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{{About|the local government area|the suburb|North Sydney, New South Wales}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = North Sydney Council

| state = nsw

| image = North sydney lga.png

| caption = Location in Metropolitan Sydney

| pop = 68950

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA15950 |name=North Sydney (A) |accessdate=9 June 2023 |quick=on}}

| density =

| area = 10.9

| est = {{start date|1890|07|29|df=y}}

| seat = Council Chambers

| mayor = Zoë Baker

| parish = Willoughby

| region =

| logo = Logo of North Sydney Council.svg

| url = http://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au

| coordinates = {{coord|33|50|S|151|12|E|display=inline,title|region:AU_type:adm2nd_source:dewiki}}

| stategov = North Shore

| stategov2= Willoughby

| fedgov = Warringah

| fedgov2 = Bradfield

| near-nw = Willoughby

| near-n = Willoughby

| near-ne = Northern Beaches

| near-e = Mosman

| near-w = Lane Cove

| near-sw = Inner West

| near-s = Sydney

| near-se = Woollahra

}}

North Sydney Council is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, established on 29 July 1890 through the amalgamation of three boroughs.

The area is bounded by Willoughby to the north and north-west, Northern Beaches to the north-east, Mosman to the east, Lane Cove to the west and Sydney Harbour to the south. It covers an area of approximately {{convert|10.9|km2}} and as at the {{CensusAU|2016}} had an estimated population of {{formatnum:67658}}. The administrative seat of North Sydney Council is located in the suburb of North Sydney, approximately {{convert|3|km}} north of the Sydney central business district.

The mayor of North Sydney Council is Cr. Zoë Baker, an independent politician, first elected on 10 January 2022.{{cite news |title=Councillor Zoë Baker elected Mayor |url=https://northsydneyliving.com.au/meet-your-new-mayor-zoe-baker/}}

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs serviced by North Sydney Council are:

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History

File:Men and women gathered outside the North Sydney Council Chambers, Sydney, ca. 1930s.jpg, {{circa|1930}}.]]The area now covered by North Sydney Council originally comprised three municipalities: the Borough of East St Leonards from 1860 (Kirribilli, Cremorne Point, Milsons Point), the Borough of St Leonards from 1867 (Cammeray, Mosman, Waverton, Wollstonecraft) and the very small Borough of Victoria from 1871 (McMahons Point and parts of North Sydney and Lavender Bay). These boroughs lasted until 29 July 1890 when they merged to form the "Borough of North Sydney".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224318068 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=411 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 July 1890 |access-date=7 April 2017 |page=6059 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Following a petition submitted by residents in 1892, on 11 April 1893 the Mossman Ward of North Sydney confirmed its separation as the Borough of Mosman, being proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Frederick Darley.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221710217 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=234 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 April 1893 |access-date=4 March 2017 |page=2835 |via=National Library of Australia}} From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was renamed as the "Municipality of North Sydney".

North Sydney Municipal Council first met in the 1885 East St Leonards Town Hall on Alfred Street, Milsons Point, that had been built for the Borough of East St Leonards, and took up residence in the North Sydney Council Chambers on Miller Street, North Sydney, from 12 July 1926.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16300277 |title=THE OLD NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=27,601 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 June 1926 |access-date=3 August 2018 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222050022 |title=COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH SYDNEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales|issue=93 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 July 1926 |access-date=3 August 2018 |page=3023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

=Post-war council history and Mack era=

{{further|City of North Sydney}}

With the completion of the Warringah Expressway in 1968, a construction that involved the wide-scale demolition of areas in the centre of the municipality, North Sydney was split in two and development in the North Sydney central business district took off. With this development resulting in the destruction of the heritage streetscape of the North Sydney CBD, threatening the character of surrounding areas, several movements of North Sydney residents formed to oppose and manage the pace and extent of development.{{cite web |last1=Masson |first1=Leonie |title=North Sydney |url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/north_sydney |website=The Dictionary of Sydney |access-date=7 August 2018 |date=2010}} One prominent group was the North Sydney Civic Group, which came to prominence in the late-1970s amid dissatisfaction with the North Sydney Council. The Council's plans for the demolition of the historic Council Chambers following a fire in 1976, led to further tensions and resulted in the council being turned out at the 1980 elections, replaced by a North Sydney Civic Group-aligned council and Ted Mack elected mayor.

