List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne

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Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

s and Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...

s of the City of Melbourne

City of Melbourne

The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 93,105 people. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she...

, a Local Government Area of Victoria

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Mayors (1842–1902)

#	Mayor Mayor In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....	Term
1	Henry Condell Henry Condell (mayor) Henry Condell was the first Mayor of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He served from 1842 to 1844, and was succeeded by Henry Moor....	1842–1844
2	Henry Moor Henry Moor Henry Moor was a British lawyer and politician who served as the second Mayor of Melbourne, Australia and as member of parliament for Brighton in England.-Early life:...	1844–1845
3	Sir James Frederick Palmer James Frederick Palmer Sir James Frederick Palmer was a medical practitioner, Victorian pioneer, first President of the Victorian Legislative Council and former Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:...	1845–1846
4	Henry Moor Henry Moor Henry Moor was a British lawyer and politician who served as the second Mayor of Melbourne, Australia and as member of parliament for Brighton in England.-Early life:...	1846–1847
5	Andrew Russell	1847–1848
6	William Montgomerie Bell	1848–1849
7	Augustus Frederick Adolphus Greeves Augustus Frederick Adolphus Greeves Augustus Frederick Adolphus Greeves was a Mayor of Melbourne and Member of Parliament in Melbourne, Australia....	1849–1850
8	William Nicholson William Nicholson (Australian politician) William Nicholson was an Australian colonial politician who became the third Premier of Victoria. He is remembered for having been called the "father of the ballot" due to his responsibility in introducing the secret ballot in Victoria.Nicholson was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, the son of an...	1850–1851
9	John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith was an Australian politician and seven times Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:Smith was born at Sydney, the son of John Smith, a Scottish shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, née Biggs. He was educated under William Timothy Cape...	1851–1853
10	John Hodgson John Hodgson John Hodgson was an Australian politician and Mayor of Melbourne 1853–54. He died at his house in Kew of bronchitis.-Arrival in Melbourne:...	1853–1854
11	John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith was an Australian politician and seven times Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:Smith was born at Sydney, the son of John Smith, a Scottish shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, née Biggs. He was educated under William Timothy Cape...	1854–1856
12	Peter Davis	1856–1857
13	John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith was an Australian politician and seven times Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:Smith was born at Sydney, the son of John Smith, a Scottish shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, née Biggs. He was educated under William Timothy Cape...	1857–1858
14	Henry Swallows Walsh	1858–1859
15	Richard Eades	1859–1860
16	John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith was an Australian politician and seven times Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:Smith was born at Sydney, the son of John Smith, a Scottish shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, née Biggs. He was educated under William Timothy Cape...	1860–1861
17	Robert Bennett Robert Bennett (Melbourne mayor) Robert Bennett was Mayor of Melbourne, Australia between 1861 and 1862. Bennett was born in Ireland and died in Melbourne in 1891....	1861–1862
18	Edward Cohen Edward Cohen Edward Cohen was an Australian merchant and a Victoria State politician. He served as Mayor of Melbourne from 1862 to 1863.-Early life:...	1862–1863
19	John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith John Thomas Smith was an Australian politician and seven times Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:Smith was born at Sydney, the son of John Smith, a Scottish shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, née Biggs. He was educated under William Timothy Cape...	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 Samuel Amess Samuel Amess was Mayor of Melbourne from 1869–1870, after having joined the council in 1864. Born in Newburgh, Fife in Scotland, Amess immigrated to Victoria in 1852, and after success on the goldfields established himself as a building contractor...	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 Alexander Kennedy Smith Alexander Kennedy Smith was a Scottish/Australian engineer and former Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:Smith was born in Cauldmill near Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland...	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	1887
42	Sir Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Sir Benjamin Benjamin JP was an Australian businessman and politician.-Early life and education:Benjamin was born in London on 2 September 1834 to Moses Benjamin and Catherine Benjamin, née Moses. His family left for Australia in 1843 on a boat named London...	1887–1889
43	Matthew Lang	1889–1892
44	Sir Arthur Snowden	1892–1895
45	William Strong	1895–1897
46	Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn	1897–1900
47	Sir Samuel Gillott Samuel Gillott Sir Samuel Gillott was an Australian lawyer and politician, commonly known as a former Lord Mayor of Melbourne.-Early life:...	1900–1902

Lord Mayors (1902–1980)

The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of Mayor by King Edward VII

Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...

on December 18, 1902.

#	Lord Mayor Lord Mayor The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...	Term
48	Sir Samuel Gillott	1902–1903
49	Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn Malcolm McEacharn Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn was Mayor of Melbourne from 1897 to 1900. He was a well-known Australian shipping magnate in the early part of the twentieth century and successfully stood for the Division of Melbourne at the inaugural federal election, held in 1901.- Early life :McEacharn was born in...	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 George 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 William Coles Arthur Coles Sir Arthur William Coles was a prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist.With his brothers Coles founded the Coles Variety Stores in the 1920s, which were to become one of the two largest supermarket chains in Australia now known as Coles Group...	1938–1940
66	Sir Frank Beaurepaire Frank Beaurepaire Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.He was also a decorated...	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 Oliver John Nilsen Oliver John Nilsen CBE JP was a businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne.-Background:Born in Collingwood, Nilsen was educated at Rathdowne Street State School, Carlton and the Working Men's College. On 4 September 1907 Nilsen married Ethel Margaret Williams at the Fitzroy Presbyterian Church. In...	1951–1952
71	William John Brens	1952–1953
72	Robert Henry Solly	1953–1954
73	Sir Francis Palmer Selleck Francis Palmer Selleck Francis Palmer Selleck KBE was a Lord Mayor of Melbourne.He was the grandson of the first Francis Palmer Selleck , of Shaugh Prior, Meavy and Plympton, Devon. Sir Francis Palmer Selleck was the son of Christopher and Emily Selleck, née Latimer. Christopher Selleck was born at the 'Royal Oak Inn'...	1954–1957
74	Sir Frederick William Thomas	1957–1959
75	Bernard Evans	1959–1961
76	Maurice Arnold Nathan	1961–1963
77	Edward Leo Curtis	1963–1965
78	Ian Francis Beaurepaire Ian Francis Beaurepaire Ian Francis Beaurepaire is a former Lord Mayor of Melbourne.Beaurepaire was the son of Australian Olympic smimmer and prominent businessman, Sir Frank Beaurepaire. He was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1965 to 1967. He married Beryl Beaurepaire in 1947 and the couple had twin sons.-References:...	1965–1967
79	Reginald Thomas Anthony Talbot	1967–1969
80	Edward Wallace Best	1969–1971
81	Alwynne Rowlands	1971–1972
82	Alan Douglas Whalley	1972–1974
83	Ron Walker Ron Walker Ronald Joseph Walker AC CBE is a former Lord Mayor of Melbourne and Australian businessman, renowned for his work in managing sporting events.-Biography:...	1974–1976
84	Donald Osborne	1976–1977
85	Irvin Rockman Irvin Rockman Irvin Peter Rockman CBE was a Lord Mayor of Melbourne and Australian businessman.Born in Melbourne to Susie and Norman, Rockman matriculated from Wesley College and took a commerce degree from the University of Melbourne before starting his working life in motel management...	1977–1979
86	Ralph Angelo Bernardi	1979–1980
87	John Willian Woodruff	1980–1981

Commissioners (1981–1982)

Commissioners	Term
Peter Francis Thorley (Chairman)	1981–1982
Neil Smith	1981–1982
Richard Allston	1981–1982

Lord Mayors (1982–1993)

#	Lord Mayor Lord Mayor The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...	Term
88	John Willian Gardner	1982–1983
89	Kevin Francis Chamberlin	1983–1984
90	Ewin John Beacham	1983–1984
91	Thomas Simon Lynch	1985–1986
92	Trevor Huggard	1986–1987
93	Alexis Ord Alexis Ord Alexis Ord, also known as Lecki Ord, was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1987-1988. She was the first woman to hold that position. Ord was an architect by profession, and has been involved in several community activist groups, such as the Friends of the ABC and the environmental movement.-References:...	1987–1988
94	Winsome McCaughey Winsome McCaughey Winsome McCaughey , was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1988-1989. She was the second woman to hold that position after succeeding Alexis Ord. When her term as mayor ended, she headed Melbourne's bid for the 1996 Olympic Games. She also spent three years as the CEO of the Australia New Zealand Food...	1988–1989
95	William Deveney	1989–1990
96	Richard Wynne Richard Wynne Hon. Richard William Wynne MLA is an Australian politician and former Minister for Housing, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the State Cabinet of the Government of Victoria, and has held the Legislative Assembly seat of Richmond in the Victorian Parliament since...	1990–1991
97	Richard Meldrum	1991–1992
98	Desmond Clark	1992–1993
99	Alan Watson	1993–1993

Commissioners (1993–1996)

Commissioners	Term
Kevan Gosper Kevan Gosper Kevan Gosper is a former Australian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was formerly a Vice President of the International Olympic Committee.-1956 Summer Olympics:... (Chief Commissioner)	1993–1996
John Rose (Deputy Chief Commissioner)	1993–1996
Catherine Walter	1993–1996
Kevin Rose	1993–1996

Lord Mayors (since 1996)

#	Lord Mayor Lord Mayor The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...	Term
100	Ivan Deveson Ivan Deveson Ivan Deveson AO is an Australian businessman and the 100th Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1996 to 1999 after a period of Commissioners controlling the Melbourne City Council. Deveson was elected for 3 consecutive terms, the only time in Melbourne's history that this has occurred. This was the...	1996–1999
101	Peter Costigan Peter Costigan Peter Costigan was an Australian journalist and Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1999 to 2001. In 1999, Costigan was elected a Councillor of the City of Melbourne and subsequently elected Lord Mayor by fellow Councillors, defeating rival Councillor John So with a majority of 5-to-4 votes.Costigan grew...	1999–2001
102	John So John So John Chun Sai So JP is a Chinese-Australian businessman who served as the 102nd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia. He was the first Lord Mayor in the city's history to be directly elected by the people; previously, Lord Mayors were elected by the Councillors.First elected...	2001–2008
103	Robert Doyle Robert Doyle Robert Keith Bennett Doyle is an Australian politician and the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008...	2008–present

External links

List of Mayors at RULERS
Melbourne City Council

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