Mayors of West Torrens and Thebarton
When the District Council of West Torrens was formed in 1853, local ratepayers voted for councillors to represent them. These councillors then appointed a chairman.
In 1883 the Town of Thebarton separated from West Torrens. Thebarton ratepayers would then vote in elections for both councillors and a mayor.
In 1944 the District Council of West Torrens had its first directly elected mayor and in 1954 the region was declared the City of West Torrens. In 1997 the City of West Torrens and the Town of Thebarton amalgamated. Annette O'Reilley was the last mayor of Thebarton and in 1997 she then became one of two councillors representing Thebarton Ward. She retired in 2014.
The City of West Torrens has seven wards with two councillors representing the residents and ratepayers in each ward: Airport, Hilton, Keswick, Lockleys, Morphett and Thebarton. A mayor is elected by the community and is the head of council.
District Council of West Torrens
- Chairman 1853-1859 Abraham Davis
- Chairman 1860 - 1862 George Dew
- Chairman 1863 - 1865 Charles Pearson
- Chairman 1866 - 1869 William Gray
- Chairman 1870 John Rowell
- Chairman 1871 - 1878 William Grey
- Chairman 1879 William Charlesworth
- Chairman 1880 John Marles
- Chairman 1881 John Prettejohn
- Chairman 1882 Thomas Pritchard
- Chairman 1883 - 1884 Edward Lipsett
- Chairman 1885 - 1888 Sydney Tolley
- Chairman 1889 William Bagshaw
- Chairman 1890 - 1899 James Rowell
- Chairman 1900 Alfred Cook
- Chairman 1901 - 1905 Richard Streeter
- Chairman 1906 - 1910 John Rowell
- Chairman 1911 - 1917 Henry Sherriff
- Chairman 1918 Henry Watson
- Chairman 1919 Frederick Ingerson
- Chairman 1920 Henry Sherriff
- Chairman 1922 - 1923 Albert Spencer
- Chairman 1924 - 1925 Gordon Rowell
- Chairman 1926 - 1927 Colin Leitch
- Chairman 1928 - 1930 Augustus Wilson
- Chairman 1931 - 1932 Tertius Powell
- Chairman 1933 - 1934 Egbert Osborn
- Chairman 1935 - 1936 Alexander Scott
- Chairman 1937 - 1938 Alfred Burt
- Chairman 1939 Arthur McLean
- Chairman 1940 Hurtle Norman
- Chairman 1941 - 1943 Howard Comley
- Mayor 1944 - 1946 Howard Comley
- Mayor 1946 - 1954 Charles Veale
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City of West Torrens
- Mayor 1954 - 1961 Robert Bartlett
- Mayor 1961 - 1976 Stephen Hamra
- Mayor 1976 - 1977 Dr Reece Jennings
- Mayor 1977 - 1989 Stephen Hamra
- Mayor 1989 - 1998 George Robertson
- Mayor 1999 - 2000 Dr Reece Jennings
- Mayor 2000 - 2018 Hon. John Trainer OAM
- Mayor 2018 - current Michael Coxon
Town of Thebarton
- Mayor 1883 - 1884 Benjamin Taylor
- Mayor 1883 - 1887 Edward Ronald
- Mayor 1887 - 1888 Bartholomew McCarthy
- Mayor 1888 - 1890 James Manning
- Mayor 1890 - 1893 Edwin Hemmingway
- Mayor 1893 - 1894 Robert Cuming
- Mayor 1894 - 1897 William Weber
- Mayor 1897 - 1901 Charles Ware
- Mayor 1901 - 1903 Robert Cuming
- Mayor 1903 - 1904 Charles Ware
- Mayor 1904 - 1908 William Goodenough
- Mayor 1908 - 1911 Alfred Styles
- Mayor 1911 - 1913 Alexander Collins
- Mayor 1913 - 1916 Thompson Green
- Mayor 1916 - 1917 Arthur Lemon
- Mayor 1917 - 1919 Alfred Blackwell
- Mayor 1919 - 1922 James Leal
- Mayor 1922 - 1924 Alfred Pretty
- Mayor 1924 - 1926 Edwin Isley
- Mayor 1926 - 1928 Harry Hatwell
- Mayor 1928 - 1931 Matthew Watson
- Mayor 1931 - 1937 Jules Langdon
- Mayor 1937 - 1939 Harry Hatwell
- Mayor 1939 - 1942 Albert Inkley
- Mayor 1942 - 1944 Oliver Turner
- Mayor 1944 - 1946 Arthur House
- Mayor 1946 - 1949 John Witty
- Mayor 1949 - 1956 Frank Haddrick
- Mayor 1956 - 1960 Norman Hajar
- Mayor 1960 - 1968 Raymond Crafter
- Mayor 1968 - 1969 Ray Brereton
- Mayor 1969 - 1971 Colin Shearing
- Mayor 1971 - 1974 Henry Heddle
- Mayor 1974 - 1980 James Flaherty
- Mayor 1980 - 1985 John Keough
- Mayor 1985 - 1987 John Lindner
- Mayor 1987 - 1997 Annette O’Rielley