henry Ivey | Labor | 6 February 1908 – 9 February 1909 |
| | John Long | Labor | 9 February 1909 – 14 February 1910 |
| | Francis Richard Harvey | Labor | 14 February 1910 – 3 February 1911 |
| | Thomas Glover Marks | Labor | 3 February 1911 – 5 March 1912 |
| | Bernard Brady | Labor | 5 March 1912 – 1 March 1913 |
| | Thomas Francis Hynes | Labor | 1 March 1913 – 5 February 1914 |
| | William Bernard Driscoll | Labor | 5 February 1914 – 11 February 1915 |
| | George Wilson Carroll | Labor | 11 February 1915 – 14 February 1916 |
| | William Bernard Driscoll | Labor | 14 February 1916 – 12 July 1917 |
| | Thomas Francis Hynes | Labor | 12 July 1917 – 28 February 1919 |
| | John H. Wicks | Independent | 1 March 1919 – 23 December 1920 |
| | S. R. Gray | Independent | 23 December 1920 – 22 December 1921 |
| | John H. Wicks | Independent | 22 December 1921 – 18 December 1922 |
| | Samuel Townsend | Independent | 18 December 1922 – December 1924 |
| | Alfred Stanley Rawling | Independent | December 1924 – December 1925 |
| | Richard Dennis | Labor | December 1925 – December 1928 |
| | William Shoobridge | Independent | December 1928 – December 1929 |
| | Richard Dennis | Labor | December 1929 – 17 December 1931 |
| | H. C. Cleeland | Labor | 17 December 1931 – 21 December 1933 |
| | E. J. Barnes | Labor | 21 December 1933 – 5 December 1937 |
| | George Lambert | Labor | 16 December 1937 – 5 July 1939 |
| | Percy John Francis Rowe | Labor | 18 July 1939 – 20 July 1948 |
| | Walter Riddiford | Labor | 3 August 1948 – December 1962 |
| | George Dial | Labor | December 1962 – September 1974 |
| | Noel Hicks | Independent | September 1974 – September 1975 |
| | Raymond Sawyers | Independent | September 1975 – September 1976 |
| | Noel Hicks | Independent | September 1976 – September 1977 |
| | Kevin Clarke | Labor | September 1977 – September 1980 |
| | Peter Black | Labor | September 1980 – September 1999 |
| | Ron Page | Broken Hill First | September 1999 – 10 January 2007 |
| Ken Boyle (Administrator) | Ken Boyle (Administrator) | Ken Boyle (Administrator) | 10 January 2007 – 5 December 2009 |
| | Wincen Cuy | Independent | 5 December 2009 – 10 September 2016 |
| | Darriea Turley AM | Country Labor | 10 September 2016 – 4 December 2021 |
| | Tom Kennedy | For A Better Broken Hill | 4 December 2021 – present |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Broken Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 7,419 | 70.42 |
| | Labor | Darriea Turley | 1,707 | 16.20 |
| | Team Broken Hill | Dave Gallagher | 1,410 | 13.38 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,536 | 96.84 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 344 | 3.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,880 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 7,841 | 80.29 |
| | Labor | Darriea Turley | 1,925 | 19.71 |
| | For A Better Broken Hill hold | For A Better Broken Hill hold | Swing | |

### 2021

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Broken Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 5,868 | 54.3 | +30.1 |
| | Labor | Darriea Turley | 2,533 | 23.4 | −5.8 |
| | Team Broken Hill | Dave Gallagher | 2,411 | 22.3 | −6.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,812 | 97.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 272 | 2.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,084 | 83.1 | |
| | For A Better Broken Hill gain from Labor | For A Better Broken Hill gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |