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List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne
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This is a list of mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a local government area of Victoria, Australia.
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Lord Mayor of Melbourne | |
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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) |
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Mayors (1842–1902)
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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 |
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Lord mayors (1902–1980)
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The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by King Edward VII on 18 December 1902.
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No. | Lord mayor | Term |
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48 | Sir Samuel Gillott | 1902–1903 |
49 | Sir Malcolm McEacharn | 1903–1904 |
50 | Charles Pleasance | 1904–1905 |
51 | Sir Henry Weedon | 1905–1908 |
52 | James Burston | 1908–1910 |
53 | Thomas James Davey | 1910–1912 |
54 | Sir David Valentine Hennessy | 1912–1917 |
55 | Frank Stapley | 1917–1918 |
56 | William Whyte Cabena | 1918–1919 |
57 | John Aikman | 1919–1920 |
58 | Sir John Warren Swanson | 1920–1923 |
59 | Sir William Brunton | 1923–1926 |
60 | Sir Stephen Joseph Morell | 1926–1928 |
61 | Harold Daniel Luxton | 1928–1931 |
62 | Sir Harold Gengoult Smith | 1931–1934 |
63 | Sir Alexander George Wales | 1934–1937 |
64 | Edward Campbell | 1937–1938 |
65 | Sir Arthur Coles | 1938–1940 |
66 | Sir Frank Beaurepaire | 1940–1942 |
67 | Sir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold | 1942–1945 |
68 | Sir Francis Raymond Connelly | 1945–1948 |
69 | Sir James Stanley Disney | 1948–1951 |
70 | Oliver John Nilsen | 1951–1952 |
71 | William John Brens | 1952–1953 |
72 | Robert Henry Solly | 1953–1954 |
73 | Sir Francis Palmer Selleck | 1954–1957 |
74 | Sir Frederick William Thomas | 1957–1959 |
75 | Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans | 1959–1961 |
76 | Maurice Arnold Nathan | 1961–1963 |
77 | Edward Leo Curtis | 1963–1965 |
78 | Ian Beaurepaire | 1965–1967 |
79 | Reginald Thomas Anthony Talbot | 1967–1969 |
80 | Ted Best | 1969–1971 |
81 | Alwynne Rowlands | 1971–1972 |
82 | Alan Douglas Whalley | 1972–1974 |
83 | Ron Walker | 1974–1976 |
84 | Donald Osborne | 1976–1977 |
85 | Irvin Rockman | 1977–1979 |
86 | Ralph Angelo Bernardi | 1979–1980 |
87 | John William Woodruff | 1980–1981 |
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Commissioners (1981–1982)
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Commissioners | Term |
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Peter Francis Thorley (Chairman) | 1981–1982 |
Neil Smith | |
Richard Allston |
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Lord mayors (1982–1993)
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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 |
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Commissioners (1993–1996)
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Commissioners | Term |
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Kevan Gosper AO (Chief Commissioner) | 1993–1996 |
John Rose (Deputy Chief Commissioner) | |
Catherine Walter | |
Kevin Rose |
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Lord mayors (1996−present)
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No. | Image | Lord Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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100 | ![]() |
Ivan Deveson (1934–2024) |
Melbourne First | 26 March 1996 | May 1999 | Resigned |
101 | ![]() |
Peter Costigan (1935–2002) |
Independent | May 1999 | 22 July 2001 | Council dismissed. Did not seek re-election |
102 | ![]() |
John So (b. 1946) |
Melbourne Living | 22 July 2001 | 1 December 2008 | Retired |
103 | ![]() |
Robert Doyle (b. 1953) |
Team Doyle | 1 December 2008 | 4 February 2018 | Resigned amid sexual harassment allegations |
104 | ![]() |
Sally Capp | Independent | 26 May 2018 | 21 September 2020 | Resigned after choosing not to seek re-election |
Team Sally Capp | 21 September 2020 | 2 July 2024 | ||||
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Nicholas Reece (b. 1974) |
Team Nick Reece | 2 July 2024 | current | Incumbent |
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Electoral results
2024
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Leadership Team.[edit]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Team Nick Reece | Nick Reece[a] Roshena Campbell[b] |
