List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne
Appearance
Lord Mayor of Melbourne | |
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since 24 May 2018 | |
Style | The Right Honourable Lord Mayor |
Appointer | Melbourne City Council |
Term length | 4 years, renewable indefinitely |
Inaugural holder | Henry Condell (mayor) Sir Samuel Gillott (lord mayor) |
Formation | 1842 (as mayor) 1902 (as lord mayor) |
Deputy | Nicholas Reece |
This is a list of mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a local government area of Victoria, Australia.
Mayors (1842–1902)
No. | Mayor | Term |
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1 | Henry Condell[1] | 1842–1844 |
2 | Henry Moor[2] | 1844–1845 |
3 | Sir James Frederick Palmer[3] | 1845–1846 |
4 | Henry Moor[2] | 1846–1847 |
5 | Andrew Russell[4] | 1847–1848 |
6 | William Montgomerie Bell | 1848–1849 |
7 | Augustus Greeves | 1849–1850 |
8 | William Nicholson | 1850–1851 |
9 | John Thomas Smith | 1851–1853 |
10 | John Hodgson | 1853–1854 |
11 | John Thomas Smith | 1854–1856 |
12 | Peter Davis | 1856–1857 |
13 | John Thomas Smith | 1857–1858 |
14 | Henry Sallows Walsh | 1858–1859 |
15 | Richard Eades | 1859–1860 |
16 | John Thomas Smith | 1860–1861 |
17 | Robert Bennett | 1861–1862 |
18 | Edward Cohen | 1862–1863 |
19 | John Thomas Smith | 1863–1864 |
20 | George Wragg | 1864–1865 |
21 | William Bayles | 1865–1866 |
22 | William Williams | 1866–1867 |
23 | James Stewart Butters | 1867–1868 |
24 | Thomas Moubray | 1868–1869 |
25 | Samuel Amess | 1869–1870 |
26 | Thomas McPherson | 1870–1871 |
27 | Orlando Fenwick | 1871–1872 |
28 | Thomas O'Grady | 1872–1873 |
29 | John McIlwraith | 1873–1874 |
30 | James Gatehouse | 1874–1875 |
31 | Alexander Kennedy Smith | 1875–1876 |
32 | James Paterson | 1876–1877 |
33 | John Pigdon | 1877–1878 |
34 | Joseph Story | 1878–1879 |
35 | George Meares | 1879–1881 |
36 | Cornelius Job Ham | 1881–1882 |
37 | James Dodgshun | 1882–1883 |
38 | Charles Smith | 1883–1884 |
39 | Godfrey Downes Carter | 1884–1885 |
40 | James Cooper Stewart | 1885–1886 |
41 | William Cain | 1886–1887 |
42 | Sir Benjamin Benjamin[5] | 1887–1889 |
43 | Matthew Lang | 1889–1892 |
44 | Sir Arthur Snowden | 1892–1895 |
45 | William Strong | 1895–1897 |
46 | Sir Malcolm McEacharn | 1897–1900 |
47 | Sir Samuel Gillott | 1900–1902 |
Lord mayors (1902–1980)
The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by King Edward VII on 18 December 1902.
Commissioners (1981–1982)
Commissioners | Term |
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Peter Francis Thorley (Chairman) | 1981–1982 |
Neil Smith | |
Richard Allston |
Lord mayors (1982–1993)
No. | Lord mayor | Term |
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88 | John William Gardner | 1982–1983 |
89 | Kevin Chamberlin | 1983–1984 |
90 | Edwin John Beacham | 1984–1985 |
91 | Thomas Simon Lynch | 1985–1986 |
92 | Trevor Huggard | 1986–1987 |
93 | Alexis Ord | 1987–1988 |
94 | Winsome McCaughey AO | 1988–1989 |
95 | William Deveney | 1989–1990 |
96 | Richard Wynne | 1990–1991 |
97 | Richard Meldrum | 1991–1992 |
98 | Desmond Clark | 1992–1993 |
99 | Alan Watson | 1993–1993 |
Commissioners (1993–1996)
Commissioners | Term |
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Kevan Gosper AO (Chief Commissioner) | 1993–1996 |
John Rose (Deputy Chief Commissioner) | |
Catherine Walter | |
Kevin Rose |
Lord mayors (since 1996)
No. | Lord mayor | Term |
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100 | Ivan Deveson AO | 1996–1999 |
101 | Peter Costigan | 1999–2001 |
102 | John So AO | 2001–2008 |
103 | Robert Doyle | 2008–2018 |
104 | Sally Capp AO | 2018–present |
Electoral history
2020 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Sally Capp | 27,949 | 31.60% | |
Apsara Sabaratnam | 14,753 | 16.68% | |
Nick Russian | 8,975 | 10.15% | |
Phil Reed | 8,355 | 9.45% | |
Jennifer Yang | 8,219 | 9.29% | |
Kath Larkin | 2,911 | 3.29% |
2018 Lord Mayor of Melbourne by-election | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Sally Capp | 19,412 | 25.38% | |
Jennifer Yang | 11,774 | 15.39% | |
Rohan Leppert | 11,296 | 14.77% | |
Sally Warhaft | 6,837 | 8.94% | |
Ken Ong | 6,769 | 8.85% | |
Gary Morgan | 6,412 | 8.38% | |
Qun Xie | 3,449 | 4.51% |
2016 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Robert Doyle | 31,743 | 44.62% | |
Olivia Ball | 15,131 | 21.27% | |
Phil Cleary | 7,745 | 10.89% | |
Ken Ong | 7,391 | 10.39% | |
Gary Morgan | 4,830 | 6.79% | |
Ron Hunt | 2,548 | 3.58% | |
Anthony Van Der Craats | 1,749 | 2.46% |
2012 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Robert Doyle | 25,342 | 40.76% | |
Gary Singer | 9,714 | 15.63% | |
Alison Parkes | 9,197 | 14.79% | |
Gary Morgan | 7,039 | 11.32% | |
Brian Shanahan | 4,187 | 6.73% | |
David Nolte | 2,670 | 4.29% | |
Berhan Ahmed | 1,523 | 2.45% | |
Keith Rankin | 1,438 | 2.31% | |
Joseph Toscano | 1,059 | 1.70% |
See also
References
- ^ "Mr Henry Condell (1797-1871)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Henry Moor (1809-1877)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ Gross, Alan (1974). "Palmer, Sir James Frederick (1803–1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 392–393. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Russell, Andrew". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Benjamin, Sir Benjamin (1834–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Melbourne City Council Lord Mayor by-election results". Vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2016 - Victorian Electoral Commission". Vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2012 - Victorian Electoral Commission". Vec.vic.gov.au. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
External links
- List of Mayors at RULERS
- Melbourne City Council