Jean Hay
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Jean Hay AM |
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| 53rd Mayor of Manly | |
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In office 11 September 1999 – 27 March 2004 |
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| Deputy | Julie Heraghty |
| Preceded by | Sue Sacker |
| Succeeded by | Peter Macdonald |
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In office 13 September 2008 – 12 May 2016 |
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| Deputy | David Murphy Richard Morrison Alan Le Surf Adele Heasman Steve Pickering James Griffin |
| Preceded by | Peter Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | Dick Persson (Administrator) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jean Frances Arthurson 1940 Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (NSW Division) |
| Spouse(s) | David Hay (m. 1958) |
| Children | 1 Son and 2 Daughters |
| Residence | Fairlight |
| Alma mater | Cremorne Girls High School |
Jean Frances Hay AM (née Arthurson; born 1940) is an Australian local government politician. She served as the Mayor of Manly Council from 1999 to 2004 and was the last mayor of Manly from 8 September 2008 to 12 May 2016, following Manly's amalgamation into the new Northern Beaches Council.
Born Jean Frances Arthurson in Manly in 1940, Arthurson grew up in Manly and attended Cremorne Girls High School. On 1 March 1958, Arthurson married NSW Liberal politician David Hay and had one son and two daughters. In 2009 Hay, while serving as mayor, was diagnosed with breast cancer but by 2011 was declared cancer-free.
Hay was first elected to the Manly Municipal Council in September 1987 and was first elected Mayor from 1999 to 2004. In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Hay was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the Manly community through local government, community action and sporting groups, and as a fundraiser for welfare and health education programmes." On 1 January 2001 Hay was also awarded the Centenary Medal for "outstanding community service as mayor and councillor of Manly".
At the 2003 NSW state election, Hay stood as the Liberal candidate for her local seat of Manly against the sitting independent member, David Barr. Although Hay gained a majority of the primary vote on 41%, second preference flows were significant enough to ensure Barr was re-elected on a 51-48% two party-preferred margin. When the sitting Independent mayor, Dr. Peter Macdonald, announced he would not recontest the mayoral position ahead of the 2008 Local Government Elections, Hay stood again for the position and was elected with 37% of the vote. Hay was re-elected at the 2012 elections with a greatly increased 48.9% of the mayoral vote. From 8 July 2013, the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Tony Burke, appointed Hay to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust governing board of trustees, a Commonwealth Government body that works to preserve and rehabilitate a number of defence and other Commonwealth lands in and around Sydney Harbour, succeeding the vacancy created by former North Sydney mayor Genia McCaffery.
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