1842 Sydney City Council election

1842 Sydney City Council election
	1 November 1842
Lord Mayor before election; Charles Windeyer;	Subsequent Lord Mayor ; John Hosking;

The 1842 Sydney City Council election was held on 1 November 1842 to elect 24 aldermen for the City of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales.

This was the first election for Sydney after it was formally established on 20 July 1842. A total of 49 candidates contested the election, with polling open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Following the election, John Hosking was elected by the aldermen as lord mayor.

In Brisbane Ward, The Sydney Morning Herald reported that some electors chose not to vote because they had promised their votes to five or six candidates, and upon discovering they could only vote for four, decided not to vote at all.