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List of mayors of Bendigo

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This is a list of the mayors of the City of Bendigo and the City of Greater Bendigo, a local government area and the fourth largest city in Victoria, Australia.

Sandhurst Municipal Council (1856-1871)

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# Chairman/Mayor Term
1 Edward Nucella Emmett 1856-1857
2 James Forrester Sullivan 1857-1858
3 William Vazie Simons 1858-1860
4 Joseph Henry Abbott 1860-1861
5 James Joseph Casey 1861
6 Robert Strickland 1861-1862
7 Robert Burrowes 1862-1863
8 Sir John McIntyre 1863-1868
9 John Holmes 1868-1869
10 George Aspinall 1869-1870
11 James Boyd 1870-1871

City of Sandhurst / Bendigo (1871-1994)

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# Mayor Term
1 James Boyd 1870-1871
2 Dugald Macdougall 1871-1873
3 George Aspinall 1873-1874
4 John Augustus Woodward 1874–1875
5 Robert Clark 1875–1876
6 Henry Hattam 1876
7 Ebenezer Neill 1876-1877
8 Alexander Bayne 1877-1878
9 David Chaplin Sterry 1878-1879
(4) John Augustus Woodward 1879-1880
10 Patrick Hayes 1880-1881
11 Walter George Jackson 1881-1882
12 Abraham Harkness 1882–1883
13 Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[1][2][3][4] 1883-1884
14 John Delbridge 1884-1885
15 Samuel Henry McGowan 1885-1886
(10) Patrick Hayes 1886
16 Thomas Jefferson Connelly 1887-1888
17 Jacob Isaac Cohn 1888-1889
18 John Paul Carolin 1889-1890
19 John Roberts Hoskins 1890-1891
20 Joseph Henry Abbott 1891-1893
21 Daniel Barnett Lazarus 1893-1894
22 Conrad Heinz 1894-1895
(21) Daniel Barnett Lazarus 1895-1896
23 Harry Montague Marks 1896-1897
(12) Abraham Harkness 1897-1899
(15) Samuel Henry McGowan 1899-1900
24 Simeon Ryan 1900-1901
25 John Roberts Hoskins 1901-1902
26 James Henry Curnow 1902-1904
27 Ambrose Dunstan 1904-1905
28 Luke Murphy 1905-1906
29 James Semmens 1906-1907
(18) John Paul Carolin 1907-08
30 Andrew Harkness 1908-1909
31 David John Andrew 1909-1910
32 William Henry Wilkie 1910-11
33 Harry Astwood Ross 1911-1912
(26) James Henry Curnow 1912-1913
(31) David John Andrew 1913-1914
(32) William Henry Wilkie 1914-1915
34 William Beebe 1915-1917
35 Richard Hartley Smith Abbott 1917-1918
(27) Ambrose Dunstan 1904-1905
(26) James Henry Curnow 1919-1920
(31) David John Andrew 1920-1921
36 James Edward Holland 1921-1922
37 Michael Gabriel Giudice 1922-1924
38 Ernest Morton Vains 1924-1925
39 William Ewing 1925-1926
40 John Andrew Michelsen 1926-1927
(26) James Henry Curnow 1927-1928
41 Edwin George Batchelder 1928-1929
42 Michael Eugene O'Brien 1929-1930
43 William Henry Taylor 1930-1931
44 George Dawson Garvin 1931-1932
45 Frederick Conrad Niemann 1932-1933
46 George Bennetts 1933-1934
47 Albert Staples 1934-1935
(40) John Andrew Michelsen 1935-1936
48 William May Bolton 1936-1937
(43) William Henry Taylor 1937-1938
(44) George Dawson Garvin 1938-1939
(47) Albert Staples 1939-1940
49 George Albert Pethard 1940-1941
50 Alfred John Anderson 1941-1942
(40) John Andrew Michelsen 1941-1942
(43) William Henry Taylor 1942-1943
51 Leslie William Galvin 1944–1945
52 Anthony Truscott 1945–1946
53 David William Streader 1946–1947
(49) George Albert Pethard 1947-1948
54 Ernest Frederick Granger 1948-1949
55 Robert Poulston 1949-1950
56 Norman Joseph Oliver 1950-1951
(49) George Albert Pethard 1951-1952
57 Thomas Richard Flood 1952-1953
58 Frederick William Clayton 1953-1954
(55) Robert Poulston 1954-1955
59 Henry William Snell 1955-1956
60 Alexander Sadler Craig 1956-1957
(57) Thomas Richard Flood 1957-1958
(58) Henry William Snell 1958-1960
61 Rupert Harold Thomas Wilson 1960-1961
(58) Frederick William Clayton 1961-1962
62 Roy Alexander Rae 1962-1963
(59) Alexander Sadler Craig 1963-1964
(56) Norman Joseph Oliver 1964-1965
63 Roy Francis (Dick) Turner 1965-1966
(57) Thomas Richard Flood 1966-1967
64 Rodney Warren Cambridge 1967-1968
(57) Thomas Richard Flood 1968-1969
65 James Clarkson McCoy (Clark) Jeffrey 1969-1970
(56) Norman Joseph Oliver 1970-1971
66 Douglas Ewan Elliott 1971-1972
67 Joseph Patrick Pearce 1972-1973
(59) Alexander Sadler Craig 1973-1974
(63) Roy Francis (Dick) Turner 1974-1975
68 Robert Lindsay Campbell 1975-1976
69 Robert Russell Cooper 1976-1977
(63) Roy Francis (Dick) Turner 1977-1978
70 Eugene Carl Sandner 1978-1979
(68) Robert Lindsay Campbell 1979-1980
71 Paul T. Tomkinson 1980-1981
72 Christopher David Stoltz 1981-1982
(67) Joseph Patrick Pearce 1982-1983
73 Peter Mansell 1983-1984
(67) Joseph Patrick Pearce 1984-1985
74 Norman Francis Quin 1985-1986
75 Michael Alexander Anthony Currie 1986-1987
76 Colin Mayne Nankervis 1987-1988
77 Robin L. Adams 1988-1989
78 Peter R. Morley 1989-1990
79 James Douglass 1990-1993
80 Andrew John Balsillie 1993-1994

