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The first council, consisting of 24 aldermen elected across six wards, was declared elected on 3 November 1842 and first met in the George Street Market Building (now the site of the Queen Victoria Building) on 9 November and elected John Hosking as the first elected mayor of Sydney. [2]
Clover Moore is the longest serving Lord Mayor of Sydney. She is the first popularly elected woman to lead the City of Sydney and previously served in the NSW Parliament and on the City and South Sydney councils. From March 1988, Clover was continuously elected to represent the Bligh/Sydney electorate as an independent MP in the NSW Parliament.
Clover Margaret Moore AO (née Collins, born 22 October 1945) [citation needed] is an Australian politician. She has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004 and is currently the longest serving Lord Mayor of Sydney since the creation of the City of Sydney in 1842.
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Sep 17, 2020 · At the first Sydney Council meeting, a merchant and contractor, John Hosking, became the first elected mayor of Sydney. However, he had to resign less than a year later when he went bankrupt in the financial depression of the early 1840s.
In 1903, the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Harry Rawson presented the first Lord Mayor, Thomas Hughes, with the chain of office. It features the coat of arms of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce and the Stock Exchange and a pendant depicting the coat of arms of Sydney.
Clover Moore was elected Lord Mayor of Sydney in 2004, the first popularly elected woman to lead the City of Sydney. She is also the longest serving Mayor since city government incorporation in 1842. She was re-elected for her fourth term in 2016 with her Independent team receiving a 10% swing.
Dec 4, 2021 · Independent Yvonne Weldon, the city's first Indigenous candidate for Lord Mayor, may have been responsible for the early swing against Cr Moore. Vote tallies on Saturday night put her at more than 16 per cent of the ballot, while Labor candidate Linda Scott also drew similar numbers.
