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Municipality of Paddington

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

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

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Municipality of Paddington

| state = nsw

| est = 17 April 1860

| abolished = 31 December 1948

| image = Paddington Town Hall.JPG

| caption = Paddington Town Hall on Oxford Street, council seat from 1891–1948.

| seat = Paddington Town Hall

| pop = 24681

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|1947}}

| pop_footnotes = {{cite book|last1=Spearritt|first1=Peter|title=Sydney's Century: A History|date=2000|publisher=UNSW Press|location=Sydney|pages=272–273}}

| region = Inner City/Eastern Suburbs

| area = 1.7

| near-nw = Sydney

| near-n =

| near-ne = Woollahra

| near-e = Woollahra

| near-w = Sydney

| near-sw = Sydney

| near-s = Sydney

| near-se = Randwick

}}

The Municipality of Paddington was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed on 17 April 1860 and, with an area of 1.7 square kilometres, included the entire suburb of Paddington and parts of Edgecliff. The council was amalgamated with the City of Sydney to the east with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, although the former council area was transferred in 1968 to the Municipality of Woollahra, transferred to the City of South Sydney in 1989 and was then split in 2003 between the City of Sydney and the Municipality of Woollahra.

Council history and location

The municipality was proclaimed by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir William Denison, on 17 April 1860, bounded by New South Head Road to the north, Jersey Road and Ocean Street to the east, Rushcutters Creek to the northwest and Moore Park to the south.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230043686 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=77 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 April 1860 |access-date=6 March 2017 |page=764 |via=National Library of Australia}} The first nine-member council was declared elected on 23 May 1860.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60410684 |title=PADDINGTON MUNICIPALITY. |newspaper=Empire |issue=2,703 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 May 1860 |access-date=9 March 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} On 25 November 1864, the municipality was divided into three wards: Upper Paddington Ward, Lower Paddington Ward and Glenmore Ward.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225361312 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=230 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 November 1864 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=2719 |via=National Library of Australia}}

In 1889, at the urging of alderman and mayor, Charles Hellmrich, land was acquired on Oxford Street adjoining Victoria Barracks, for a new Town Hall.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227562662 |title=PADDINGTON TOWN HALL. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=628 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 December 1889 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=7 (THIRD EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}} In early 1890, a design by architect John Edward Kemp was chosen and on 8 November 1890, the foundation stone was laid by Premier Sir Henry Parkes.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108804906 |title=The Paddington Town Hall. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=7116 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 March 1890 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} On 3 October 1891 the new town hall was formally opened by the Governor, The Earl of Jersey.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13841276 |title=THE PADDINGTON TOWN HALL. |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|issue=16,703 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 October 1891 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Following the enactment of the Municipalities Act, 1867, the title of Chairman was renamed "Mayor" and the council became known as the Borough of Paddington (From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was again renamed as the "Municipality of Paddington"). The wards were adjusted following a petition on 5 January 1884, adding a fourth ward and renaming two: Upper Ward, Middle Ward, Lower Ward and Glenmore Ward.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223974994 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.—PETITION FOR RE-ADJUSTMENT OF WARDS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=509 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 December 1883 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=6601 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222085256 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=8 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 January 1884 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=125 |via=National Library of Australia}} In July 1907, a proposal by the mayor, Denis Brown, to abolish the ward system was voted down by the council.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112644925 |title= INNOVATION AT PADDINGTON - ABOLITION OF WARDS - MAYOR'S PROPOSAL REJECTED.|newspaper=Evening News |issue=12,518 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 July 1907 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}

By the end of the Second World War, the NSW Government had realised that its ideas of infrastructure expansion could not be realised by the present system of the mostly-poor inner-city municipal councils and the Minister for Local Government, Joseph Cahill, passed a bill in 1948 that abolished a significant number of those councils. Under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, Paddington Municipal Council was merged with the larger neighbouring City of Sydney which was located immediately to the west, becoming the Paddington Ward, returning two aldermen, the penultimate and final mayors, Frank Green and Walter Farley Read.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18099829 |title=CITY OF SYDNEY |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=34,620 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 December 1948 |access-date=10 September 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Mayors

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! Years !! Chairman !! Notes