Mack's term as mayor, was marked by a single-minded and innovative approach to the local governance issues facing North Sydney at the time. Mack began his term as mayor by selling the mayoral car to help buy community buses. During his term as mayor, North Sydney Council introduced the "open government policy" which honoured a promise of openness and transparency of council decisions, and established a precinct committee system, which allowed for greater citizen input in council issues. The pioneering North Sydney Heritage Study was released in 1982 and in 1989 the new Local Environmental Plan was gazetted.

With an increase in council revenues, Mack reinvested the funds in a public works program into several new and renovated parks, car parks, childcare facilities, community and sports centres, and major extensions and renovations to the Stanton Library and North Sydney Oval. Infrastructure also took on a distinct local identity, with Council investment on new street signs, bus shelters, colour schemes of public buildings, paving and street furniture. In 1982, council voted to popularly elect the mayor, with Mack being directly elected twice to the position in 1983 and 1987 before retiring in 1988.

With the passing of the Local Government Act, 1993, the Municipality of North Sydney was legally renamed as North Sydney Council and aldermen were renamed councillors.

=2016–17 amalgamation proposals=

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the North Sydney Council merge with adjoining councils.

The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of the North Sydney and Willoughby Councils to form a new council with an area of {{convert|33|km2}} and support a population of approximately 145,000.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/159469b8f260da449b851a45b0d9a385/North-Sydney-Willoughby.pdf |title=Merger proposal: North Sydney Council, Willoughby City Council |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016 |page=8 }} The alternative, proposed by Warringah Council on 23 February 2016, was for an amalgamation of the Pittwater, Manly and Warringah councils. As a consequence of Warringah's proposal, the New South Wales Minister for Local Government Paul Toole proposed that the North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman Councils merge.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/866097fdca2e24f4f17684ddffe68298/IGA-25-2-2016-16-11-29-667.pdf |title=North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman councils Proposal |author=Toole, Paul |author-link=Paul Toole |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=25 February 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-27/after-nsw-council-merger-backflip-mayors-try-to-get-money-back/8749462 |title=NSW council amalgamations: Mayors fight to claw back court dollars after backflip on merger |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=27 July 2017 |author1=Blumer, Clare |author2=Chettle, Nicole }}

=Town Clerks and General Managers=

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Name

!Term

!Notes

William Barnett Smith

| 16 August 1890 – 1 September 1921

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224319793 |title=BOROUGH OF NORTH SYDNEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=454 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 August 1890 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=6616 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222112374 |title=BOROUGH OF NORTH SYDNEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=618 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 August 1892 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=7023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118925386 |title=North Sydney's Town Clerk |newspaper=Evening News |issue=16,913 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 August 1921 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239741848 |title=35 YEARS TOWN CLERK |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=13,200 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 August 1921 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16924436 |title=MR. W. BARNETT SMITH. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=29,579 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 October 1932 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Percy Augustus Temple

| September 1921 – February 1923

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102965713 |title=SHIRE AND MUNICIPALITY |newspaper=The Land |volume=XI |issue=556 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 September 1921 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16135242 |title=DEATH OF MR. P. A. TEMPLE. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=26,972 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 June 1924 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Hubert Perry

| February 1923 – 10 July 1938

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16040432 |title=THE SUBURBS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=26,563 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 February 1923 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245834007 |title=NORTH SYDNEY'S TOWN CLERK |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=13,661 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1923 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17488691 |title=NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=31,358 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 July 1938 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Leslie Fitzpatrick

| 11 July 1938 – 1966

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17478981 |title=NEW TOWN CLERK. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=31,363 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 July 1938 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Don W. Geddes

| 1966 – October 1978

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220019023 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH SYDNEY.—RESOLUTION DECIDING TO PREPARE A TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=63 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 June 1966 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=2584 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Stuart S. Fyfe

| October 1978 – 1981

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220219560 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH SYDNEY.—LOCAL |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=130 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 October 1978 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=4211 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Ross Kempshall

| 1981 – 14 May 2001

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231339218 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH SYDNEY.—Local Government Act, 1919 (Section 269A).—Ordinance No. 30, Clause 55A.— |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=170 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 November 1981 |access-date=15 August 2018 |page=5740 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Penny Holloway

| 14 May 2001 – 6 December 2013

| {{cite news |title=North Sydney Council general manager Penny Holloway resigns |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/north-sydney-council-general-manager-penny-holloway-resigns/news-story/a75e571a9f0881aeb402c7db04f97b88 |access-date=15 August 2018 |agency=Mosman Daily |date=11 October 2013}}

