The following is based on the list of former mayors on the Kirklees Council web site.
Mayors of Huddersfield
From
|
To
|
Name of Mayor
|
Born
|
Died
|
1868
|
1871
|
Charles Henry Jones, J.P.
|
12 May 1800
|
28 Aug 1884
|
1871
|
1873
|
Wright Mellor, J.P.
|
29 Mar 1817
|
17 May 1893
|
1873
|
1874
|
Henry Brooke, J.P.
|
6 Feb 1825
|
10 Nov 1883
|
1874
|
1875
|
David Sykes, J.P.
|
c.1821
|
8 Nov 1889
|
1875
|
1876
|
John Fligg Brigg, J.P.
|
1823
|
22 Sep 1899
|
1876
|
1878
|
Joseph Woodhead, J.P.
|
1824
|
21 May 1913
|
1878
|
1880
|
Alfred Walker, J.P.
|
1838
|
8 Dec 1909
|
1880
|
1881
|
Thomas Denham, J.P.
|
24 Apr 1818
|
28 Oct 1892
|
1881
|
1883
|
John Fligg Brigg, J.P.
|
1823
|
22 Sep 1899
|
1883
|
1884
|
Wright Mellor, DL, J.P.
|
29 Mar 1817
|
17 May 1893
|
1884
|
1886
|
John Varley, J.P.
|
1836
|
30 Aug 1890
|
1886
|
1887
|
Wright Mellor, DL, J.P.
|
29 Mar 1817
|
17 May 1893
|
1887
|
1889
|
Joseph Brooke, J.P.
|
1830
|
2 May 1921
|
1889
|
1891
|
Godfrey Sykes, J.P.
|
1817
|
13 Feb 1896
|
1891
|
1893
|
Reuben Hirst, J.P.
|
1829
|
9 May 1910
|
1893
|
1895
|
John Joshua Brook, J.P.
|
1839
|
20 Dec 1896
|
1895
|
1897
|
John Lee Walker, J.P.
|
1839
|
20 Jan 1905
|
1897
|
1899
|
William Henry Jessop, J.P.
|
11 Jan 1841
|
26 Aug 1921
|
1899
|
1900
|
George William Hellawell, J.P.
|
1844
|
23 Jul 1920
|
1900
|
1901
|
Robert Mac Shaw, J.P.
|
30 Jan 1838
|
21 Apr 1909
|
1901
|
1902
|
Ernest Woodhead, M.A., J.P.
|
10 Feb 1857
|
10 Jun 1944
|
1902
|
1903
|
Frederick Calvert
|
1845
|
9 Feb 1904
|
1903
|
1904
|
Richard Henry Inman, J.P.
|
1849
|
12 Oct 1933
|
1904
|
1906
|
Benjamin Broadbent C.B.E., M.A., J.P., LL.D.
|
7 May 1850
|
25 Jun 1925
|
1906
|
1908
|
Owen Balmforth, J.P.
|
1855
|
30 Jan 1922
|
1908
|
1910
|
John Holroyd, J.P.
|
c.1845
|
11 Nov 1911
|
1910
|
1912
|
George Thomson, J.P.
|
c.1843
|
6 Oct 1921
|
1912
|
1916
|
Joseph Blamires, J.P.
|
1861
|
6 Nov 1918
|
1916
|
1918
|
William Henry Jessop, J.P.
|
11 Jan 1841
|
26 Aug 1921
|
1918
|
1919
|
Carmi Smith, J.P.
|
3 Apr 1847
|
4 Jun 1923
|
1919
|
1921
|
James Albert Woolven, J.P.
|
21 Dec 1852
|
14 Mar 1941
|
1921
|
1923
|
Wilfrid Dawson, J.P.
|
1871
|
11 Aug 1936
|
1923
|
1924
|
Joseph Berry, J.P.
|
20 Nov 1862
|
4 Jul 1944
|
1924
|
1926
|
Law Taylor, J.P.
|
1870
|
16 Dec 1934
|
1926
|
1928
|
Rowland Mitchell, J.P.
|
10 Oct 1871
|
5 Nov 1944
|
1928
|
1931
|
Thomas Canby, J.P.
|
31 May 1869
|
16 May 1947
|
1931
|
1933
|
Thomas Shires, J.P.
|
2 Sep 1868
|
24 Aug 1940
|
1933
|
1935
|
Albert Hirst, J.P.
