22 Facts About Clover Moore

Clover Margaret Moore is an Australian politician.

Clover Moore has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004 and is currently the longest serving Lord Mayor of Sydney since the creation of the City of Sydney in 1842.

Clover Moore was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2012, representing the electorates of Bligh and Sydney.

Clover Moore Margaret Collins was born on 22 October 1945 and grew up in the suburb of Gordon, on Sydney's North Shore.

Clover Moore attended Loreto Kirribilli at Kirribilli and Elm Court Dominican Convent, Moss Vale.

Clover Moore matriculated to the University of Sydney, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and a Diploma of Education from the Sydney Teachers' College, while residing at Sancta Sophia College.

Clover Moore married Peter Clover Moore, an architect, before returning to Australia.

Clover Moore decided to run for Council in 1980, after she and other members of the group had met, after three years of attempts, with then-mayor, Bill Hartup regarding a local park.

Clover Moore was elected as an independent alderman for Redfern Ward on South Sydney Municipal Council at the 1980 local government elections.

However, in December 1981, the New South Wales Government amalgamated the South Sydney Council with the City of Sydney, and Clover Moore became a Redfern Ward Alderman of the newly formed Sydney City Council from 1 January 1982.

Clover Moore developed a visible profile in the community, campaigning on a variety of issues both in her position as alderman and in the broader community, particularly in her home suburb of Redfern.

Clover Moore was interested in the environment, conservation, and heritage preservation, being involved in the unsuccessful campaign to save the 1936 Rural Bank Building in Martin Place and describing the ALP Lord Mayor, Doug Sutherland, as the "Judas of Martin Place" for his role in approving its demolition in 1982.

In May 1984, Clover Moore ran for the position of Deputy Lord Mayor after the election, but was defeated by the main right-wing Labor candidate, Stan Ashmore-Smith, when the two Independent Communist Aldermen sided with the Labor caucus in the vote.

In late 1986, Clover Moore started her campaign to become the city's first female Lord Mayor and defeat incumbent Doug Sutherland, declaring "I think everyone would agree it is time for a breath of fresh air and a Lord Mayor committed enough to stay in Sydney to do the job" in a criticism of Sutherland's frequent international trips.

Clover Moore's power increased dramatically when, along with fellow independents Peter Macdonald and Tony Windsor, she gained the balance of power in the Legislative Assembly.

Clover Moore was to again take the spotlight when the Independent Commission Against Corruption handed down a finding that was sharply critical of Liberal Premier Nick Greiner on 1 June 1992.

Clover Moore went on to hold her seat with a largely safe margin at the 1995 and 1999 elections.

Clover Moore won the election, finishing with more than double the vote of Lee, and ABC election analyst Antony Green announced that she would "romp through" to win, only 90 minutes after counting began.

In 2008 NSW local government elections Clover Moore was re-elected as Lord Mayor of Sydney.

Clover Moore introduced a system of cycleways within the City of Sydney.

On 27 October 2007, Clover Moore proposed a Private Members Bill that would ban the sale of dogs, cats and other mammals in NSW pet stores, and effectively ban the breeding of crossbred dogs.

Clover Moore was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to local government, to the people and Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community of Sydney".