List of mayors of Yarra

This is a list of mayors of the City of Yarra, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[1]

Mayor of Yarra
Incumbent Stephen Jolly since 19 November 2024
Appointer	Stephen Jolly
Term length	1 year
Inaugural holder	John Sawyer
Formation	March 1996
Deputy	Sarah McKenzie

The current mayor is Stephen Jolly, who was voted into the position by councillors on 19 November 2024 following the 2024 local government elections.^[2]

Commissioners

1994–1996

Commissioners	Term
Julian Walmsley (Chief Commissioner)	1994–1996
Barbara Champion	1994–1995
Frank Thompson	1994–1996
Carmen Watson	1995–1996

Mayors

1996–present

No.	Image	Mayor (Ward)	Party	Term start	Term end	Council control (term)
1		John Sawyer (Carringbush)	Labor	March 1996	March 1997		Labor majority (1996–2002)
2		Linda Hoskins (MacKillop)	Labor	March 1997	March 1998
3		John Phillips (Nicholson)	Labor	March 1998	March 1999
4		Steve Watson (MacKillop)	Labor	March 1999	March 2000
(3)		John Phillips (Nicholson)	Labor	March 2000	March 2001
5		Sue Corby (Carringbush)	Labor	March 2001	March 2002
				March 2002	March 2003		No overall control (2002–2020)
6		Greg Barber (MacKillop)	Greens	March 2003	March 2004
7		Kay Meadows (Docker)	Labor	March 2004	November 2004[a]
		(Melba)		November 2004	November 2005
8		Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls)	Independent	November 2005	November 2006
9		Jenny Farrar (Langridge)	Greens	November 2006	November 2007
10		Judy Morton (Melba)	Independent Labor	November 2007	November 2008
11		Amanda Stone (Nicholls)	Greens	November 2008	November 2009
12		Jane Garrett (Nicholls)	Labor	November 2009	November 2010
13		Alison Clarke (Melba)	Greens	November 2010	November 2011
14		Geoff Barbour (Langridge)	Labor	November 2011	November 2012
(8)		Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls)	Independent	November 2012	November 2013
				November 2013	November 2014
15		Phillip Vlahogiannis (Melba)	Independent	November 2014	November 2015
16		Roberto Colanzi (Nicholls)	Labor	November 2015	9 November 2016
(11)		Amanda Stone (Langridge)	Greens	9 November 2016	28 November 2017
17		Daniel Nguyen (Melba)	Independent	28 November 2017	27 November 2018
18		Danae Bosler (Langridge)	Labor	27 November 2018	28 November 2019
19		Misha Coleman (Nicholls)	Independent	28 November 2019	17 November 2020
20		Gabrielle de Vietri (Langridge)	Greens	17 November 2020	26 November 2021		Greens majority (2020–2022)
21		Sophie Wade (Nicholls)	Greens	26 November 2021	28 November 2022
22		Claudia Nguyen (Melba)	Independent	28 November 2022	15 November 2023		No overall control (2022–present)
23		Edward Crossland (Melba)	Greens	15 November 2023	19 November 2024
24		Stephen Jolly (MacKillop)	Yarra For All	19 November 2024	incumbent

1. From 1996 until 2004, the annual election of the mayor for the following 12 months occurred in March. New legislation effective from 2004 onwards changed the date of the election of the mayor to November or December. There was a truncated transitional term of office from March to November 2004.

Deputy mayors

The position of Deputy Mayor of Yarra was established in November 2017.^[3]

2017–present

No.	Image	Deputy Mayor (Ward)	Party	Term start	Term end	Mayor
1		Misha Coleman (Nicholls)	Independent	28 November 2017	27 November 2018		D. Nguyen (Independent)
				27 November 2018	28 November 2019		Bosler (Labor)
2		Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei (Melba)	Labor	28 November 2019	17 November 2020		Coleman (Independent)
3		Claudia Nguyen (Melba)	Independent	17 November 2020	26 November 2021		De Vietri (Greens)
4		Edward Crossland (Melba)	Greens	26 November 2021	28 November 2022		Wade (Greens)
				28 November 2022	15 November 2023		C. Nguyen (Independent)
5		Anab Mohamud (Langridge)	Greens	15 November 2023	27 February 2024		Crossland (Greens)
			Independent	27 February 2024	19 November 2024
6		Sarah McKenzie (Yarra Bend)	Labor	26 November 2021	19 November 2024		Jolly (Yarra For All)

See also

• List of mayors of Fitzroy
• List of mayors of Collingwood
• List of mayors of Richmond