Mayor of Derry City and Strabane

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry City & Strabane District in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry and Strabane District Council, chosen by their peers on the council to serve a one-year term.^[1] The mayor is the chairperson of the council as well as the city's first citizen. The current Mayor is Ruairí McHugh of Sinn Féin. The current Deputy Mayor is Alderman Niree McMorris of the Democratic Unionist Party.

The district was created in 2015 by the merger of two existing councils. The previous post of Mayor of Derry, more formally Lord Mayor of Londonderry, has a long history. A provost, Sir Henry Docwra, was appointed in the initial city charter of 1604 by James I. In 1613, this post was replaced with that of governor, or mayor, with John Rowley being the first to serve.^[2] The City charter of 1665 which provided:

And further we will, and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do grant and ordain, that for ever hereafter there be and shall be within the city of Londonderry aforesaid one of the more honest and discreet citizens of the said city, or of the more honest and discreet inhabitants within the liberty of the same, in form hereafter in these presents mentioned, from time to time to be elected, who shall be and called the mayor of the said city.^[3]

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During much of its history, it has been held by unionists (largely due to the practice of gerrymandering),^[4] but in recent years, the majority of mayors have been Irish nationalists, reflecting the majority of the city's population.

From 1921 until 1969, the Lord Mayor was automatically entitled to a seat in the Senate of Northern Ireland.

List of mayors

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17th century

From	To	Name
1615		John Vaughan
1617		Sir John Vaughan
1618		John Wray
1620	1621	Jesse Smith
1625		H Vaughan
1629		Sir John Vaughan
1631		William Gage
1636		Thomas Hammond
1639		Peter Benson
1641		James Vaughan
1643		Sir Robert Stewart^[5]
1644		Colonel Audley Mervyn
1646		Sir Charles Coote
1653		Henry Finch
1654		Ralph King
1655	1656	John Handford
1657		John Elwin
1658		Samuel Dawson (died in office)
1659		John Westgate
1660		Luke Ash
1662		William Gardner
1664		Colonel John Gorges
1670		Thomas Skipton
1671		Hugh Edwards
1672	1674	Samuel Norman
1675	1676	Gervais Squire
1677		Colonel William Cecil
1678	1680	Thomas Moncrieff
1681	1682	John Campsie
1683		Alexander Tomkins
1684		James Hobson
1685	1686	John Campsie
1687		Andrew Coningham (died in office)
1688		John Campsie
1690		Gervais Squire
1691		Alexander Lecky
1692		William Squire (died in office)
1693		James Lenox
1694		Henry Long
1695		Alexander Lecky
1696		Henry Ash
1697		James Lenox
1698		Horace Kennedy
1699		Gervais Squire
1700		Edward Brooks

18th century

From	To	Name
1701		Thomas Moncrieff^[6]
1702		Robert Shannon^[6]
1703	1704	Samuel Leeson^[6]
1705		Henry Ash^[6]
1706		George Tomkins^[6]
1707		Charles Norman^[6]
1708		Thomas Lecky^[6]
1709		Thomas Ash^[6]
1710		Samuel Leeson^[6]
1711		Robert Norman^[6]
1712		John Wotton^[6]
1713		Alexander Tomkins^[6]
1714		John Wotton^[7]
1769	1770	Robert Fairly^[8]
1771		Adam Schoales^[7]
1772		Hugh Hill^[7]
1773		William Lecky^[7]
1774	1775	Charles M'Manus^[7]
1776		Thomas Bateson^[7]
1777		John Coningham^[7]
1778		John Ferguson^[7]
1779		George Ash
1780	1781	Thomas Lecky^[7]
1782		Robert Fairly^[7]
1783	1784	John Coningham^[7]
1785	1786	Squire Lecky^[7]
1787	1788	John Coningham^[7]
1789		Squire Lecky^[7]
1790	1791	Eneas Murray^[7]
1792	1793	Stephen Bennett^[7]
1794	1795	George Kennedy^[7]
1796	1797	Andrew Ferguson^[7]
1798	1799	John Darcus^[7]
1800	1801	William Walker^[7]

