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Sallyanne Atkinson was elected Lord Mayor in 1985, after defeating the Labor incumbent Roy Harvey. She became the first female Lord Mayor of Brisbane, as well as the first from the Liberal Party. [8] She was eventually defeated in 1991 in a narrow upset election win by Jim Soorley, who received preferences from the Greens candidate Drew Hutton. [8]
Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts. [203] 2018. Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan). [204] 2019. Kassandra Gove, first woman elected mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts. [205]
The first woman to serve as mayor in the United States is believed to be Susanna M. Salter, who served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887. [3] [4] [5] However, the first woman recorded winning a mayoral election was Nancy Smith in 1862, who declined to be sworn in as mayor of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
The first woman mayor of Mayor of Auckland City, Catherine Tizard, was elected in 1983. Sallyanne Atkinson was the first woman elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia in 1985. Virginia Beach first elected Meyera Oberndorf mayor in 1988, making her the city's first woman mayor. She served in that capacity until 2009.
First California-born gubernatorial spouse, and the first one of Mexican heritage. Her father Don Rafael Guirado was from Guaymas, Mexico. Maria and John Downey had no children. [12] Jane Stanford (1828–1905) 1862–1863 Leland Stanford: Born in New York. One son Leland Stanford Jr. died at age 15 of typhoid fever.
Brisbane City Hall. Brisbane (pron. / ˈ b r ɪ z b eɪ n / BRIZ-bayn) is a small city in San Mateo County, California, located on the lower slopes of the San Bruno Mountain.The city is on the northeastern edge of San Mateo County, located immediately south of the San Francisco city limits on the San Francisco Bay.
Rose Garland Thornton, first woman mayor pro tem of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan [17] Lucy Turnbull, first woman Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia Joan Vinton, first woman mayor of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia Vinton served as interim mayor and was defeated in an election in December 2003 by deputy mayor David Hamilton. [18]
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the City of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and the head of the Brisbane City Council. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party was sworn in on 8 April 2019, following the resignation of Graham Quirk .