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This is a list of the mayors" target="_blank">mayors, lord mayors" target="_blank">mayors and administrators of Wollongong City Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of a lord mayor while holding office is The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Wollongong.




History of the office


First incorporated on 28 February 1859 as the 'Municipality of Wollongong', the council became known as the 'City of Wollongong' on 11 September 1942. On 3 September 1947, the City of Wollongong, the Shire of Bulli (established 1906) and the Municipalities of Central Illawarra (established 1859) and North Illawarra (established 1868) amalgamated to form the 'City of Greater Wollongong' under the Local Government Act 1919. On 10 April 1970 the council was granted the title of 'Lord Mayor' by Queen Elizabeth II. On 30 October 1970 the official title of the council reverted to become the 'City of Wollongong'. On 1 July 1993 following the enactment of a new Local Government Act, elected representatives of the council were to be known as 'Councillor', replacing the former title of 'Alderman'. Originally nominated annually by the council, the mayor is now popularly elected for a four-year term.
On 4 March 2008, following recommendations from Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner Jerrold Cripps QC, the Minister for Local Government requested the Governor of New South Wales to dismiss the council and install a panel of administrators (Gabrielle Kibble AO, Dr Colin Gellatly and Robert McGregor AM) for four years citing clear evidence of systemic corruption in the Council.

The panel of administrators ran Wollongong City Council until the elections held on the 3 September 2011, when Councillor Gordon Bradbery (Independent) was elected as Lord Mayor. Bradbery was re-elected in 2017 for a further three-year term and continued to serve as Lord Mayor.
In the most recent council elections held in September 2024, Tania Brown (Labor) was elected as Lord Mayor of Wollongong, succeeding Bradbery after his decision not contest the elections.




List of incumbents






= Wollongong Municipal/City Council, 1859–1946

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= Central Illawarra Shire Council, 1859–1947

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= North Illawarra Municipal Council, 1868–1947

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= Bulli Shire Council, 1906–1947

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= Greater Wollongong/Wollongong City Council, 1947–present

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Election results






= 2024

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= 2021

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= 2017

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Notes






References






External links


The City of Wollongong (council website)

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