List of mayors of Fairfield

Mayor of Fairfield
Incumbent
Frank Carbone
since 21 March 2012
AppointerFairfield City Council
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderFrancis Atkin Kenyon
Formation22 February 1889
DeputyCharbel Saliba

This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Fairfield, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.[1]

The current mayor is Frank Carbone, who was elected in 2012 and most recently re-elected in 2021.

Mayors

1889–present

No. Portrait Mayor Party Term start Term end
1 Francis Atkin Kenyon Independent 22 February 1889 13 February 1891[2][3]
2 John Lackey Independent 13 February 1891[4] 15 February 1893[5]
3 Thomas Downey Independent 15 February 1893 17 February 1894[6]
4 William Stimson Independent 17 February 1894[7] 14 February 1896[8]
5 Adam Vallance Independent 14 February 1896[9] 12 February 1898[10]
6 Bruce Sofala Ephraim Hall Independent 12 February 1898 14 February 1899[11]
7 George Paine Independent 14 February 1899 14 February 1900[12]
8 Adam Craig Bell Independent 14 February 1900 14 February 1901[13]
9 John Edwards Anthony Independent 14 February 1901[14] 8 February 1902[15]
10 James Robert Anderson Independent 8 February 1902 February 1903[16]
11 Walter Stimson Independent February 1903 11 February 1904[17]
12 Samuel Critchley Independent 11 February 1904 February 1905[18]
13 John Downey Independent February 1905 15 February 1907[19][20]
14 John Edwards Anthony Independent 15 February 1907[21][22][23] 6 July 1917[24][25][26]
(11) Walter Stimson Independent 6 July 1917[27] 11 February 1919[28]
(14) John Edwards Anthony Independent 11 February 1919 4 February 1920[29]
15 Thomas Miles Independent 4 February 1920[30] 6 December 1921[31]
16 Amos Robert Coleman Independent 6 December 1921 12 December 1922[32]
(11) Walter Stimson Independent 12 December 1922 18 December 1923[33]
17 Harold William Stein Independent 18 December 1923[34] 8 December 1925[35]
18 Augustus Morris Jentsch Independent 4 December 1928[36][37] 8 December 1925
19 Henry Alfred Clancy Independent 4 December 1928[38] 5 January 1932[39][40]
20 Robert Towers Gillies Independent 5 January 1932 December 1932[41]
(11) Walter Stimson Independent December 1932[42] 4 December 1934[43]
21 Thomas Fishpool Independent 4 December 1934[44] 14 December 1937[45][46]
22 Samuel Foster Money Labor 14 December 1937[47] December 1938[48]
23 John Burleigh, Snr. Labor December 1938[49] 10 December 1941[50]
(19) Henry Alfred Clancy Independent 10 December 1941[51] 15 December 1943[52]
24 Clifford Green Independent 15 December 1943[53] December 1945[54]
(19) Henry Alfred Clancy Independent December 1945 December 1947[55]
(24) Clifford Green Independent December 1947 December 1948[56]
25 Jack Henshaw Labor December 1948 6 December 1949[57]
26 Jack McBurney Citizens' Representative Party 6 December 1949 December 1950[58]
27 Samuel Austin Seaman Labor December 1950 3 December 1951
28 Philip Bartholomew Ryan Labor 3 December 1951 8 December 1952[59]
29 William Leonard Wolfenden Labor 8 December 1952 10 December 1953[60]
30 Leslie Charles Hale Progress Association 10 December 1953 12 December 1955[61]
31 Les Powell Labor 12 December 1955[62] 2 December 1957[63]
32 Keith Makepeace Labor 2 December 1957 11 December 1958[64]
33 Keith Howick Labor 11 December 1958 10 December 1959[65]
34 Vic Wenban Labor 10 December 1959[66] December 1962[67][68]
35 A. E. Harvey Labor December 1962 December 1963[69]
36 Lawrence Fraser Labor December 1963 December 1964
(34) Vic Wenban Independent December 1964 December 1965[70]
37 Frank Calabro Independent December 1965 20 December 1966[71]
(32) Keith Makepeace Independent 20 December 1966 December 1967[72]
38 Harold Schofield Independent December 1967 September 1968[73]
(37) Frank Calabro Independent September 1968 September 1969
(35) A. E. Harvey Labor September 1969 September 1970
(38) Harold Schofield Independent September 1970 – September 1971
39 Ian Thorley Labor September 1971 September 1973[74]
40 Don Turtle Labor September 1972 September 1973
(31) Les Powell Labor September 1973 September 1974
41 Janice Crosio Labor September 1974 September 1975[75]
42 Ernest Loveday Independent September 1975 September 1976
43 Warren Colless Independent September 1976 September 1977
(41) Janice Crosio Labor September 1977 September 1980
Maria Heggie Independent September 1987 September 1988[76]
unknown September 1988 September 1989
Lawrence White Labor September 1989 September 1990
unknown September 1990 September 1991
Dennis Donovan Labor September 1991 September 1992[77]
Toni Lord Independent September 1992 September 1993
Nick Lalich Labor September 1993 September 1994
unknown September 1994 September 1995
Maria Heggie Independent September 1995 September 1996
Ken Chapman Labor September 1996 September 1997
Anwar Khoshaba Labor September 1997 September 1998
Chris Bowen Labor September 1998 September 1999
Anwar Khoshaba Labor September 1999 September 2000
Robert Watkins Labor September 2000 September 2001
Anwar Khoshaba OAM Labor September 2001[78] September 2002[79]
Nick Lalich Labor September 2002 21 March 2012[80]
Frank Carbone Labor 21 March 2012 29 August 2016[81]
Independent 29 August 2016 2021
Frank Carbone 2021 9 May 2023
Dai Le & Frank Carbone 9 May 2023 incumbent

Deputy mayors

No. Portrait Deputy Mayor
(Ward) 		Party Term start Term end Mayor
Dai Le
(Fairfield/Cabravale) 		Women's Party 30 December 2021 27 September 2022 Carbone
(Frank Carbone/DLFCN)
Reni Barkho
(Fairfield/Cabravale) 		Dai Le & Frank Carbone 27 September 2022 28 September 2023
Charbel Saliba
(Parks) 		Dai Le & Frank Carbone 28 September 2023 incumbent

Election results

The most recent election for mayor was held in December 2021, with the next one scheduled for September 2024.

2021

This section is an excerpt from 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Fairfield.[edit]
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield[82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frank Carbone Frank Carbone 66,455 73.5 +23.3
Labor George Barcha 23,974 26.5 −23.3
Total formal votes 90,429 95.1
Informal votes 4,688 4.9
Turnout 95,117 73.3
Frank Carbone hold Swing +23.3

2016

2016 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield[83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Del Bennett 32,004 31.31
Independent Frank Carbone 29,683 29.04
Independent Dai Le 17,319 16.95
Liberal Joe Molluso 13,018 12.74
Christian Democrats Milan Maksimovic 6,944 6.79
Greens Bill Cashman 3,234 3.16
Total formal votes 102,202 94.17
Informal votes 6,331 5.83
Turnout 108,533
Independent Frank Carbone
Labor Del Bennett
Mayor changed to Independent from Labor Swing N/A

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