This is a list of mayors of the Council of the
Municipality of Lane Cove, a
local government area in the
north shore region of
Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated on 11 February 1895. From inception until 2017, the mayor was elected annually by the elected
councillors. Since 2017, the
Mayor is elected for a two-year term, with the deputy mayor for one year, by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The
mayor of Lane Cove Council since 21 September 2023 is
Councillor Scott Bennison, a councillor from the Liberal Party of Australia.[1] The mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.
Mayors
The following individuals have served as Mayor of the Council of the Municipality of Lane Cove:
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^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 136. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1896. p. 1337. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"OBITUARY. MR. JEREMIAH ROBERTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 995. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 115. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1897. p. 1005. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 100. New South Wales, Australia. 4 February 1898. p. 949. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 153. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1900. p. 1454. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 135. New South Wales, Australia. 19 February 1901. p. 1317. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 141. New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1902. p. 1401. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 17 February 1903. p. 1438. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 93. New South Wales, Australia. 16 February 1904. p. 1397. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 94. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1905. p. 1243. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BOROUGH OF LANE COVE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1906. p. 1420. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MUNICIPALITY OF LANE COVE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 21. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1907. p. 1106. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LOCAL GOVERNMENT". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 21, 863. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1908. p. 12. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW MAYORS". Evening News. No. 13, 635. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW MAYORS". The Land. Vol. 2, no. 57. New South Wales, Australia. 23 February 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BREVITIES". Evening News. No. 14, 252. New South Wales, Australia. 11 February 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LATEST ELECTIONS". Evening News. No. 14, 563. New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"SHIRE AND MUNICIPALITY". The Land. Vol. VI, no. 266. New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORS AND PRESIDENTS ELECTED". The Land. Vol. VIII, no. 370. New South Wales, Australia. 22 February 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Mayors". The Land. Vol. IX, no. 423. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"New Mayors and Presidents". Evening News. No. 16, 429. New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW MAYORS". Evening News. No. 17309. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"FAMILY TIES". Evening News. No. 17490. New South Wales, Australia. 10 July 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYOR OF LANE COVE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 26, 683. New South Wales, Australia. 13 July 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"PERSONAL". Evening News. No. 17622. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"HIGH FINANCE". The Sun. No. 4406. New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1924. p. 15 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW MAYORS". Evening News. No. 17938. New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MORE MAYORS". The Sun. No. 4712. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1925. p. 10 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORS AND PRESIDENTS". The Sun. No. 5031. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1926. p. 16 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW MAYORS". Evening News. No. 18874. New South Wales, Australia. 20 December 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORAL ELECTIONS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 28, 693. New South Wales, Australia. 20 December 1929. p. 18. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LANE COVE ROW". The Sun. No. 7056. New South Wales, Australia. 11 August 1932. p. 17 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYOR OF LANE COVE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 527. New South Wales, Australia. 23 August 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORAL ELECTIONS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 623. New South Wales, Australia. 13 December 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORAL ELECTIONS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 935. New South Wales, Australia. 12 December 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORAL ELECTIONS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 246. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORS FOR 1936". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 564. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1935. p. 20. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORS AND SHIRE PRESIDENTS". The Sun. No. 8410. New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1936. p. 12 (COUNTRY EDITION). Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LANE COVE MAY BAN GREYHOUNDS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 624. New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LOCAL ELECTIONS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 128. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAYORS ELECTED". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 075. New South Wales, Australia. 28 December 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Back As Mayor After 24 Years". The Sun. No. 10888. New South Wales, Australia. 12 December 1944. p. 7 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW MAYORS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 696. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 370. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1944. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW MAYORS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 631. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^Gladstone, Nigel (27 February 2015). "Travel and service defined ex-mayor". North Shore Times. p. 24.
^Roberts, Anthony (13 September 2012).
"Tribute to Councillor Ian Longbottom"(Hansard). Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2017.