- 1939) James Low (1935 - 1937) Louis Gradner (1933 - 1935) Henry Stephan (1931 - 1933) Rev Alfred Lewis (South African politician) (1929 - 1931) Andrew Reid (South African politician) (1927 - 1929) William Fish (South African politician) (1925 - 1927) Ryno J. Verster (1922 - 1925) William Gardener (1920 - 1922) William J. Thorne (South African politician) (1918 - 1920) Sir Harry Hands (1915 - 1918) (second term) John Parker (1913 - 1915), first Mayor of "Greater" Cape Town after surrounding municipalities had been incorporated into the city Harry Hands (1912 - 1913) (first term) Sir Frank Smith (1908 - 1912) William Duncan Baxter (1907 - 1908) Hyman Liberman (1904 - 1907) Sir William Thorne (1901 - 1904) Thomas O'Reilly (1900 - 1901) (second term) Thomas Ball (1898 - 1900) Herman Boalch (1897 - 1898) (died in office) Sir John Woodhead (1896 - 1897) (fourth term) James Attwell (1895 - 1896) George Smart (1894 - 1895) John Woodhead (1893 - 1894) (third term) Johan Mocke (1892 - 1893) David Pieter de Villiers Graaff (1890 - 1892), later Minister of Public Works and Finance David Christiaan de Waal (1889 - 1890) John Woodhead (1888 - 1889) (second term) Thomas O'Reilly (1887 - 1888) (first term) John Woodhead (1886 - 1887) (first term) Thomas Inglesby (1885 - 1886), former honorary Colonel of Cape Field Artillery Philip Stigant (1884 - 1885) (third term) Charles Lewis (1883 - 1884) (second term) William Fleming (1881 - 1883) Petrus Kotzé (1879 - 1881) Jan Christoffel Hofmeyr (1878 - 1879) John Philip (1877 - 1878) Charles Lewis (1876 - 1877) (first term) P.U. Leibbrandt (1875 - 1876) Philip Stigant (1874 - 1875) (second term) Gillis J. de Korte (1872 - 1874) (third term) Philip Stigant (1871-1872) (first term) Gillis J. de Korte (1866 - 1871) (second term), title changed from "chairman" to "mayor" in 1867 D. G. van Breda (1865 - 1866) (second term) Joseph Barry (1863 - 1865) Thomas Watson (1863) W. Herman (1862 - 1863) Gillis J. de Korte (1860 - 1862) (first term) D. G. van Breda (1860) (first term) Hercules Crosse Jarvis (1848 - 1860) J. J. L. Smuts (1844 - 1848) Michiel van Breda (1840 - 1844), first Chairman of the Cape Town Municipality See also Timeline of Cape Town References External links Official website Government of Cape Town Cape Town 1840 establishments in the British Empire