{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1936)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jeremy Bingham | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Alderman Jeremy Bingham, BA,LL.B. Lord Mayor of Sydney Jan 1989 to Sept 1991 A-00055976.jpg | office = 78th Lord Mayor of Sydney | term_start = 3 January 1989 | term_end = 23 September 1991 | deputy = Ross Bonthorne | predecessor = Sir Eric Neal | successor = Frank Sartor | office1 = Alderman of the Sydney City Council | term_start1 = 21 September 1974 | term_end1 = 26 March 1987 | term_start2 = 31 December 1988 | term_end2 = 23 September 1991 | office3 = Alderman of the Hunter's Hill Municipal Council | term_start3 = 4 December 1965 | term_end3 = 18 September 1971 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|03|16}} |birth_place = Gosford, New South Wales, Australia |death_date = |death_place = | spouse = Jill Smith (1955-1971) <br/>Carol Foreman (1973-1985)<br/>Candy Tymson (1987–) | party = Citizens' Reform Association | relations = | children = | occupation = Solicitor and property development consultant | signature = }}
'''Jeremy Bingham''' (born 16 March 1936) is an Australian property development consultant, solicitor and New South Wales local government politician who was Lord Mayor of Sydney and an Alderman of the Sydney City Council from 1974 to 1991 and Hunter's Hill Municipal Council from 1965 to 1971.<ref name=SCC>{{cite web|title=Jeremy Bingham|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/jeremy-bingham/|website=Sydney's Alderman|publisher=Sydney City Council|accessdate=26 August 2014}}</ref>
Bingham was involved in heritage and planning matters relating to the Queen Victoria Building (QVB) in Sydney during the 1980s. As an Alderman of the City of Sydney, he participated in council processes associated with the building’s restoration, including matters considered by committees overseeing the redevelopment and leasing of the QVB.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://meetings.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/CeConvert2PDF.aspx?A=1&F=Council+Minutes+-+13+August+1984.pdf.docx&MID=3246&R=0 |title=Council Minutes – 13 August 1984 |publisher=City of Sydney |access-date=20 March 2026}}</ref> Council minutes from the period record his involvement in matters relating to the Queen Victoria Building Restoration Committee and associated planning activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://meetings.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/CeConvert2PDF.aspx?A=1&F=Council+Minutes+-+23+February+1987.docx&MID=3357&R=0 |title=Council Minutes – 23 February 1987 |publisher=City of Sydney |access-date=20 March 2026}}</ref>
In later commentary on heritage planning, Bingham observed that the Queen Victoria Building had not previously been widely recognised as a heritage item, reflecting changing attitudes toward heritage conservation in Sydney.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heritagevaluer.com.au/publications/AdvisingonHeritage.pdf |title=Advising on Heritage: Broadening the Role of the Valuer |publisher=Heritage Valuer |access-date=20 March 2026}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{s-bef| before= Nelson Meers}} {{s-ttl |title= Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney | years = 1978 – 1980 }} {{s-aft|after= Joseph Bradford}} {{s-bef| before= Sir Eric Neal| as=Chief Commissioner of Sydney }} {{s-ttl |title= Lord Mayor of Sydney | years = 1989 – 1991 }} {{s-aft|after= Frank Sartor }} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bingham, Jeremy}} Category:1936 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century mayors of places in Australia Category:Australian solicitors Category:Civic Reform Association politicians Category:Municipality of Hunter's Hill Category:Mayors and lord mayors of Sydney Category:Deputy lord mayors of Sydney Category:University of Sydney alumni