Warwick Winn

| 6 December 2013 – April 2016

| {{cite web |title=New CEO for Manningham Council |url=https://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/new-ceo-for-manningham-council |publisher=Manningham Council |date=2 March 2016}}{{cite news |last1=McCullagh |first1=Andrea |title=North Sydney Council general manager 'earns more than Premier Mike Baird' |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/mosman-daily/north-sydney-council-general-manager-earns-more-than-premier-mike-baird/news-story/aee420aecf81630bfa8fd28bb57f5048 |access-date=15 August 2018 |agency=Mosman Daily |date=25 November 2016}}

Ken Gouldthorp

| 11 December 2016 – 1 July 2022

| {{cite web |title=NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL WELCOMES KEN GOULDTHORP AS NEW GENERAL MANAGER |url=https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/docs/1_council_meetings/news/media_releases/mr2_-_north_sydney_council_welcomes_new_general_manager.pdf |publisher=North SYdney Council |access-date=15 August 2018 |format=Media Release |date=4 January 2017}}

Robert Emerson (acting)

| 1 July 2022 – 21 November 2022

| {{cite news |title=North Sydney Council GM resigns |url=https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/docs/1_council_meetings/news/media_releases/2022/mr15-_gm_resigns.pdf |access-date=11 August 2022 |publisher=North Sydney Council |date=24 May 2022 |format=Media Release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615064419/https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/docs/1_council_meetings/news/media_releases/2022/mr15-_gm_resigns.pdf|archive-date= 15 June 2022}}

Therese Cole

| 21 November 2022 – date

| {{cite news |title=New General Manager |url=https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council_Meetings/Council_News/Latest_News/New_General_Manager |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=North Sydney Council |date=12 October 2022 |format=Media Release}}

Demographics

Image:North Sydney Council.JPG]]

At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, there were {{formatnum:67658}} people in the North Sydney local government area, of these 47.2 per cent were male and 52.8 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3 per cent of the population; significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9 and 2.8 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the North Sydney Council area was 37 years; slightly below the national average of 38 years. Children aged 0–14 years made up 12.6 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 41.9 per cent were married and 16.6 per cent were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the North Sydney Council area between the {{CensusAU|2001}} and the {{CensusAU|2006}} was 5.98%; and in the subsequent five years to the {{CensusAU|2011}}, population growth was 6.92%. At the 2016 census, the population in the North Sydney Council area increased by 8.62 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the North Sydney local government area was marginally lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the North Sydney Council area was significantly higher and nearly double the national average.