|
6 Aug 1865
|
21 Oct 1941
|
1935
|
1937
|
Joseph Barlow, J.P.
|
9 Apr 1880
|
27 Jan 1956
|
1937
|
1938
|
Alfred Willis[1]
|
5 Dec 1865
|
1 Jan 1942
|
1938
|
1939
|
Fred Lawton
|
31 Aug 1864
|
14 Mar 1940
|
1939
|
1940
|
Norman Crossley
|
4 Sep 1890
|
19 Mar 1967
|
1940
|
1941
|
Arthur Edwin Sellers
|
10 Sep 1880
|
10 Jan 1954
|
1941
|
1942
|
Arthur Gardiner, J.P.
|
15 Jul 1889
|
1971
|
1942
|
1943
|
Walter Halstead[2]
|
28 Apr 1875
|
30 Mar 1943
|
1943
|
1943
|
John Ernest Lunn[3]
|
22 Feb 1872
|
5 Aug 1964
|
1943
|
1944
|
Arthur Samuel Moulton M.B.E., J.P.
|
11 May 1870
|
25 May 1948
|
1944
|
1945
|
Sidney Kaye O.B.E., LL.B
|
21 May 1891
|
11 Jan 1965
|
1945
|
1946
|
Mary Elaine Sykes, BA, LL.B
|
1896
|
25 Feb 1981
|
1946
|
1947
|
Thomas Smailes
|
24 Aug 1887
|
28 Dec 1955
|
1947
|
1949
|
Oliver Smith, J.P.[4]
|
20 Mar 1879
|
14 Feb 1951
|
1949
|
1950
|
David James Cartwright O.B.E.
|
17 Apr 1896
|
27 Nov 1952
|
1950
|
1951
|
John Llewellyn Dawson, B.A. LL.B.
|
6 Feb 1898
|
31 May 1979
|
1951
|
1952
|
George Bishop Jones, M.B.E., J.P.
|
22 Jun 1889
|
17 Dec 1975
|
1952
|
1953
|
James Frederick Collard Cole
|
13 Apr 1902
|
9 Aug 1982
|
1953
|
1954
|
Wilfrid Mallinson
|
1884
|
11 Feb 1956
|
1954
|
1955
|
John Armitage, J.P.[5]
|
19 Jul 1885
|
1972
|
1955
|
1956
|
John Thomas Gee, M.B.E.
|
22 Aug 1889
|
21 Nov 1981
|
1956
|
1957
|
Harry Andrew Bennie Gray, C.B.E., J.P.
|
28 Apr 1880
|
12 Jul 1971
|
1957
|
1958
|
Reginald Wood
|
|
|
1958
|
1959
|
Richard Harry Browne, J.P.
|
1891
|
22 May 1966
|
1959
|
1960
|
Joseph Louis Brook
|
18 Jul 1880
|
26 Mar 1960
|
1960
|
1961
|
Norman Day
|
|
|
1961
|
1962
|
Harry France Brook
|
1892
|
26 Dec 1965
|
1962
|
1963
|
John Arthur Bray
|
14 Oct 1899
|
4 Aug 1966
|
1963
|
1964
|
Marie Louise Middlebrook-Haigh, M.B.E.
|
2 Jan 1890
|
17 Dec 1978
|
1964
|
1965
|
Mary Christabel Gee (née Carnley)
|
17 Apr 1899
|
1967
|
1965
|
1966
|
Reginald Hartley, M.B.E., J.P.
|
21 Apr 1904
|
27 Jun 1988
|
1966
|
1967
|
Douglas Graham, C.B.E.
|
18 Dec 1902
|
?
|
1967
|
1968
|
John Sykes, O.B.E.
|
|
|
1968
|
1969
|
Thomas Painter Cliffe, LL.B
|
19 Aug 1922
|
1999
|
1969
|
1970
|
Arthur James Hazelden, J.P.
|
7 May 1907
|
1975
|
1970
|
1971
|
Kenneth Brooke[6]
|
1 Jul 1914
|
30 Aug 1974
|
1971
|
1972
|
Elsie May Whitteron
|
1 Oct 1896
|
1978
|
1972
|
1973
|
William Eric Whittaker, J.P.
|
10 Oct 1908
|
1991
|
1973
|
1974
|
John Mernagh, J.P.
