Michael O'Dea (Australian politician)

Michael O'Dea
35th Mayor of North Sydney
In office
27 September 1972 – 21 September 1974
DeputyPeter Tranter
David Wyllie
Preceded byJohn Woodward
Succeeded byInnes Stanley Haviland
Alderman of the Municipality of North Sydney
for Belmore Ward
In office
29 March 1969 – 21 September 1974
Preceded byJames Francis Cahill
Succeeded byBruce John Jenkins
Personal details
Born (1938-11-11) 11 November 1938 (age 86)
Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyIndependent
SpouseMarianne Mulders (m. 1963)
ChildrenNine, incl. Jonathan Richard O'Dea

John Michael O'Dea AM, KCSG (born 11 November 1938) is an Australian solicitor and former local government politician who served as an alderman and mayor of the Municipality of North Sydney. O'Dea was a solicitor with Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers from 1960 and was a partner from 1963 until his retirement in 2006. He is the father of the Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly, Jonathan O'Dea.