Commissioners (1993-1996)

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Commissioners Term
Peter Ross-Edwards (Chairman) 1993–1996
Les Crofts 1993–1995
Maxine Crouch 1995–1996
Gordon McKern 1993–1994
Maurie Sharkey 1994–1996

City of Greater Bendigo (1996-present)

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# Mayor Term
1 Megan Weston 1996–1997
2 Barry Ackerman 1997–1998
3 Maurie Sharkey 1998–1999
4 Daryl McClure 1999–2000
5 Laurie Whelan 2000–2001
(2) Barry Ackerman 2001–2002
6 Willi Carney 2002–2003
7 Rod Fyffe 2003–2004
8 Greg Williams 2004-2004
(7) Rod Fyffe 2004–2005
9 David Jones 2005–2006
10 Julie Rivendell 2006–2007
(9) David Jones 2007–2008
11 Kevin Gibbins 2008–2009
12 Rod Campbell 2009–2010
(7) Rod Fyffe 2010–2011
13 Alec Sandner 2011–2012
14 Lisa Ruffell 2012–2013
15 Barry Lyons 2013–2014
16 Peter Cox 2014–2015
(7) Rod Fyffe 2015–2016
17 Margaret O'Rourke 2016–2020
18 Jennifer Alden 2020–2021
19 Andrea Metcalf 2021–present

See also

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Betty Jackman's book - Mayors of Bendigo [5] is a public reference for the Mayors.

References

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  1. ^ Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1880s (State Library Victoria).
  2. ^ Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1878; Lerk, L., "Both Mayor and Minstrel", Bendigo Weekly, 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ Parliament of Victoria: Remember Database: Alfred Shrapnell Bailes.
  4. ^ Deaths: Bailes, The Age, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.1; Personal, The Argus, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.16.
  5. ^ Jackman, Betty May (2003), Mayors of Bendigo 1856-2001. Pyrenees Press Pty Ltd, Maryborough Vic. ISBN 0-9578260-0-1.