| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | 12 April 2014 |
| Turnout: | 68.74% |
| Image1: | IND |
| Candidate1: | Stuart Coppock |
| Color1: | 1C0DAB |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,259 |
| Percentage1: | 20.83% |
| Swing1: | 25.91 |
| Candidate2: | Tony Mustaca |
| Color2: | 1C0DAB |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,163 |
| Percentage2: | 20.52% |
| Swing2: | 20.52 |
| Image3: | IND |
| Color3: | 1C0DAB |
| Popular Vote3: | 6,144 |
| Percentage3: | 20.45% |
| Swing3: | 20.45 |
| 2Blank: | 2CP |
| 3Blank: | 2CP swing |
| 1Data1: | 35.04% |
| 2Data1: | 49.20% |
| 3Data1: | 2.46 |
| 1Data2: | 31.48% |
| 1Data3: | 33.47% |
| 2Data3: | 50.80% |
| 3Data3: | 50.80 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Pat Reilly |
| Before Party: | Independent politician |
| After Election: | Gail Giles-Gidney |
The 2014 Willoughby mayoral by-election was held on 15 November 2014 to elect the mayor of Willoughby, a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. The by-election was held following the death of incumbent mayor Pat Reilly.
Although she finished in third place on first preferences, candidate Gail Giles-Gidney won the by-election with 50.8% of the vote after preference distribution.[1]
On 21 January 2014, mayor Pat Reilly died following a short illness. He had been a councillor since 1987, served as mayor since September 1997, and became the first directly elected Willoughby mayor in 1999.[2] [3]
Reilly's funeral was held one week later on 28 January, and was attended by around 1,000 people, including former prime minister Bob Hawke, then-federal treasurer Joe Hockey, and then-Willoughby MP (and future NSW premier) Gladys Berejiklian.[4]
Reilly had most recently been re-elected in 2012, where he defeated his only opponent, Stuart Coppock, with 53.3% of the vote.[5]
10 candidates contested the by-election, including independent candidates with highly similar names − John C. Owen and John Owens.[6]
The Labor Party chose to endorse councillor Nic Wright as their candidate.[7]
Candidates are listed in the order they appeared on the ballot:
| Party | Candidate | Background | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Stickland | Willoughby East resident[8] | |||
| Nic Wright | Naremburn Ward councillor | |||
| James Flynn | West Ward candidate in 2012 | |||
| John C. Owen | Former General Manager of Willoughby City Council | |||
| Tony Mustaca | West Ward councillor | |||
| John Owens | Retired lawyer | |||
| Steven Willoughby | Naremburn resident | |||
| Stuart Coppock | Naremburn Ward councillor and 2012 mayoral candidate | |||
| Gail Giles-Gidney | Sailors Bay Ward councillor | |||
| Wendy Norton | Middle Harbour Ward councillor | |||