Cr Godfrey Santer has been unanimously elected deputy mayor of North Sydney in a widely anticipated changing of the guard from Cr William Bourke. The Labor councillor for St Leonard Ward got the nod as part of a well-flagged powersharing agreement between the dominant “bloc of six” on council which provides the numbers for Mayor Zoe Baker. Santer will remain in the position for a year until next September when both the mayor and deputy mayor positions will be voted on by all ten councillors.