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Borough of St Leonards

{{Short description|Former local government area in New South Wales, Australia}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

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| name = Borough of St Leonards

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| est = 31 May 1867

| abolished = 29 July 1890

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| parish = Willoughby

| area = 15.8

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| near-ne = Manly

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| near-sw = Victoria

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The Borough of St Leonards was a local government area in the Lower North Shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. First proclaimed as the Municipality of St Leonards in 1867, it became a borough in 1868 and in 1871 a petition for the Victoria Ward to secede was accepted and the Borough Victoria was proclaimed. It included the modern suburbs of Cammeray, Mosman, Waverton, Wollstonecraft and parts of Cremorne, Neutral Bay, North Sydney and Crows Nest. The borough lasted until 29 July 1890 when it merged with the neighbouring boroughs of Victoria and East St Leonards to form the Borough of North Sydney.

Council history

With the passing of The Municipalities Act, 1858, on 20 January 1866 139 residents of the St Leonards district petitioned the Colonial Government for the incorporation of the area as a "Municipality of Saint Leonards".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225370487 |title=PETITION UNDER THE MUNICIPALITIES ACT. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=23 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 January 1866 |access-date=13 April 2019 |page=243 |via=National Library of Australia}} This petition was subsequently accepted and the Governor of New South Wales, Sir John Young, proclaimed the establishment of the "Municipality of St Leonards" on 31 May 1867.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225478761 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF ST. LEONARD'S. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=86 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 May 1867 |access-date=13 April 2019 |page=1336 |via=National Library of Australia}} On 24 December 1868 the Borough was divided into three wards: Victoria Ward (after Queen Victoria), Albert Ward (after Prince Albert) and Belmore Ward (after Governor Earl Belmore).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225581943 |title=PROCLAMATION. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=313 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 December 1868 |access-date=13 April 2019 |page=4616 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Edward Mawney Sayers was appointed as Returning Officer for the first election to be held on 4 July 1867.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166799346 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF ST. LEONARDS |newspaper=Sydney Mail |volume=VIII |issue=365 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 June 1867 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225476611 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF ST. LEONARD'S. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=97 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 June 1867 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=1445 |via=National Library of Australia}} The first council, comprising nine councillors and two auditors, was first elected on 6 July 1867, and the first Chairman, William Tunks, was also elected.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60842257 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=Empire |issue=4,888 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 July 1867 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} The Council's status was short-lived however, as the Council was granted title changes with Councillors becoming Aldermen and the Chairman becoming Mayor from 20 September 1867.

By mid-1870 a petition of 172 names was presented to the Colonial Secretary asking for the secession of the Victoria Ward and the creation of a separate borough council.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223530311 |title=SEPARATION FROM ST. LEONARDS MUNICIPALITY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=177 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 July 1870 |access-date=13 April 2019 |page=1593 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223530855 |title=SEPARATION FROM BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS, VICTORIA WARD. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=195 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 August 1870 |access-date=13 April 2019 |page=1751 |via=National Library of Australia}} The petition was accepted and on 20 January 1871 the Borough of Victoria was proclaimed by the Governor.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224329792 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=19 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 January 1871 |access-date=13 April 2019 |page=191 |via=National Library of Australia}} With the excision of Victoria Ward, the Borough of St Leonards was reconstituted without wards.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224329791 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=19 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 January 1871 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=192 |via=National Library of Australia}} The Borough was divided into wards again from 30 June 1883 with the creation of Albert Ward, Tunks Ward and Belmore Ward, but with the continuing growth of population in the area the wards were reorganised on 18 September 1889 by splitting Tunks Ward into Waringa Ward and Mossman's Ward.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221654362 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=282 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 July 1883 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=3597 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222099348 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=486 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 September 1889 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=6568 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Borough lasted until 29 July 1890 when it merged with the Borough of East St Leonards (1860) and the Borough of Victoria 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}} The Mayor, Francis Punch, became the first Mayor of North Sydney, and the Council Clerk, William Barnett Smith, became the first Council Clerk of North Sydney.