class="wikitable"
colspan=7|Selected historical census data for North Sydney local government area
colspan=3|Census year2001{{Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA15950 |name=North Sydney (A) |accessdate=5 November 2012 |quick=on}}2006{{Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA15950 |name=North Sydney (A) |accessdate=5 November 2012 |quick=on}}2011{{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA15950 |name=North Sydney (A) |accessdate=22 October 2012 |quick=on}}2016{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA15950 |name=North Sydney (A) |accessdate=5 July 2017 |quick=on}}
rowspan=6 colspan="2"|PopulationEstimated residents on census nightalign="right"|{{formatnum:54970}}align="right"|{{formatnum:58257}}align="right"|{{formatnum:62289}}align="right"|{{formatnum:67658}}
align="right"|LGA rank in terms of size within New South Walesalign="right"|align="right"|39{{small|th}}align="right"|{{increase}} 37{{small|th}}align="right"|{{increase}} 36{{small|th}}
align="right"|% of New South Wales populationalign="right"|align="right"|0.90%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.90%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.90%
align="right"|% of Australian populationalign="right"|0.29%align="right"|{{loss}} 0.26%align="right"|{{profit}} 0.29%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.29%
Estimated ATSI population on census nightalign="right"|97align="right"|110align="right"|134align="right"|199
align="right"|% of ATSI population to residentsalign="right"|0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%align="right"|{{gain}} 0.3%
colspan=3|Cultural and language diversity
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Ancestry,
top responses		Englishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|25.4%align="right"|{{decrease}} 24.6%
Australianalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|17.9%align="right"|{{decrease}} 16.2%
Irishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|9.4%align="right"|{{increase}} 10.0%
Scottishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|7.5%align="right"|{{increase}} 7.6%
Chinesealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|5.7%align="right"|{{increase}} 6.3%
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Language,
top responses
(other than English)		Mandarinalign="right"|1.2%align="right"|{{profit}} 1.7%align="right"|{{profit}} 2.4%align="right"|{{increase}} 3.4%
Cantonesealign="right"|2.8%align="right"|{{loss}} 2.7%align="right"|{{steady}} 2.7align="right"|{{increase}} 2.5%
Japanesealign="right"|2.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 2.1%align="right"|{{loss}} 1.9%align="right"|{{decrease}} 1.8%
Spanishalign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{profit}} 0.7%align="right"|{{profit}} 1.1%align="right"|{{increase}} 1.4%
Frenchalign="right"|0.7%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.7%align="right"|{{profit}} 0.9%align="right"|{{increase}} 1.1%
colspan=3|Religious affiliation
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Religious affiliation,
top responses		No religion, self-describedalign="right"|20.5%align="right"|{{profit}} 23.0%align="right"|{{profit}} 28.9%align="right"|{{increase}} 37.3%
Catholicalign="right"|23.9%align="right"|{{loss}} 23.3%align="right"|{{loss}} 23.0%align="right"|{{decrease}} 21.4%
Anglicanalign="right"|22.6%align="right"|{{loss}} 19.9%align="right"|{{loss}} 17.4%align="right"|{{decrease}} 13.0%
Not statedalign="right"|n/calign="right"|n/calign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{increase}} 11.8%
Buddhismalign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{profit}} 2.9%align="right"|{{profit}} 3.2%align="right"|{{decrease}} 2.7%
colspan=3|Median weekly incomes
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal incomeMedian weekly personal incomealign="right"|align="right"|A$1,010align="right"|A$1,216align="right"|A$1,386
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|207.8%align="right"|{{increase}} 210.7%align="right"|{{decrease}} 209.4%
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family incomeMedian weekly family incomealign="right"|align="right"|A$1,772align="right"|A$2,768align="right"|A$3,210
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|172.5%align="right"|{{increase}} 186.9%align="right"|{{decrease}} 185.1%
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Household incomeMedian weekly household incomealign="right"|align="right"|A$2,510align="right"|A$2,205align="right"|A$2,360
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|214.3%align="right"|{{decrease}} 178.7%align="right"|{{decrease}} 164.1%
colspan=3|Dwelling structure
rowspan=4 colspan=2|Dwelling typeSeparate housealign="right"|12.3%align="right"|{{increase}} 13.9%align="right"|{{decrease}} 13.8%align="right"|{{decrease}} 11.0%
Semi-detached, terrace or townhousealign="right"|15.0%align="right"|{{steady}} 15.0%align="right"|{{decrease}} 14.7%align="right"|{{decrease}} 14.0%
Flat or apartmentalign="right"|70.9%align="right"|{{decrease}} 70.3%align="right"|{{increase}} 71.0%align="right"|{{increase}} 74.4%

Council

{{See also|List of mayors of North Sydney}}

=Composition and election methods=

class="wikitable"
TermAldermen/CouncillorsWardsMayor
1890–1891{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227479910 |title=NORTH SYDNEY. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=852 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 August 1890 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| 33

| No wards

| rowspan=4| Annual election by Aldermen

1892–1893{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222126818 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=523 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 August 1891 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=6263 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| 18 (3 per ward)

| Victoria Ward
Belmore Ward
Kirribilli Ward
Tunks Ward
Warringa Ward
Mossman's Ward

1893–1956{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221710216 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=234 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 April 1893 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=2836 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219947638 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=49 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 April 1928 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=1670 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225113616 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=60 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 May 1941 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=1900 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224755630 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.—PROCLAMATION. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=147 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 August 1949 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=2251 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220015436 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.—PROCLAMATION. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=113 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 June 1953 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=1915 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| rowspan=2| 15 (3 per ward)

| Victoria Ward
Belmore Ward
Kirribilli Ward
Tunks Ward
Warringa Ward

1956–1983{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220311676 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.—PROCLAMATION. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=8 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 January 1955 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=186 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| rowspan=2| Victoria Ward
Belmore Ward
Kirribilli Ward
Tunks Ward
East Ward