19th century

From	To	Name
1802		R. G. Hill^[7]
1803		John Darcus^[7]
1804	1805	R. Murray^[7]
1806	1807	William Walker^[7]
1808	1809	Thomas Lecky^[7]
1810	1811	Thomas Scott^[7]
1812	1813	John Curry^[7]
1814	1815	Marcus S. Hill^[7]
1816	1817	William Alexander^[7]
1818	1819	William Scott^[7]
1820	1821	Sir John Maginnis^[7]
1822	1823	John Dysart^[7]
1824	1825	John Rea^[7]
1826	1827	Richard Young^[7]
1828	1829	Conolly Skipton^[7]
1830		Sir R.A. Ferguson (resigned), then J. Dysart^[7]
1831		Richard Young^[7]
1832	1833	George Hill^[7]
1834	1835	Joshua Gillespie^[7]
1836	1837	Thomas P. Kennedy^[7]
1838	1839	Sir Robert Bateson, Bt^[7]
1840	1841	Joseph E. Miller^[7]
1842	1843	Conolly Lecky^[9]
1843	1845	William Haslett^[9]
1845	1846	John Munn^[9]
1846	1847	Daniel Baird^[9]
1847		Alexander Lindsay^[9]
1859	1862	Bartholomew McCorkell JP^[9]
1868	1869	Sir Edward Reid^[10]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1875	1877	Sir William Miller, MD^[11]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
	1883	Henry Darcus
?	1887?	(Sir) Thomas Lecky^[12]
1888	1889	Sir William Miller	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1898	1899	Sir John Barr Johnston
1899	1900	Sir William McLearn	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell

20th century

From	To	Name
1901	1902	Sir Francis Henry Miller	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1908	1911	John McFarland	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1911	1912	Matthew Anderson Ballantine	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1912	1913	John McFarland	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1913	1915	William McLearn	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1915	1920	Robert Newton Anderson	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1920	1923	Hugh O'Doherty	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1923	1925	Maxwell Scott Moore	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1925	1927	John Gilbert Magee	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1927	1929	James Hamilton	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1929	1935	Dudley McCorkell	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1935	1939	James McElmunn Wilton	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1939	1940	Basil McFarland	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1940	1945	Frederick James Simmons	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1945	1950	Basil McFarland	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1950	1952	Gerald Stanley Glover	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1952	1954	Samuel Orr	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1954	1957	Samuel Sydney Dowds	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1957	1961	John Gordon Colhoun	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1961	1963	Gerald Stanley Glover	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1963	1968	Albert Anderson	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1968	1969	William Beatty	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1969	1973	Post vacant - council replaced by interim development commission
1973	1974	Raymond McClean	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1974	1975	Jack Allen	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1975	1976	Ivor Canavan	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1976	1977	James Hegarty	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1977	1978	Hugh Doherty	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1978	1979	Thomas M. Craig	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1979	1980	Pat Devine	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1980	1981	Marleen Jefferson	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1981	1982	Joe Fegan	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1982	1983	William O'Connell	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1983	1984	Len Green	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1984	1985	John Tierney	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1985	1986	John McNickle	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1986	1987	Noel McKenna	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1987	1988	James Guy	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1988	1989	Annie Gallagher	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1989	1990	Tony Carlin	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1990	1991	David Davis	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1991	1992	Mary Bradley	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1992	1993	William Hay	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1993	1994	Annie Courtney	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1994	1995	James Guy	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1995	1996	John Kerr	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1996	1997	Richard Dallas	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1997	1998	Martin Bradley	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1998	1999	Joe Millar	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
1999	2000	Pat Ramsey	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell

21st century

From	To	Name
2000	2001	Cathal Crumley	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2001	2002	Mildred Garfield	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2002	2003	Kathleen McCloskey	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2003	2004	Shaun Gallagher	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2004	2005	Gearóid Ó hEára	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2005	2006	Lynn Fleming	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2006	2007	Helen Quigley	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2007	2008	Drew Thompson	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2008	2009	Gerard Diver	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2009	2010	Paul Fleming	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2010	2011	Colum Eastwood	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2011	2012	Maurice Devenney	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2012	2013	Kevin Campbell	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2013	2014	Martin Reilly	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2014	2015	Brenda Stevenson	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2015	2016	Elisha McCallion	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2016	2017	Hilary McClintock	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2017	2018	Maolíosa McHugh	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2018	2019	John Boyle	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2019	2020	Michaela Boyle	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2020	2021	Brian Tierney	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2021	2022	Graham Warke	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2022	2023	Sandra Duffy	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2023	2024	Patricia Logue	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2024	-	Lilian Seenoi-Barr	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell

References

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External links

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1921 - 72

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