List of mayors of Warringah

Mayor of Warringah Council
Style	His/Her Worship
Appointer	Warringah Council
Term length	One Year (1906–2008) Four years (2008–2016)
Formation	14 June 1906 (as Shire President) 28 September 1993 (as Mayor)
First holder	Cr. Thomas Fishbourne (Shire President) Cr. Brian Green (Mayor)
Final holder	Cr. Michael Regan
Abolished	12 May 2016
Deputy	Cr. Roslyn Harrison (Your Warringah)
Website	www.warringah.nsw.gov.au

This is a list of the shire presidents, administrators and mayors of Warringah Council, a former local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Mayors while holding office was: His/Her Worship The Mayor of Warringah. First incorporated on 7 March 1906 as Warringah Shire Council, the council became known as Warringah Council on 1 July 1993 following the enactment of a new Local Government Act which also stipulated that the term 'Shire President' be replaced with 'Mayor'.^[1]

Upon its establishment a temporary council of five nominated representatives was installed. The first meeting of this temporary council took place in the Narrabeen Progress Hall on 19 June 1906, with George Brock in the chair. The election of the first Warringah Shire Council took place on 24 November 1906, and the first meeting of the six elected councillors took place on 3 December, when Thomas Fisbourne was elected Shire President.^[2] Originally a role nominated by the council annually, from 2008 to 2016 it was directly elected every four years. The last Mayor of Warringah was Councillor Michael Regan (Your Warringah), elected in 2008, who served until the council's amalgamation into the new Northern Beaches Council, which was established with former Warringah administrator, Dick Persson, at its head.

Mayors

#	Years	Shire presidents
–	19 June 1906 – 3 December 1906	George Brock (Provisional Chair)
1	3 December 1906 – February 1908	Thomas Fishbourne
2	February 1908 – 1 March 1910	Alexander Ralston[3]
3	1 March 1910 – 1 March 1911	Ellison Quirk
–	1 March 1911 – 1 March 1912	Alexander Ralston
4	1 March 1912 – 1 March 1914	William Hews[4]
–	1 March 1914 – 1 March 1915	Ellison Quirk[5]
5	1 March 1915 – 1 March 1918	John Duffy[6]
–	1 March 1918 – 1 March 1919	Ellison Quirk
6	1 March 1919 – December 1920	Henry Lodge
7	December 1920 – December 1925	Arthur George Parr
8	December 1925 – 1 March 1926	Ramsay McKillop (ALP)	[7]
–	March 1926 – December 1927	Arthur George Parr
9	December 1927 – December 1929	Francis Frederick Corkery
10	December 1929 – December 1931	George William Hitchcock
11	December 1931 – December 1933	Charles Henry Sheppard
12	December 1933 – December 1935	John Warwick Austin
13	December 1935 – December 1937	Albert Henry Hughes
14	December 1937 – December 1940	George Green
15	December 1940 – December 1944	Albert Sterland
16	December 1944 – December 1946	Walter Harris
17	December 1946 – December 1948	Wilfred Batho
18	December 1948 – December 1950	Russell Kent
19	December 1950 – December 1952	William Horn
20	December 1952 – 2 December 1957	John Fisher
21	2 December 1957 – December 1958	William Berry[8]
22	December 1958 – December 1959	Herbert Cooper
–	December 1959 – December 1962	William Berry
23	December 1962 – December 1963	Edgar Wilson
24	December 1963 – December 1964	Geoffrey Mill
25	December 1964 – 3 April 1967	Gordon Jones
–	3 April 1967 – 5 November 1967	Jack Barnett (Administrator)
–	6 November 1967 – 6 December 1968	R. H. Cornish (Administrator)[9]
26	December 1968 – September 1971	Colin Huntingdon
27	September 1971 – September 1974	Richard Legg
28	September 1974 – September 1975	Peter Dawson
29	September 1975 – September 1976	Robert Creagh
30	September 1976 – September 1977	Desmond Sainsbery
31	September 1977 – September 1978	Kevin Begaud
32	September 1978 – 19 September 1979	Gavin Anderson
33	19 September 1979 – 24 September 1983	Paul Couvret
34	24 September 1983 – 24 September 1985	Darren Jones
35	24 September 1985 – 5 December 1985	Ted Jackson
–	5 December 1985 – 21 April 1986	Daniel Kelly (Administrator)
–	21 April 1986 – 24 March 1987	Richard Conolly (Administrator)
–	24 March 1987 – 26 September 1989	Ted Jackson
36	26 September 1989 – 24 September 1991	John Caputo
37	24 September 1991 – 28 September 1993	Brian Green
#	Years	Mayors
–	28 September 1993 – 19 September 1995	Brian Green
38	19 September 1995 – 24 September 1996	Julie Sutton
39	24 September 1996 – 22 September 1998	Sam Danieli
–	22 September 1998 – 23 September 1999	John Caputo
40	23 September 1999 – 27 September 2001	Peter Moxham
–	27 September 2001 – 26 September 2002	Darren Jones
–	26 September 2002 – 23 July 2003	Julie Sutton
–	23 July 2003 – 13 September 2008	Dick Persson (Administrator)
41	13 September 2008 – 12 May 2016	Michael Regan