1983–1995{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231360501 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.—PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=65 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1983 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=1958 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| 15/16 (3 per ward, 1 Mayor)Ted Mack was the first directly-elected mayor in 1983–1988. However he also continued to hold office as an alderman until his resignation in October 1988, which meant that until his resignation from Council and the election of Roslyn Crichton as mayor in December 1988, there were only 15 serving councillors from a maximum 16 positions. All succeeding directly-elected mayors, Crichton (1988–1991), Nolan (1991–1995), McCaffery (1995–2012), and Gibson (2012–2021) were only elected as mayor, and did not serve concurrently as a Ward alderman/councillor.

| rowspan=3| Direct quadrennial election

1995–2017

| 13 (3 per ward, 1 Mayor)

| Cremorne Ward
Tunks Ward
Victoria Ward
Wollstonecraft Ward

2017–2021

| 10 (3 per ward, 1 Mayor)

| Tunks Ward
Victoria Ward
Wollstonecraft Ward

2021–present

| 10 (5 per ward)

| St Leonards Ward
Cammeraygal Ward

| Biennial election by Councillors

=Current wards and election method=

North Sydney Council is composed of ten councillors operating on a Council–manager system of operation, elected proportionally from two wards, each electing five Councillors. The mayor is elected by the Councillors for a two-year term and the deputy mayor for a one-year term.

A referendum passed at the same time at the 2012 council elections reduced the number of wards from four to three (Cremorne Ward was abolished) and the number of councillors from 13 to 10, inclusive of the popularly elected mayor, which took effect from the 2017 election.{{cite web|title=Council Election Results|url=https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council_Meetings/Our_Organisation/Council_Election_Results|publisher=North Sydney Council|access-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045012/https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council_Meetings/Our_Organisation/Council_Election_Results|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=dead}} A referendum passed at the 2017 election also altered the system of electing the mayor. Starting in 2020, the mayor was elected by the councillors from among their members for a two-year term.{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Antony|title=2017 NSW Local Government Elections – North Sydney Council|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/2017-nsw-local-government/north-sydney/#Referendum|website=ABC Elections|publisher=ABC News|access-date=23 September 2017}} As the wording of this referendum did not specify a reduction in the number of elected positions in the Council (such as from 10 Councillors to 9), the Office of Local Government required council to specify a ward structure of equal numbers to each ward: two wards of five councillors or five wards of two councillors. At its extraordinary meeting held on 20 January 2020, the Council voted to adopt a two-ward model on a north/south boundary with the northern ward named "St Leonards Ward" and the southern ward named "Cammeraygal Ward" from the 2021 election.{{cite web |title=MINUTES: 3727th EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, 20 JANUARY 2020|url=https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/files/fa2438f4-f4be-40c9-9775-6b9dd342ddc0/Minutes.pdf |publisher=North Sydney Council |access-date=22 February 2020}}

=Current council=

The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024.

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|PartyCouncillors
{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Independents

| align=right | 5

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Labor

| align=right | 2

{{Australian party style|liberal}}| 

| Liberal

| align=right | 2

{{Australian party style|greens}}| 

| Greens

| align=right | 1

| Total

| align=right | 10

Councillors were elected in the following order. (See next section for more details and references)

class="wikitable"
Wardcolspan="2"|CouncillorPartyNotes
rowspan="5"|Cammeraygal Ward

| {{Australian party style|liberal}}| 

| Jessica Keen

| Liberal

| Second term (non consecutive)

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Maryann Beregi

| The Real Independents

| Fourth term

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Shannon Welch

| Labor

| Second term

{{Australian party style|liberal}}| 

| Efi Carr

| Liberal

|

{{Australian party style|greens}}| 

| Angus Hoy

| Greens

|

rowspan="5"|St Leonards Ward

| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Zoë Baker

| The Real Independents

| Mayor. Fifth term

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| James Spenceley

| Independent

| Second Term

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Godfrey Santer

| Labor

| Deputy Mayor. Second term

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Christopher Holding

| The Real Independents

|

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Nicole Antonini

| The Real Independents

|

Election results

=2024=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Inner Sydney|section=North Sydney results}}

Heritage listings

File:(1)Don Banks Museum North Sydney.jpg is the oldest-surviving wooden house in North Sydney and is owned by North Sydney Council.]] File:(1) Nutcote2.jpg, Nutcote (1925) in Kurraba Point, was designed by B. J. Waterhouse and is owned by North Sydney Council under the management of a trust.]] File:(1)St Thomas Rest Park 006.jpg's Cottage" (c. 1850) in the Council-owned St Thomas Rest Park is now a museum of the former cemetery.]]