June 1860 – 12 February 1861William Perry{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60411342 |title=Advertising |newspaper=Empire |issue=2,715 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 June 1860 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12 February 1861 – 14 February 1862John Carlisle Humphrey{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60492404 |title=PADDINGTON MUNICIPALITY. |newspaper=Empire|issue=2,928 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1861 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
14 February 1862 – 13 February 1863Thomas Alston{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60509142 |title=Municipality of Paddington |newspaper=Empire|issue=3252 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 March 1862 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
13 February 1863 – February 1864John Carlisle Humphrey{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13074296 |title=THE GOAT AND DRAY NUISANCE. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XLVII |issue=7707 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1863 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1864 – 20 February 1865Charles Artlett{{cite web|title=Charles Artlett|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/charles-artlett/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=28 May 2017}}
20 February 1865 – 20 February 1866William Taylor{{cite web|title=William Taylor|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/william-taylor/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166663090 |title=MUNICIPALITY MEETINGS. |newspaper=The Sydney Mail |volume=VI |issue=243 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 February 1865 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
20 February 1866 – 19 February 1867Robert Iredale{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63243901 |title=Paddington Municipality |newspaper=Empire |issue=4,480 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1866 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
19 February 1867 – 17 February 1868Charles Artlett{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13144725 |title=SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LV |issue=8970 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1867 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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! Years !! Mayor !! Notes

