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2017 New South Wales mayoral elections
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13 of the 33 directly-elected mayors in New South Wales
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader N/A N/A
Party Independents and local groups Labor
Last election 7 mayors[a] 3 mayors[a]
Seats before 5 4
Seats won 5 mayors 4 mayors
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader N/A No leader
Party Liberal Greens
Last election 1 mayor[a] 0 mayors[a]
Seats before 2 0
Seats won 2 mayors 0

The 2017 New South Wales mayoral elections were held on 9 September 2017 to elect mayors or lord mayors to 13 of the 46 local government areas (LGAs) up for election in New South Wales. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections.[1]

While most mayors in New South Wales are elected by councillors at meetings, several choose to have directly-elected (or popularly elected) mayors.[2]

This was the last time the position of mayor of North Sydney was directly-elected, as a referendum held on the same day as the local elections saw 52.4% of residents vote in favour of replacing the election with a vote from councillors. The change came into effect in 2021.[3]

Background[edit]

2014 Willoughby by-election[edit]

Main article: 2014 Willoughby mayoral by-election

On 20 January 2014, Willoughby mayor Pat Reilly (Independent) died in hospital after a short sickness.[4]

Although she finished in third place on first preferences, Independent Liberal candidate Gail Giles-Gidney won the by-election on 12 April with 50.8% of the vote after preference distribution.[5]

2014 Newcastle by-election[edit]

Main article: 2014 Newcastle lord mayoral by-election

On 17 August 2014, Newcastle lord mayor Jeff McCloy (Independent) resigned following an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into donations he made to Liberal Party candidates during his tenure as a property developer.[6][7]

The subsequent by-election on 15 November was won by Labor candidate Nuatali Nelmes.[8]

Candidates[edit]

Incumbents at the time of the elections are highlighted in bold text.

LGA Held by Labor Liberal Greens Independent Others
Burwood Labor John Faker Joseph Del Duca Lesley Furneaux-Cook (ICV)
Canada Bay Labor Angelo Tsirekas Helen McCaffrey Charles Jago Daniela Ramondino
Hornsby Liberal Janelle McIntosh Phillip Ruddock Emma Heyde Christine Berman
Mick Gallagher
Hunter's Hill Independent Zac Miles Mark Bennett
Ross Williams
Maitland Labor Loretta Baker Bob Geoghegan John Brown Brian Burke
Ken Wethered 		Philip Penfold (PI)
Mosman Serving Mosman Simon Menzies
Libby Moline 		Roy Bendall (RFM)
Carolyn Corrigan (SM)
Newcastle Labor Nuatali Nelmes David Compton (disendorsed) Therese Doyle Ron Brown
Kath Elliott
Rod Holding 		Steve O'Brien (SA)
North Sydney Independent Zoë Baker
Jilly Gibson
Jessica Keen 		Michael Kong (LDP)
Orange Independent Stephen Nugent Kevin Duffy
Ron Gander
Chris Gryllis
Reg Kidd
Tony Mileto
Scott Munro
Paula Townsend 		Russell Turner (Ind. Nat)
Jeff Whitton (Ind. ALP)
Port Stephens Independent Des Maslen Geoff Dingle
Sally Dover
Peter Kafer
Ryan Palmer
Steve Tucker
The Hills Liberal Tony Hay Michelle Byrne Jeff Lowe Ray Brown (BAP)
Willoughby Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos Gail Giles-Gidney (Ind. Lib)
Wollongong Wollongong Independent David Brown John Dorahy Mithra Cox Andrew Anthony
Vicki Curran
Warwick Erwin
John Mullan
Greg Petty 		Gordon Bradbery (WI)

Retiring mayors[edit]

Results[edit]

Burwood[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Burwood[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Faker 8,403 52.6 +8.3
Liberal Joseph Del Duca 3,899 24.4 −3.3
Community Voice Lesley Furneaux-Cook 3,663 22.9 +1.7
Total formal votes 15,965 97.0
Informal votes 3.0
Turnout 79.6
Labor hold Swing +8.3

Canada Bay[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Canada Bay[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Angelo Tsirekas 17,589 39.7 −9.7
Liberal Helen McCaffrey 16,513 37.3 −4.1
Independent Daniela Ramondino 6,101 13.8 +13.8
Greens Charles Jago 4,117 9.3 +0.0
Total formal votes 44,320 96.1
Informal votes 3.9
Turnout 80.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Angelo Tsirekas 22,083 54.9
Liberal Helen McCaffrey 18,177 45.1
Labor hold Swing