North Sydney has a diverse range of heritage listings and conservation areas, including those listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register (SHR), [https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/aboutheritage/registers.htm Section 170 Registers] (s.170), the Commonwealth Heritage List (CHL), and the [https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/EPI/2013/411 North Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2013] (LEP), including:

  • Cammeray, 3 Amherst Street: Tarella (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045416|Tarella|hr=00270|fn=EF14/5081; S90/5137; HC 32926|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Cammeray, 143 Bellevue Street: Cammeray Substation (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045651|Substation – Bellevue, Cammeray|hr=00937|fn=S97/00023/1|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Cremorne, 8 Bannerman Street: Dalkeith (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045454|Dalkeith Property|hr=00310|fn=EF14/5064; S90/5424; HC 32798|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Cremorne, 380 Military Road: Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace (LEP){{cite web |title=Cremorne Orpheum Theatre |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2181198 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • Cremorne, 53–57 Murdoch Street: Cremorne Girls High School (Former) (LEP){{cite web |title=SCEGGS Redlands – Former Cremorne Girls High School |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2181143 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • Cremorne, 274 Military Road: SCEGGS Redlands (LEP){{cite web |title=SCEGGS Redlands|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2181334 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • Cremorne, 7 Cranbrook Avenue: Belvedere (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045243|Belvedere|hr=00320|fn=S90/05481 & HC 32742|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Cremorne, 11 Cranbrook Avenue: Egglemont (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045237|Egglemont|hr=00321|fn=11/16809; S90/03576 & HC 33288|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Crows Next, 23 Albany Street: Electricity Power House (SHR, s.170 & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045630|Electricity Power House|hr=00931|fn=S97/00023/1|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Crows Nest, 250 West Street: St Thomas Rest Park (LEP){{cite web |title=St Thomas Rest Park (including Sexton's Cottage and cemetery fence) |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180894 |website=Heritage Search |publisher=NSW Office of Environment and Heritage |access-date=15 April 2019}}
  • Kirribilli, 109 Kirribilli Avenue: Admiralty House, Lodge, Garden and Fortifications (CHL & LEP){{cite web |title=Admiralty House and Lodge |url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=state%3DNSW%3Blist_code%3DCHL%3Blegal_status%3D35%3Bkeyword_PD%3D0%3Bkeyword_SS%3D0%3Bkeyword_PH%3D0;place_id=105398 |website=Australian Heritage Database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Admiralty House Garden and Fortifications|url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=state%3DNSW%3Blist_code%3DCHL%3Blegal_status%3D35%3Bkeyword_PD%3D0%3Bkeyword_SS%3D0%3Bkeyword_PH%3D0;place_id=105399 |website=Australian Heritage Database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Kirribilli Point fortifications|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180101 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title= Kirribilli House|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180104|website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • Kirribilli, 111 Kirribilli Avenue: Kirribilli House, Garden and Grounds (CHL & LEP){{cite web |title=Kirribilli House|url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=state%3DNSW%3Blist_code%3DCHL%3Blegal_status%3D35%3Bkeyword_PD%3D0%3Bkeyword_SS%3D0%3Bkeyword_PH%3D0;place_id=105451 |website=Australian Heritage Database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Kirribilli House Garden & Grounds|url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=state%3DNSW%3Blist_code%3DCHL%3Blegal_status%3D35%3Bkeyword_PD%3D0%3Bkeyword_SS%3D0%3Bkeyword_PH%3D0;place_id=105589|website=Australian Heritage Database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • Lavender Bay, 11 Bay View Street: Ildemere (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045247|Ildemere|hr=00390|fn=S90/03607 & HC 33277|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Milsons Point, North Shore railway: Milsons Point railway station (SHR, s.170 & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5012106|Milsons Point Railway Station group|hr=01194|fn=11/06916|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Milsons Point, 1 Olympic Drive: Luna Park Precinct (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5055827|Luna Park Precinct|hr=01811|fn=S91/06194/025|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Neutral Bay, 2 Hayes Street: Hastings{{cite NSW SHR|5045099|Hastings|hr=00567|fn=S91/01807 & HC 873210|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Neutral Bay, 146 Kurraba Road: Hollowforth (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045553|Hollowforth|hr=00450|fn=S90/05338 & HC 32895|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Neutral Bay, 5 Wallaringa Avenue: Nutcote{{cite NSW SHR|5045137|Nutcote|hr=00505|fn=S90/01890 & KHC 86 2360|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Neutral Bay, Yeo Street: St John's Uniting Church and Pipe Organ{{cite NSW SHR|5045066|St. John's Uniting Church and Pipe Organ|hr=00423|fn=S90/04780 & HC 33063|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Neutral Bay, Kurraba Road: Anderson Park{{cite web |title= Anderson Park|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2181187 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • Neutral Bay, Kurraba Road: Former Neutral Bay tram depot and water tower{{cite web |title= Former Neutral Bay tram depot and water tower|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2181245 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, 36 Blue Street: Former North Sydney Technical High School (now Greenwood Hotel){{cite NSW SHR|5045453|North Sydney Technical High School (former)|hr=00517|fn=S90/03327 & HC 32139|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • North Sydney, 20 Edward Street: Graythwaite{{cite NSW SHR|5051393|Graythwaite|hr=01617|fn=S90/03212|access-date=18 May 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=4267 |title = MP 10_0149 – Graythwaite Concept Plan}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sadatgraythwaite.com/ |title=Stand Against Development at Graythwaite |access-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816065737/http://sadatgraythwaite.com/ |archive-date=16 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • North Sydney, Falcon Street: North Sydney Sewer Vent{{cite NSW SHR|5053880|Sewer Vent|hr=01641|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • North Sydney, 283a Miller Street: St Leonards Park{{cite NSW SHR|5062353|St Leonards Park|hr=01941|fn=EF12/13999|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • North Sydney, 6 Napier Street: Don Bank{{cite NSW SHR|5045059|Don Bank|hr=00031|fn=EF14/5065; S90/6103; HC 32194|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • North Sydney, 92–94 Pacific Highway: North Sydney Post Office (CHL, SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5051506|North Sydney Post Office|hr=01417|fn=H00/00159|access-date=18 May 2018}}{{cite web |title=North Sydney Post Office, 92-94 Pacific Hwy, North Sydney, NSW, Australia |url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=state%3DNSW%3Blist_code%3DCHL%3Blegal_status%3D35%3Bkeyword_PD%3D0%3Bkeyword_SS%3D0%3Bkeyword_PH%3D0;place_id=106144 |website=Australian Heritage Database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, 44 Union Street: Kailoa{{cite NSW SHR|5045373|Kailoa|hr=00179|fn=S90/05907 & HC 32406|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • North Sydney, 105-153 Miller Street: MLC Building (LEP){{cite web |title=MLC Building |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180854 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, 128 Miller Street: Monte Sant Angelo Group (LEP){{cite web |title=Monte Sant Angelo Group|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180844 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, 127 Falcon Street: North Sydney Boys High School (LEP){{cite web |title=North Sydney Boys' High School |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180925 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, 200 Miller Street: North Sydney Council Chambers and Wyllie Wing (LEP){{cite web |title=North Sydney Council Chambers |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180851 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=North Sydney Council Chambers – Wyllie Wing|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2181422 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, Miller Street: North Sydney Oval (LEP){{cite web |title=North Sydney Oval|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180914 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, William Street: Sydney Church of England Grammar School (LEP){{cite web |title= Shore Sydney Church of England Grammar School|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180784 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • North Sydney, 34 McLaren Street: St Thomas' Church, Rectory, Kindergarten Hall and Memorial Hall (LEP){{cite web |title=St Thomas' Church|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180809 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title= St Thomas' Church Rectory|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180807 |website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title= St Thomas' Kindergarten Hall|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180869|website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |title= Memorial Hall of St Thomas|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2180855|website=NSW Heritage Inventory |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 August 2019}}
  • Waverton, North Shore railway: Waverton railway station (SHR & s.170){{cite NSW SHR|5012285|Waverton Railway Station group|hr=01284|fn=12/05256|access-date=18 May 2018}}

Council facilities

References

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External links

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