|
13 May 1925
|
2002
|
Mayors of Kirklees
From
|
To
|
Name of Mayor
|
Born
|
Died
|
1974
|
1975
|
Reginald Hartley, M.B.E., J.P.
|
|
|
1975
|
1976
|
William Gregory
|
|
|
1976
|
1977
|
Andrew Alastair Mason
|
12 Aug 1914
|
20 Jun 1983
|
1977
|
1978
|
Jack Brooke
|
|
|
1978
|
1979
|
Charles Cyril Kenchington, M.B.E., Major (retired)
|
11 Apr 1912
|
1998
|
1979
|
1980
|
Donald White
|
|
|
1980
|
1981
|
Marjorie Fisher
|
4 Aug 1923
|
1991
|
1981
|
1982
|
Fred Pickles, J.P.
|
|
|
1982
|
1983
|
Jack Wood
|
|
|
1983
|
1984
|
Alfred Ramsden
|
|
|
1984
|
1985
|
Stanley Dawson
|
|
|
1985
|
1986
|
Colin C. Walker, J.P.
|
|
|
1986
|
1987
|
Mary Walsh
|
|
|
1987
|
1988
|
George Speight, J.P.
|
|
|
1988
|
1989
|
John Greaves Holt
|
Mar 1939
|
|
1989
|
1990
|
Colin Watson
|
|
|
1990
|
1991
|
Thomas Patrick O'Donovan, B.A. (Hons)
|
|
|
1991
|
1992
|
Jack Brooke
|
|
|
1992
|
1993
|
David A. Wright, O.B.E., J.P.
|
|
2021
|
1993
|
1994
|
John Mernagh, J.P.
|
13 May 1925
|
2002
|
1994
|
1995
|
Harold Sheldon
|
|
|
1995
|
1996
|
Kenneth Douglas Sims
|
Aug 1938
|
|
1996
|
1997
|
Allison Harrison
|
|
|
1997
|
1998
|
Rita Briggs
|
|
|
1998
|
1999
|
Michael Bower
|
|
|
1999
|
2000
|
Harry Fox
|
|
|
2000
|
2001
|
Ann Elspeth Denham, B.Sc.
|
Jan 1941
|
|
2001
|
2002
|
Mohan Singh Sokhal, J.P.
|
Jun 1945
|
|
2002
|
2003
|
Margaret R. Bates, D.L.
|
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
Barbara Allonby, B.A.
|
|
|
2004
|
2005
|
Mary Harkin
|
|
|
2005
|
2006
|
Margaret Fearnley
|
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
Donald M. Firth
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
Jean Calvert
|
|
|
2008
|
2009
|
Karam Hussain
|
|
|
2009
|
2010
|
Julie Stewart-Turner
|
|
|
2010
|
2011
|
Andrew Lawrence Palfreeman
|
Jul 1955
|
|
2011
|
2012
|
Eric Archer Firth
|
|
|
2012
|
2013
|
John Anthony David Ridgway, J.P.
|
Feb 1946
|
|
2013
|
2014
|
Martyn Bolt
|
|
|
2014
|
2015
|
Kenneth Arthur Smith
|
|
|
2015
|
2016
|
Paul Kane
|
|
|
2016
|
2017
|
Jim Dodds, B.E.M.
|
|
|
2017
|
2018
|
Christine Iredale
|
|
|
2018
|
2019
|
Gwen Lowe
|
Sep 1958
|
|
2019
|
2020
|
Mumtaz Hussain
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Notes and References
- ↑ His wife Ellen had died shortly before he took office and instead his daughter Florence Aubrey Willis (1890-1967) acted as the Mayoress.
- ↑ Mayor from November 1942 to March 1943.
- ↑ Mayor from May 1943 to November 1943.
- ↑ Mayor from November 1947 to May 1949.
- ↑ A retired engine driver, Alderman John Armitage had also "acted as a commissionaire at the main entrance of the Leeds Road group of Huddersfield AFC" but announced that he would have to give that job up whilst he was mayor. Yorkshire Post (26/May/1954).
- ↑ Born 11 July 1914. A director of builders J.B. Brooke & Sons. Was living at 228 Somerset Road with his wife Mabel (1913-2005) at the time of the 1939 Register. Died 30 August 1974 at Lytham St. Annes. "A Former Mayoress of Huddersfield has Died" in Huddersfield Daily Examiner (09/Aug/2005).