Teresa_Harding

Mayor of Ipswich
Mayor of Ipswich
	Incumbent; Teresa Harding; since 28 March 2020
Inaugural holder	John Murphy
Formation	1860

List of mayors of Ipswich, Queensland

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This is the list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.^[1]

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Prior to 1921, mayors were elected on an annual basis from amongst the councillors. After 1921, mayors were elected for three year terms, which became four years in 2000.^[2]

The title was "chairman" until 1994.^[2]

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No.	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Notes
1	John Murphy (1820−1883)	Independent	1860	1861
2	John Johnston	Independent	1862	1862
3	Francis North	Independent	1863	8 August 1864	Died in office
4	John Pettigrew (1832−1878)	Independent	September 1864	1865
(1)	John Murphy (1820−1883)	Independent	1865	1867
5	Henry Williams (1832−1871)	Independent	1868	1868
6	Harry Hooper	Independent	1869	1869
7	James Foote (1829−1895)	Independent	1870	1870
8	Samuel Shenton (1829−1803)	Independent	1871	1872
9	Thomas Pryde	Independent	1873	1874
10	Robert Tallon	Independent	1875	1875
11	John MacFarlane	Independent	1876	1876
12	Charles Frederick Chubb	Independent	1877	1877	Solicitor and father of Justice Charles E. Chubb
13	Josiah Francis	Independent	1878	1879
14	Peter Brown	Independent	1880	1880
15	John Swain Willey	Independent	1881	1882
(10)	Robert Tallon	Independent	1883	1883
(13)	Josiah Francis	Independent	1884	1886
(14)	Peter Brown	Independent	1887	1888
(8)	Samuel Shenton (1829−1803)	Independent	1889	1889
(14)	Peter Brown	Independent	1890	1890
16	James McGill	Independent	1891	1891
17	Jacob Spresser	Independent	1892	1892
18	Denis Thomas Keogh	Independent	1893	1893
19	Henry E. Wyman	Independent	1894	1894
(10)	Robert Tallon	Independent	1895	1895
20	William Thomas Deacon	Independent	1896	1897
21	Roderick McLeod	Independent	1898	1898
22	Thomas Baines	Independent	1899	1899
(14)	Peter Brown	Independent	1900	27 June 1900	Died in office
23	Michael Real	Independent	1901	1901
24	C. W. L. (Louis) Heiner	Independent	1902	1902
25	William Henry Summerville (1862−1919)	Labor	1903	1903
26	Hugh Reilly	Independent	1904	1904
27	Isaac Ham	Independent	1905	1905
28	Frederick Goleby	Independent	1906	1906	^[3]^[4]
29	Alfred John Stephenson (1845−1914)	Independent	1907	1907
(20)	William Thomas Deacon	Independent	1908	1908
30	James Cooper	Independent	1909	1909
31	Maurice Bowers	Independent	1910	1910
32	Richard P. Watson	Independent	1911	1911
33	Alfred Tully Stephenson	Independent	1912	1912
34	Rockley Battye	Independent	1913	1913
(33)	Alfred Tully Stephenson	Independent	1914	1914
35	Frederick George Springall	Independent	1915	1915
36	T.J. Smith	Independent	1916	1916
37	Pearson Welsley Cameron	Independent	1917	1917
38	Frank Barker	Independent	1918	1918
39	Edward John Loftus Easton	Independent	1919	1919
40	John Francis Lobb	Independent	1920	1920
(33)	Alfred Tully Stephenson	Independent	1921	1929	^[5]^[6]
41	Oliver Perry	Independent	1930	1932
(33)	Alfred Tully Stephenson	Independent	1933	29 September 1938	Died in office^[6]^[7]^[8]
42	Allan Godfrey Sutton	Independent	1938	1939	Appointed following Stephenson's death to serve remainder of his term^[9]
43	James Charles Minnis	Independent	1939	1949
44	James Finimore	Independent	1950	1973
45	Arthur Hastings	Independent	1973	1979
46	Des Freeman (1925−2020)	Labor	1979	28 March 1991	Retired^[10]
47	David Underwood (b. 1951)	Labor	28 March 1991	11 March 1995	Lost re-election
48	John Nugent	Independent Labor	11 March 1995	27 March 2004	Mayor of Moreton from 1994 to 1995^[2]^[11]
49	Paul Pisasale (b. 1951)	Independent Labor	27 March 2004	6 June 2017	Resigned^[12]
50	Andrew Antoniolli	Independent Labor	19 August 2017	21 August 2018	Won by-election. Lost position when council dismissed in 2018^[13]
51	Teresa Harding	Independent LNP	28 March 2020	present	Incumbent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	54,721	45.62	+4.51
	Independent	David Martin	38,029	31.70	+8.04
	Team Sheila Ireland	Sheila Ireland	12,857	10.72	+10.72
	Independent	Peter Robinson	8,338	6.95	+6.95
	Independent	Ken Salter	3,428	2.86	+2.86
	Independent	Karakan Kochardy	2,576	2.15	+0.64
Turnout			126,812	81.42
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	58,413	57.73	−5.25
	Independent	David Martin	42,771	42.27	+5.25
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	40,026	41.11	+41.11
	Independent	David Martin	23,037	23.66	+23.66
	Greens	Pat Walsh	14,411	14.80	+8.07
	Independent Labor	Mark Williams	7,035	7.23	+7.23
	Independent	Chris Smith	6,102	6.27	+6.27
	Independent Labor	Ursula Monsiegneur	5,276	5.42	+5.42
	Independent	Karakan Kochardy	1,466	1.51	+1.51
Turnout			104,879	78.64
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Teresa Harding	42,542	62.98	+62.98
	Independent	David Martin	25,003	37.02	+37.02
	Independent LNP gain from Independent Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labor	Andrew Antoniolli	33,285	34.57
	Independent Labor	Paul Tully	29,678	30.83
	Independent	Peter Robinson	6,958	7.23
	Greens	Brett Morrissey	6,476	6.73
	Independent	Gary Duffy	5,770	5.99
	Independent	Dallas Klass	5,669	5.89
	Independent	Patricia Petersen	3,527	3.66
	Independent	Jack Paff	2,531	2.63
	Independent	Paul Rix	1,438	1.49
	Independent	Peter Luxton	522	0.54
	Independent	Ken Salter	415	0.43
Total formal votes			96,269	96.67
Informal votes			3,314	3.33
Turnout			99,583
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Andrew Antoniolli	39,321	54.44
	Independent Labor	Paul Tully	32,902	45.56
	Independent Labor hold		Swing

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List of mayors of Ipswich, Queensland

Mayors

1860−present

Election results

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2020

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Mayor of Ipswich
Incumbent Teresa Harding since 28 March 2020
Inaugural holder	John Murphy
Formation	1860