Hornsby[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Hornsby[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Phillip Ruddock 39,325 47.8 +4.8
Greens Emma Heyde 15,140 18.4 +18.4
Labor Janelle McIntosh 12,385 15.0 +15.0
Independent Christine Berman 8,357 10.2 −29.9
Independent Mick Gallagher 7,126 8.7 −4.6
Total formal votes 82,333 97.0
Informal votes 3.0
Turnout 85.6
After distribution of preferences
Liberal Phillip Ruddock 40,143 50.9
Greens Emma Heyde 15,839 20.1 +20.1
Labor Janelle McIntosh 13,022 16.5 +16.5
Independent Christine Berman 9,824 12.5
Liberal hold Swing

Hunter's Hill[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Hunter's Hill[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Zac Miles 3,228 40.2
Independent Mark Bennett 2,527 31.5
Independent Ross Williams 2,276 28.3
Total formal votes 8,031 96.5
Informal votes 3.5
Turnout 83.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Mark Bennett 3,995 54.4
Liberal Zac Miles 3,350 45.6
Independent hold Swing

Maitland[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Maitland[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Labor Loretta Baker 14,674 31.4 +12.2
Penfold Independents Philip Penfold 13,160 28.2 +7.1
Liberal Bob Geoghegan 8,062 17.3 +17.3
Greens John Brown 2,212 4.7 −1.2
Independent Ken Wethered 4,546 9.7 +9.7
Independent Brian Burke 4,082 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 46,736 95.9
Informal votes 4.1
Turnout 84.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Labor Loretta Baker 19,771 54.8
Penfold Independents Philip Penfold 16,277 45.2
Country Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A

Mosman[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Mosman[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Serving Mosman Carolyn Corrigan 5,928 39.9 +11.5
Residents For Mosman Roy Bendall 4,192 27.8 +6.4
Independent Simon Menzies 2,971 19.7 +6.3
Independent Libby Moline 1,975 13.1 +3.4
Total formal votes 15,066 95.3
Informal votes 4.7
Turnout 75.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Serving Mosman Carolyn Corrigan 7,140 56.9
Residents For Mosman Roy Bendall 5,415 43.1
Serving Mosman hold Swing

Newcastle[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Newcastle[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Nuatali Nelmes 38,698 42.6 +0.3
Independent Kath Elliott 18,925 20.8 +20.8
Greens Therese Doyle 12,123 13.3 −0.7
Liberal David Compton (disendorsed) 11,770 12.9 +12.9
Independent Rod Holding 4,120 4.5 +2.7
Independent Ron Brown 3,354 3.7 +3.7
Socialist Alliance Steve O'Brien 1,909 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 90,899 95.2
Informal votes 4.8
Turnout 81.1
Three-candidate-preferred result
Labor Nuatali Nelmes 40,027 51.8 +1.0
Independent Kath Elliott 23,374 30.3 +30.3
Greens Therese Doyle 13,801 17.9 +0.6
Labor hold Swing +1.0

North Sydney[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: North Sydney[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jilly Gibson 13,791 42.0 +1.5
Independent Zoë Baker 9,856 30.0 −3.1
Independent Jessica Keen 6,510 19.8 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Kong 2,655 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 32,812 95.4
Informal votes 4.6
Turnout 72.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jilly Gibson 14,828 56.4
Independent Zoë Baker 11,441 43.6
Independent hold Swing

Orange[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Reg Kidd 5,196 21.9 +21.9
Independent National Russell Turner 4,522 19.0 +19.0
Independent Kevin Duffy 2,926 12.3 +12.3
Independent Tony Mileto 2,017 8.5 +8.5
Greens Stephen Nugent 1,885 7.9 +7.9
Independent Scott Munro 1,842 7.8 +7.8
Independent Labor Jeff Whitton 1,717 7.2 +7.2
Independent Paula Townsend 1,621 6.8 +6.8
Independent Chris Gryllis 1,462 6.2 +6.2
Independent Ron Gander 576 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 23,764 95.4 N/A
Informal votes 4.6 N/A
Turnout 85.5 N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Reg Kidd 7,159 54.1 +54.1
Independent National Russell Turner 6,084 45.9 +45.9
Independent win Swing N/A
  • This was the first time the position of mayor of Orange was directly-elected
  • John Davis (Independent) was the incumbent mayor, having been first elected in 2009