17 February 1868 – February 1870William Taylor{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225464812 |title=I HEREBY certify, that Alderman Wm. Taylor Was elected Mayor of the Borough of Paddington, for the current |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=44 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1868 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=510 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228677407 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=40 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 February 1869 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=483 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1870 – 25 February 1871John Carlisle Humphrey{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223286522 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=43 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1870 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=440 |via=National Library of Australia}}
25 February 1871 – February 1872Robert Campbell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224330907 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=45 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 February 1871 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=467 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1872 – 10 February 1873Fergus Maclean{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223088809 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=113 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 April 1872 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=1061 |via=National Library of Australia}}
10 February 1873 – March 1874Hosea Bennett{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13310957 |title=BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LXVII |issue=10,840 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1873 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
March 1874 – 11 February 1876John Reddy{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223694551 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=77 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 April 1874 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=1017 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223653252 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=31 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 February 1875 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=410 |via=National Library of Australia}}
11 February 1876 – 12 February 1878James Oatley{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223646180 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=55 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1876 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=723 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223128489 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=67 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1877 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=762 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12 February 1878 – 14 February 1879Charles Campbell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224594450 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette|issue=53 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1878 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=720 |via=National Library of Australia}}
14 February 1879 – 12 February 1881William Taylor{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223659263 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=65 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 February 1879 |access-date=27 May 2017 |page=926 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224188800 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=64 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1880 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=796 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12 February 1881 – 17 February 1883William Brown{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223690081 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=62 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1881 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=946 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221699273 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=76 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1882 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1022 |via=National Library of Australia}}
17 February 1883 – 16 February 1884Emanuel Watson{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221661691 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=62 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1883 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=963 |via=National Library of Australia}}
16 February 1884 – 14 February 1885Charles Campbell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222088437 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=84 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1884 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1320 |via=National Library of Australia}}
14 February 1885 – 12 February 1886John Percy McGuanne{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221625286 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=67 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1885 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1212 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12 February 1886 – 11 February 1887Charles Hellmrich{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221653116 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=92 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1886 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1131 |via=National Library of Australia}}
11 February 1887 – 17 February 1888Charles Campbell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219935185 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=91 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1887 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1113 |via=National Library of Australia}}
17 February 1888 – 12 February 1891Charles Hellmrich{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219939538 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=123 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1888 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1402 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224314826 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=110 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1889 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1389 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223596848 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=88 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1890 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1485 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12 February 1891 – February 1892Dugald McIntyre{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222106642 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=113 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1891 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1391 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1892 – 16 February 1893John White{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162191571 |title=Mr. John White, Mayor of Paddington|newspaper=The Sydney Mail & New South Wales Advertiser |volume=LIV |issue=1672 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 July 1892 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=203 |via=National Library of Australia}}
16 February 1893 – 16 February 1894James Dillon{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13898223 |title=PADDINGTON. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=17,136 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1893 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
16 February 1894 – 19 February 1895Tom George{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222335965 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=108 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1894 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1182 |via=National Library of Australia}}
19 February 1895 – 11 February 1896George Parker Jones{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222222322 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=132 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1895 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1298 |via=National Library of Australia}}
11 February 1896 – 12 February 1897Arthur Walker{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222649721 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette|issue=106 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1896 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1025 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12 February 1897 – 24 February 1900Thomas John West{{cite web|title=Thomas John West|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/thomas-west/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=28 May 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224341149 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=128 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1897 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1109 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220948180 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=136 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1898 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1223 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220991943 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=160 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1899 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1502 |via=National Library of Australia}}
24 February 1900 – 15 February 1901Albert Pointing{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221015555 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette|issue=181 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 February 1900 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1686 |via=National Library of Australia}}
15 February 1901 – 14 February 1902Robert William Usher{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226375853 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=135 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1901 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1317 |via=National Library of Australia}}
14 February 1902 – 14 February 1903George Walker{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222071466 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales|issue=141 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1902 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1409 |via=National Library of Australia}}
14 February 1903 – 17 February 1905William Harris Howard{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220261718 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=94 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1903 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1529 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221031372 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales|issue=93 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1904 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1402 |via=National Library of Australia}}
17 February 1905 – February 1908Denis Brown{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220955760 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=94 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1905 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1238 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226407344 |title=BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=103 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 February 1906 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1322 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226577499 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales|issue=21 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1907 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1108 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1908 – 2 February 1909George Walker{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14937310 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=21,862 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 February 1908 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
2 February 1909 – 6 February 1911Francis Meacle{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229387382 |title=PADDINGTON'S NEW MAYOR. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=6624 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 February 1909 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|title=Francis Meacle|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/francis-meacle/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228312742 |title=MAYOR OF PADDINGTON. |newspaper=The Star |issue=286 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 February 1910 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=2 (LATEST EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}
6 February 1911 – 10 February 1913Albert Pointing{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168748751 |title=ALDERMAN A POINTING |newspaper=Truth |issue=1024 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 March 1911 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113939476 |title=TWO ELECTIONS AT PADDINGTON. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=13,624 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 February 1911 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15307108 |title=MAYORAL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|issue=23,108 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 February 1912 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}
10 February 1913 – 4 February 1915Michael Kerrigan{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117934153 |title=PADDINGTON'S MAYOR. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=14,252 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 February 1913 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15487987 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=23,743 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1914 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
4 February 1915 – February 1916Francis Meacle{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115826138 |title=PADDINGTON'S MAYOR. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=14,870 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 February 1915 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1916 – 12 September 1916James William Gosbell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15667542 |title=ELECTION OF MAYORS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=24,367 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 February 1916 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12 September 1916 – February 1917John Thomas Percival Marsh{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15693640 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=24,551 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 September 1916 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|title=John Marsh|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/john-marsh/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=28 May 2017}}
February 1917 – 12 February 1918Michael Purcell{{cite web|title=Michael Purcell|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/michael-purcell/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=28 May 2017}}
12 February 1918 – February 1919Jack Power (ALP){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15771573 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=24,994 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1918 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1919 – February 1920Michael Purcell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103011781 |title=Mayors. |newspaper=The Land|volume=IX |issue=423 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 February 1919 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
February 1920 – December 1921Frank Green (ALP){{cite web|title=Frank Green|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/frank-green/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1921 – December 1923Michael Purcell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223479114 |title=OUT OF THE HAT |newspaper=The Sun |issue=3473 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 December 1921 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=8 (FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}}
December 1923 – December 1924Albert Gahan
December 1924 – December 1926Harold Falvey (ALP){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223567541 |title=CAUCUS PICKS MAYOR |newspaper=The Sun |issue=4411 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 December 1924 |access-date=28 May 2017 |page=14 (FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}}
December 1926 – December 1927Maurice O'Sullivan (ALP)
December 1927 – December 1928Henry Dickinson
December 1928 – December 1929William Bates
December 1929 – December 1930Nicholas Connolly
December 1930 – December 1931Michael Purcell
December 1931 – December 1932Henry Jones
December 1932 – October 1933Robert Stapleton{{cite web|title=Robert Stapleton|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/robert-stapleton/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
October 1933 – December 1934Morris Curotta{{cite web|title=Morris Curotta|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/morris-curotta/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1934 – December 1935William Bates
December 1935 – December 1936Thomas Joseph Whelan{{cite web|title=Thomas Joseph Whelan|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/thomas-whelan/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1936 – December 1937Richard Herbert Graydon{{cite web|title=Richard Herbert Graydon|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/richard-graydon/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1937 – December 1938John Thomas Whelan{{cite web|title=John Thomas Whelan|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/john-whelan/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1938 – December 1940William Fandlan (ALP){{cite web|title=William Fandlan|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/william-fandlan/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1940 – December 1941Roger Bede Hill{{cite web|title=Roger Bede Hill|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/roger-hill/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1941 – December 1942Walter Farley Read (ALP){{cite web|title=Walter Farley Read|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/walter-read/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1942 – December 1943Joseph Carr{{cite web|title=Joseph Carr|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/joseph-carr/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1943 – December 1944Edward Cutler{{cite web|title=Edward Cutler|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/edward-cutler/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|access-date=6 March 2017}}
December 1944 – December 1946Frank Green (ALP)
December 1946 – 31 December 1948Walter Farley Read (ALP)

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