Borough of East St Leonards

The Borough of East 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 East St Leonards" in 1860, following the passing of a new Municipalities Act became a Borough in 1867. It included the modern suburbs of Kirribilli, Milsons Point, Lavender Bay (part), North Sydney (part), Neutral Bay (part), Cremorne (part), Cremorne Point and Kurraba Point. The borough lasted until 29 July 1890 when it merged with the neighbouring boroughs of St Leonards and Victoria to form the Borough of North Sydney.

Borough of East St Leonards
New South Wales
Established17 August 1860
Abolished29 July 1890
Area2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Council seatEast St Leonards Town Hall
ParishWilloughby
LGAs around Borough of East St Leonards:
St Leonards
St Leonards Borough of East St Leonards St Leonards
Victoria Port Jackson

Council history

With the passing of The Municipalities Act, 1858, on 14 February 1860 residents of the eastern section of the St Leonards district petitioned the Colonial Government for the incorporation of the area as a "St Leonards East Municipality".[1] This petition was subsequently accepted and the Governor of New South Wales, Sir William Denison, proclaimed the establishment of the "Municipality of East St Leonards" on 17 August 1860.[2]

Colonel George Barney, of Wotonga House, Kirribilli, was appointed as Returning Officer for the first election to be held at Dind's Hotel in Milsons Point on 13 September 1860.[3] However, owing to "dissatisfaction caused by the limited extent of the municipal boundaries" the electors at the meeting refused to nominate anyone for the Council.[4] As a result, while the Municipality de jure continued to exist, it was not until The Municipalities Act of 1867 came into effect in February 1868 that the Colonial Government tried again to elect a functioning council for the now-"Borough" of East St Leonards, with Frederic Lassetter appointed to conduct a new election.[5]

The first council, comprising six Aldermen and two auditors, was first elected on 4 February 1868, and the first Mayor, William Tucker, was elected on 10 February.[6][7] Dind's Hotel in Alfred Street, Milsons Point, acted as the Council Chambers until 1886 when the East St Leonards Town Hall, also on Alfred Street and designed by future mayor Walter Liberty Vernon, was completed.[8][9][10] The foundation of the Town Hall was laid by former mayor, George Matcham Pitt, on 24 October 1885, and opened on 13 May 1886 by Sir Henry Parkes.[11][12]

On 8 January 1889, Council was divided into four wards electing three Aldermen respectively: North, South, East and West Wards.[13]

The Borough lasted until 29 July 1890 when it merged with the Borough of St Leonards (1867) and the Borough of Victoria (1871) to form the "Borough of North Sydney".[14] The North Sydney Municipal Council first met in the 1885 East St Leonards Town Hall on Alfred Street, Milsons Point, using it until 1926.[15][16]

Mayors
#MayorTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1William Tucker10 February 186812 February 18691 year, 2 days[7]
2Edward Lord12 February 18692 January 18733 years, 325 days[17][18][19][20][21][22]
3William Dind2 January 187315 February 18774 years, 44 days[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
4James Taylor15 February 187714 February 1878364 days[32]
5Robert Palmer Abbott14 February 18786 February 1879357 days[33][34]
6George Matcham Pitt6 February 187915 February 18845 years, 9 days[35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
7Nicholas McBurney15 February 188410 February 1885361 days[42]
8Edward Mann Clark10 February 188510 February 18861 year, 0 days[43]
9George Ranken10 February 18869 February 1887364 days[44][45]
10Walter Liberty Vernon9 February 188718 February 18881 year, 9 days[46]
11Patrick William Glacken18 February 188813 February 1889361 days[47]
12Joseph William Mountford13 February 188929 July 18901 year, 166 days[48][49]

Council Clerks
YearsClerksNotes
1868 – December 1871Henry Cubitt[50][51]
4 January 1872 – June 1883George L. Coleman[52]
June 1883 – 2 January 1884J. G. Fitzgerald[53]
2 January 1884 – 29 July 1890Percy Augustus Temple[54][55][56]

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