20,523 | 23.36 | −8.24[c] | |
Greens | Roxane Ingleton Marley McRae McLeod |
12,445 | 14.17 | −2.51 | |
Liberal | Mariam Riza Luke Martin |
11,985 | 13.64 | +13.64 | |
Team Kouta | Anthony Koutoufides Intaj Khan[b] |
11,345 | 12.91 | +12.91 | |
Team Wood | Arron Wood Erin Deering |
8,856 | 10.08 | −5.18 | |
Labor | Phil Reed Virginia Wills |
5,930 | 6.75 | −2.70 | |
Team Morgan | Gary Morgan Liz Ge |
4,281 | 4.87 | +2.10 | |
Team Hakim | Jamal Hakim Esther Anatolitis |
3,766 | 4.29 | +4.29 | |
Rip Up the Bike Lanes! | Anthony van der Craats[a] David Keith Cragg |
3,706 | 4.22 | +4.22 | |
Voices for Melbourne | Greg Bisinella Megan Stevenson |
3,079 | 3.50 | +3.50 | |
Animal Justice | Eylem Kim Bruce Poon |
1,936 | 2.20 | +2.20 | |
Total formal votes | 87,852 | 95.02 | −1.60 | ||
Informal votes | 4,603 | 4.98 | +1.60 | ||
Turnout | 92,455 | 67.73 | +1.00 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Team Nick Reece | Nick Reece[a] Roshena Campbell[b] |
54,018 | 61.49 | +8.05[d] | |
Greens | Roxane Ingleton Marley McRae McLeod |
33,834 | 38.51 | +38.51 | |
Team Nick Reece hold | Swing | N/A |
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2020
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Leadership Team.[edit]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Team Sally Capp | Sally Capp Nicholas Reece |
27,949 | 31.60 | +6.22 | |
Greens | Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton |
14,753 | 16.68 | −4.59 | |
Team Arron Wood | Arron Wood Lisa Teh |
13,497 | 15.26 | +15.26 | |
Bring Back Melbourne | Nick Russian Michael Burge |
8,975 | 10.15 | +10.15 | |
Labor | Phil Reed Wesa Chau |
8,355 | 9.45 | +9.45 | |
Back To Business | Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee |
8,219 | 9.29 | +9.29 | |
Victorian Socialists | Kath Larkin Daniel Nair Dadich |
2,911 | 3.29 | +3.29 | |
Morgan-Watts Team | Gary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie |
2,446 | 2.77 | −4.02 | |
Team Zorin | Wayne Tseng Gricol Yang |
1,329 | 1.50 | +1.50 | |
Total formal votes | 88,434 | 96.62 | +0.22 | ||
Informal votes | 3,096 | 3.38 | −0.22 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Team Sally Capp | Sally Capp Nicholas Reece |
47,256 | 53.44 | +0.39 | |
Team Arron Wood | Arron Wood Lisa Teh |
41,178 | 46.56 | +46.56 | |
Team Sally Capp hold | Swing | N/A |
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2018 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 2018 Melbourne lord mayoral by-election § Results.[edit]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Sally Capp | 19,412 | 25.38 | +25.38 | |
Labor | Jennifer Yang | 11,774 | 15.39 | +15.39 | |
Greens | Rohan Leppert | 11,296 | 14.77 | −6.50 | |
Independent | Sally Warhaft | 6,837 | 8.94 | ||
Liberal | Ken Ong | 6,769 | 8.85 | ||
Independent | Gary Morgan | 6,412 | 8.38 | ||
Independent | Qun Xie | 3,449 | 4.51 | ||
Independent | Allan Watson | 2,488 | 3.25 | ||
Independent | Nathalie Nicole O'Sughrue | 2,087 | 2.73 | ||
Independent | Michael Burge | 1,571 | 2.05 | ||
Independent | Alex MacDonald | 1,387 | 1.81 | ||
Animal Justice | Bruce Poon | 1,243 | 1.63 | ||
Independent | Katie Sfetkidis | 933 | 1.22 | ||
Independent | Luke Downing | 834 | 1.09 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Sally Capp | 40,579 | 53.05 | +53.05 | |
Labor | Jennifer Yang | 35,913 | 46.95 | +46.95 | |
Independent gain from Team Doyle | Swing | N/A |
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2016
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections § Leadership Team.[edit]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood |
31,743 | 44.62 | +3.86 | |
Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton |
15,131 | 21.27 | +6.48 | |
Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su |
7,745 | 10.89 | +10.89 | |
Together Melbourne | Ken Ong Sue Morphet |
7,391 | 10.39 | +10.39 | |
Team Morgan - A City That Works | Gary Morgan Michael O'Brien |
4,830 | 6.79 | −4.53 | |
Strengthening Melbourne | Ron Hunt Doone Clifton |
2,548 | 3.58 | +3.58 | |
The Light On The Hill Team | Anthony van der Craats Yunli Han |
1,749 | 2.46 | +2.46 | |
Total formal votes | 71,137 | 96.40 | +0.75 | ||
Informal votes | 2,658 | 3.60 | −0.75 | ||
Turnout | 73,795 | 55.15 | −4.79 | ||
Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood |
36,974 | 51.98 | −0.44 | |
Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton |
18,481 | 25.98 | +0.91 | |
Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su |
15,682 | 22.04 | +22.04 | |
Team Doyle hold | Swing | N/A |
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