Mr. John Young, Mayor of Sydney

John Young was Alderman for Bourke Ward on the City Council from 1 December 1876 to 30 November 1887. Young succeeded Thomas Playfair as Mayor of Sydney in 1886 and was credited with introducing wood blocking into Sydney streets. John Young was an Alderman of the Leichhardt Municipal Council from 1879 and was Mayor in 1879 and again in 1884 and 1885. He led the secession movement leading to the separation of Annandale from Leichhardt Council and was the founding Mayor of the Annandale Borough Council from 1894 to 1896.