Mayors

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! # !! Chairman !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes

align=center|{{dts|1}}William Tunksalign=center| 6 July 1867align=center| 20 September 1867align=right|{{ayd|1867|07|06|1867|09|20}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230055182 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF ST. LEONARD'S. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=164 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 September 1867 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=2283 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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! # !! Mayor !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes

align=center| –William Tunksalign=center| 20 September 1867align=center| 14 February 1883align=right|{{ayd|1867|09|20|1883|02|14}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225464669 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF ST. LEONARD'S. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=42 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1868 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=485 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228677257 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=37 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1869 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=455 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223286238 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=33 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1870 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=366 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224330407 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=35 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1871 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=356 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223086517 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=51 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1872 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=462 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230048127 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=37 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1873 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=507 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223692759 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=36 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1874 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=498 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223653355 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=34 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1875 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=447 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223646175 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=55 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1876 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=727 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223128874 |title=NOTICE.—Alderman William Tunks has been elected Mayor |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=73 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 February 1877 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=871 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224594761 |title=NOTICE.—Alderman William Tunks has been elected Mayor of the Borough of St. Leonards for the current year. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=64 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1878 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=844 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223659446 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=67 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 February 1879 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=956 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224188559 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=60 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1880 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=741 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223689988 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=57 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 February 1881 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=888 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221702958 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=71 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1882 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=946 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162078874 |title=The Late Mr. William Tunks. |newspaper=The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser |volume=XXXV |issue=1189 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 April 1883 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=729 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13532579 |title=THE LATE MR. WILLIAM TUNKS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=14,053 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 April 1883 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{dts|2}}Joseph Musgravealign=center| 14 February 1883align=center| 15 February 1884align=right|{{ayd|1883|02|14|1884|02|15}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225829250 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=358 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 September 1882 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=4675 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221661472 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=59 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1883 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=916 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237280570 |title=DEATH OF A BOWLER. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|issue=6932 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 August 1901 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{dts|3}}Andrew Armstrongalign=center| 15 February 1884align=center| 13 February 1885align=right|{{ayd|1884|02|15|1885|02|13}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222088211 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=79 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1884 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1271 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{dts|4}}Benjamin Jenkinsalign=center| 13 February 1885align=center| 15 February 1889align=right|{{ayd|1885|02|13|1889|02|15}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221625227 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=67 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1885 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1216 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219934886 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=83 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 February 1887 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=998 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219939291 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=123 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1888 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1406 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14395665 |title=DEATH OF CAPTAIN JENKINS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=19,756 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 July 1901 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165231713 |title=Death of Captain Jenkins |newspaper=The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser |volume=LXXII |issue=2147 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 August 1901 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=542 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{dts|5}}Francis Punchalign=center| 15 February 1889align=center| 12 February 1890align=right|{{ayd|1889|02|15|1890|02|12}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224314944 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=110 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1889 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1387 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{dts|6}}Gerard Phillipsalign=center| 12 February 1890align=center| 24 June 1890align=right|{{ayd|1890|02|12|1890|06|24}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223596836 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=88 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1890 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1485 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128772854 |title=Municipal. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=7199 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 June 1890 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center| –Francis Punchalign=center| 24 June 1890align=center| 29 July 1890align=right|{{ayd|1890|06|24|1890|07|29}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230610110 |title=MUNICIPAL MATTERS. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=799 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 June 1890 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219923243 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette|issue=344 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 June 1890 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=5026 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Council Clerks

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! Years !! Clerks !! Notes

6 March 1868 – 22 April 1868George Earngey{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225465783 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF ST. LEONARD'S. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=64 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 March 1868 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=757 |via=National Library of Australia}}
22 April 1868 – 8 June 1868Edward Hughes{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225467212 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARD'S. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=99 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1868 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=1201 |via=National Library of Australia}}
8 June 1868 – 3 May 1872George Pile{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225723650 |title=Private Advertisements. BOROUGH OF SAINT LEONARD'S. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=162 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 July 1868 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1955 |via=National Library of Australia}}
3 May 1872 – 1 November 1874Sydney Byron Jones Baly{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225841653 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=149 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 May 1872 |access-date=15 April 2019 |page=1376 |via=National Library of Australia}}
1 November 1874 – 19 March 1877William Heron{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223583615 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=288 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 December 1874 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=3783 |via=National Library of Australia}}
19 March 1877 – 28 May 1885William Henry McLean{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223758280 |title=NOTICE.—William Henry M'Lean has been appointed Council Clerk pro. tem. of the Borough of St. Leonards. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=110 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 April 1877 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1343 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223759902 |title=NOTICE.—William Henry M'Lean has been appointed Council Clerk of the Borough of St. Leonards. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=149 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 May 1877 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=1847 |via=National Library of Australia}}
28 May 1885 – 16 March 1886Henry Brewster Macintosh{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221693808 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=224 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 June 1885 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=3534 |via=National Library of Australia}}
16 March 1886 – 29 July 1890William Barnett Smith{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227666863 |title=BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=179 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 March 1886 |access-date=16 April 2019 |page=2070 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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