Sale Municipal Borough Council
Sale Municipal Borough Council was established in 1935, superseding the Sale Urban District Council following Sale's municipal charter of incorporation. The borough council was later abolished in 1974 when the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford was established by the Local Government Act (1972).
Mayor of Sale
List of Mayors of Sale
The following is a list of individuals who were elected internally by Sale Municipal Borough Council to serve as the Mayor of Sale.
| Name | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Clarke | 1935 | 1936 | Died a few weeks before their term was due to begin, prompting a second person to be elected for the same year. |
| Richard Blayney Pettener | 1935 | 1936 | First person to begin their term as the Mayor of Sale. |
| Tom Howe | 1936 | 1937 | |
| James William Slate | 1937 | 1938 | |
| William Plant | 1938 | 1939 | |
| George Frederick Gordon | 1939 | 1940 | |
| William Henry Wright | 1940 | 1941 | |
| John Paley Parrish | 1941 | 1942 | |
| Edward Albert Thomson | 1942 | 1943 | |
| Jack Harcourt Wilson | 1943 | 1944 | |
| Herbert Townend | 1944 | 1945 | |
| Arthur William Mawer | 1945 | 1946 | |
| Reginald Payne Bannister | 1946 | 1947 | |
| Fred Davenport Gee | 1947 | 1949 | Term was extended into 1949 as the Representation of the People Act (1948) changed how local elections worked. This resulted in the November 1948 local election being postponed until the first week of May 1949. |
| Frank Henry Highley | 1949 | 1950 | |
| Francis Beard Taylor | 1950 | 1951 | |
| William Augustine Costello | 1951 | 1952 | |
| Bernard Flinter | 1952 | 1953 | |
| Thomas Fuller Hampson | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Leonard Bethell | 1954 | 1955 | |
| John Gibson Steel | 1955 | 1956 | |
| William Arthur Jones | 1956 | 1957 | |
| Harold Hastilow Cunliffe | 1957 | 1958 | |
| Richard Goodshaw Graham | 1958 | 1959 | |
| Winifred Mary Phillips | 1959 | 1960 | |
| Ernest Lee | 1960 | 1961 | |
| Samuel Price Harris | 1961 | 1962 | |
| Albert George Goodliffe | 1962 | 1963 | |
| Thomas Arthur Winnington | 1963 | 1964 | |
| William Munro | 1964 | 1965 | |
| Royden Lewis Heath | 1965 | 1966 | |
| Francis Seddon Laughton | 1966 | 1967 | |
| Victor Samuel Webb | 1967 | 1968 | |
| Harry Jackson | 1968 | 1969 | |
| Eric Percy Mellor | 1969 | 1970 | |
| George Russell | 1970 | 1971 | |
| Peter William Croft | 1971 | 1972 | |
| Richard Mee | 1972 | 1973 | |
| Keith Orton | 1973 | 1974 | Last person to be elected Mayor of Sale before it was superseded by the Mayor of Trafford. |