Deputy Mayors

Years	Deputy President	Notes
September 1977 – 21 June 1978	Gavin Anderson
21 June 1978 – 19 September 1979	Paul Couvret
19 September 1979 – September 1980	Richard Legg
September 1980 – September 1981	Mark Hummerston
September 1981 – September 1982	Brian Green
September 1982 – September 1983	John Bradford
September 1983 – September 1984	Kevin Begaud
September 1984 – 24 September 1985	Brian Green
24 September 1985 – 5 December 1985	John Bradford
Office vacant, Council dismissed
14 March 1987 – 29 September 1987	Mark Hummerston
29 September 1987 – 27 September 1988	Julie Sutton
27 September 1988 – 26 September 1989	Brian Green
26 September 1989 – 24 September 1990	Julie Sutton
24 September 1990 – 24 September 1991	Frank Beckman
24 September 1991 – 30 May 1992	Andrew Humpherson
1992 – 28 September 1993	Julie Sutton
Years	Deputy Mayors	Notes
28 September 1993 – 20 September 1994	Sam Danieli
20 September 1994 – 19 September 1995	Julie Sutton
19 September 1995 – 24 September 1996	Sam Danieli
24 September 1996 – 23 September 1997	Tom Webster
23 September 1997 – 22 September 1998	Peter Moxham
22 September 1998 – 23 September 1999	Liz Jones
23 September 1999 – 26 September 2000	Phil Colman
26 September 2000 – 27 September 2001	Darren Jones
27 September 2001 – 26 September 2002	Julie Sutton
26 September 2002 – 23 July 2003	David Stephens
Office vacant, Council dismissed
14 October 2008 – 13 October 2009	Dr. Conny Harris	[10]
13 October 2009 – 30 September 2011	Michelle Ray	[11]
30 September 2011 – 8 September 2012	Julie Sutton	[12]
23 October 2012 – 24 September 2013	Bob Giltinan	[13]
24 September 2013 – 23 September 2014	Sue Heins
23 September 2014 – 25 August 2015	Jose Menano-Pires	[14]
25 August 2015 – 12 May 2016	Roslyn Harrison	[15]

Shire Clerks/General Managers

The Local Government Act, 1993 removed the requirement that the administrative head of a council be a "Town or Shire Clerk" and specified that the head was to be known as the "General Manager". Warringah Council had previously recognised the changing nature of role in appointing the last two Shire Clerks as "General Managers" and delegating wider authorities to them, which lasted from 1984 to 5 May 1993.^[1]

Years	Shire Clerk/General Manager
1906 – 1907	William S. Miller (Temporary)
1907 - 1913	Paddy Carew
1913 – 20 November 1945	Robert George Jamieson
18 December 1945 – 14 November 1950	Walter Gors
19 November 1950 – 28 January 1952	Norman Hubbard
4 May 1952 – 21 January 1970	James Morgan BEM[16]
24 January 1970 – 22 July 1980	Rex Stuckey
4 July 1980 – 6 July 1984	Glen Riordan
30 July 1984 – 29 September 1985	Patrick Hynes
22 October 1985 – April 1998	Len Thomson
May 1998 – October 2001	Denis Smith
11 February 2002 – 15 March 2007	Stephen Blackadder
15 March 2007 – 12 May 2016	Rik Hart

Notable office-holders

Notable presidents/deputy presidents and mayors/deputy mayors include:

• John Bradford: Councillor 1977–1985, Deputy Shire President 1982–1983, 1985, Councillor Mackellar County Council 1977–1979 (Deputy Chair, 1979), Member of the Federal Parliament for McPherson 1990–1998.
• John Caputo: Councillor 1987–2003, Shire President 1989–1991, Mayor 1998–1999. In 2000 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to the Italian community, to the community of Warringah, and to local government."^[17]
• Paul Couvret: Shire President 1979–1983, Councillor 1973–1995.^[18] In 1998 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service to local government through the Warringah Shire Council, to veterans, and to the community".^[19]
• Brian Green: Councillor 1980–1999, Shire President 1991–1993, Mayor 1993–1995. In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for "service as former mayor and for active service to the community and local government".^[20]
• Bob Giltinan: Councillor 2008–2016, Deputy Mayor 2012–2013, former professional international tennis player.
• Andrew Humpherson: Councillor 1987–1992, Deputy Shire President 1991–1992, State Member for Davidson 1992–2007.
• Ted Jackson (1921–2009): Councillor 1983–1991, Shire President 1985–1986, 1986–1989. Jackson later served as President of the Dee Why RSL Club for 23 years. On 31 May 1956 he received the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the Australian Army.^[21] In 1987 he was awarded the Australia Day RSL Achievement Award. On 11 June 1990 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his "services to veterans & their families".^[22] In 2001 he was also awarded the Centenary Medal for services to veterans^[23] and Rotary’s Community Service Award in 2002.
• Arthur George Parr (1876–1931): Councillor (B Riding) 31 January 1920 – 1931, Shire President 1920–1925, 1926–1927. Responsible for completion of Warringah public lighting and electrification; second-longest serving mayor or shire president.^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Ellison Quirk: Manly Municipality Alderman 1896–1928, Mayor 1901–1906, Warringah Shire Councillor 1906–1922, Shire President 1910, 1913–1914, 1918–1919. State Member for Warringah 1901–1904.
• Desmond Sainsbery: Councillor 1968–1977, Shire President 1976–1977. In 1993 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to youth and to sport in Warringah Shire."^[28]
• Julie Sutton: Councillor 1980–1985, 1987–2003, 2008–2012, was the first and only female Mayor from 1995–1996 and 2002–2003.
• Tom Webster: State Member for Wakehurst 1978–1984, Councillor 1991–1999, Deputy Mayor 1996–1997.

Other notable councillors, who did not hold office as President/Mayor or Deputy President/Deputy Mayor are:

• Jason Falinski: B Ward Councillor 2008–2012, Member of the Federal Parliament for Mackellar 2016–date.
• Walter Cresswell O'Reilly: Chief Commonwealth Film Censor 1928–1942, Mayor of Ku-ring-gai 1929–1933, D Riding Warringah Councillor 1939–1941.

References

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External links

• Warringah Online (Council website)