Port Stephens[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Port Stephens[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ryan Palmer 15,079 35.1 +35.1
Independent Sally Dover 7,668 17.8 −11.3
Independent Geoff Dingle 6,511 15.1 −19.5
Independent Steve Tucker 6,072 14.1 +14.1
Country Labor Des Maslen 5,599 13.0 +13.0
Independent Peter Kafer 2,090 4.9 +4.9
Total formal votes 43,019 94.5
Informal votes 5.5
Turnout 85.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ryan Palmer 18,897 63.1 +63.1
Independent Sally Dover 11,054 36.9 +36.9
Independent gain from Independent Swing N/A

The Hills[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: The Hills[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michelle Byrne 53,323 61.8 +61.8
Labor Tony Hay 18,549 21.5 +21.5
Independent Jeff Lowe 9,689 11.2 +11.2
Building Australia Ray Brown 4,701 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 86,262 95.7 N/A
Informal votes 4.3 N/A
Turnout 81.7 N/A
Liberal win Swing N/A
  • This was the first time the position of mayor of The Hills was directly-elected
  • Yvonne Keane (Liberal) was the incumbent mayor, having been elected in 2016[27]

Willoughby[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby[28][29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney 24,713 69.5 +18.7
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos 10,869 30.5 +30.5
Total formal votes 35,582 95.0 −1.3
Informal votes 5.0 +1.3
Turnout 81.0 +12.3
Independent Liberal hold Swing +18.7

Wollongong[edit]

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Wollongong[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wollongong Independents Gordon Bradbery 41,581 35.2 +0.2
Labor David Brown 32,386 27.4 +8.1
Liberal John Dorahy 19,672 16.6 −6.4
Greens Mithra Cox 12,291 10.4 +4.7
Independent John Mullan 4,037 3.4 +3.4
Independent Vicki Curran 3,280 2.8 +0.4
Independent Andrew Anthony 1,708 1.4 −0.2
Independent Greg Petty 1,660 1.4 −0.7
Independent Warwick Erwin 1,590 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 118,205 95.2
Informal votes 4.8
Turnout 82.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Wollongong Independents Gordon Bradbery 47,465 54.2
Labor David Brown 40,067 45.8
Wollongong Independents hold Swing

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d This does not include mayoralties that were won in 2016 but not up for re-election until 2021.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results by Local Government Area". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "2017 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "North Sydney". ABC News.
  4. ^ "Mayor of Willoughby Pat Reilly dies". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Gail Giles-Gidney has beat Stuart Coppock by 288 votes in the Willoughby mayoral by-election". The Daily Telegraph. 16 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Newcastle mayor Jeff McCloy quits over donations scandal". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "Newcastle mayor Jeff McCloy quits before being pushed". Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ^ "Newcastle mayoral by-election live". The Tally Room.
  9. ^ "Maitland Mayor Peter Blackmore will not run for council again". Newcastle Herald. 17 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Philip Ruddock returns to politics to run for Mayor of Hornsby amid 'negativity' within Liberal Party". ABC News. 15 August 2017. Mr Russell announced in July he would step aside and make way for Mr Ruddock to run for the office.
  11. ^ "The mayor of Port Stephens Bruce MacKenzie won't stand at September election as he calls time on local government tenure". Port Stephens Examiner. 9 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Mayor departs: Orange's long-standing leader John Davis will not re-contest the September council election". Forbes Advocate. 10 August 2017.
  13. ^ "The Hills council election, 2017". The Tally Room.
  14. ^ "Mosman Mayor Peter Abelson steps down after 13 years of service, proud of his council's continued independence". The Daily Telegraph. 1 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Burwood". ABC News.
  16. ^ "Canada Bay". ABC News.
  17. ^ "Hornsby". ABC News.
  18. ^ "Hornsby Distribution of Preferences". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
  19. ^ "Hunter's Hill". ABC News.
  20. ^ "City of Maitland". ABC News.
  21. ^ "Mosman". ABC News.
  22. ^ "City of Newcastle". ABC News.
  23. ^ "North Sydney". ABC News.
  24. ^ "City of Orange". ABC News.
  25. ^ "Port Stephens". ABC News.
  26. ^ "The Hills Shire". ABC News.
  27. ^ "Mayor Keane reflects on 'bonus year' achievements". The Hills Shire Council. 7 September 2017.
  28. ^ "City of Willoughby". ABC News.
  29. ^ Metcalfe, Caryn (30 November 2017). "Mayor endorsed by Liberals for LGNSW". Gail Giles-Gidney. North Shore Times. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023.
  30. ^ "City of Wollongong". ABC News.
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