List of Mayors of Geelong - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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s of the City of Greater Geelong

City of Greater Geelong

The City of Greater Geelong is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia.It is located in the western part of the state, south-west of Melbourne. It has an area of 1,240 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 191,000...

, a Local Government Area, and the second largest city in Victoria, Australia

Australia

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. Before amalgamation in 1993 the central area of Geelong was covered by the City of Geelong

City of Geelong

The City of Geelong was a Local Government Area located about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1849 until 1994.-History:...

, with the surrounding suburbs falling into the Shire of Barrabool

Shire of Barrabool

The Shire of Barrabool was a Local Government Area located about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1853 until 1994.-History:...

, Shire of Bannockburn

Shire of Bannockburn

The Shire of Bannockburn was a Local Government Area located about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.-History:...

, Rural City of Bellarine

Rural City of Bellarine

The Rural City of Bellarine was a Local Government Area located to the southeast of the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and covered most of the Bellarine Peninsula. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1853 until 1993.-History:...

, Shire of Corio

Shire of Corio

The Shire of Corio was a Local Government Area located between Geelong and Werribee about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire, which included all of Geelong's northern suburbs, covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1993.-History:Corio was first...

, City of Geelong West

City of Geelong West

The City of Geelong West was a Local Government Area located about west of the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1875 until 1994.-History:...

, City of Newtown

City of Newtown

The City of Newtown was a Local Government Area located about west of the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1858 until 1994.-History:...

, and City of South Barwon

City of South Barwon

The City of South Barwon was a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, which contained some Geelong suburbs south of the Barwon River, and extending to Torquay in the south and Barwon Heads to the east...

Town of Geelong (1849-1910)

#	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	Foster Fyans Foster Fyans Foster Fyans , soldier, penal administrator and public servant, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, the first police magistrate at Geelong, and commissioner of crown lands for the Portland Bay pastoral district in the Port Phillip District of New South...	1849–1850
2	Alexander Thomson Alexander Thomson (pioneer) Dr. Alexander Thomson was elected as the first mayor of Geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 - 1858...	1850–1851 (also held the position on five occasions from 1850–1858)
3	James Austin	1851
4	James Cowie	1852–1853
5	Dr William H. Baylie	1854–1855
6	Alexander Thomson Alexander Thomson (pioneer) Dr. Alexander Thomson was elected as the first mayor of Geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 - 1858...	1855–1857
7	William Burrow	1858, 1860
8	William Bell	1861, 1862
9	Andrew Parker	1863-1864
10	Charles Kernot	1864
11	Robert De Bruce Johnstone	1865–1867
12	William Ducker	1870–1872
13	George Frederick Belcher	1873, 1875
14	John Garratt	1876–1878
15	J.H. Connor	1879–1880
16	J.L. Price	1883–1884
17	George Martin George Martin Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...	1884–1885
18	W.N. Sommers	1886
19	Cr Bell	1886–1887
20	Cr Meakin	1887
21	William Humble	1888–1889
22	John Rout Hopkins	1892
23	Joseph Grey	1893–1894
24	Horace Frank Richardson	1894–1896
25	Sidney Austin	1896–1898
26	Thomas Edward Bostock Thomas Edward Bostock Thomas Edward Bostock was Geelong's mayor from 1905 to 1908 and served on Council from 1898 to 1912. He also established the Barwon Heads Golf Club early in the century.-References:* http://birrell.1hwy.com/pg000002.htm...	1905–1908
27	Walter Higgins	1908–1909
28	Herbert Arthur Austin	1909

City of Geelong (1910-1993)

#	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
29	Edward Philpott	1910–1911
30	William Brownbill William Brownbill William Brownbill was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on two occasions from 1920 to 1932, then from 1935 until his death in 1938. He represented the electoral district of Geelong for the Australian Labor Party...	1913–1914
31	Howard Hitchcock Howard Hitchcock For the painter see D. Howard HitchcockHoward Hitchcock was mayor of the City of Geelong in Victoria, Australia from 1917 to 1922, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1925 until 1931...	1917–1922
32	Joseph Charles King	1922–1923
33	Robert Purnell	1923–1924
34	Francis Ritchie	1924–1925
35	Joseph Thear	1925–1926
36	Edward Allan McDonald	1932–1934
37	Bervin E. Purnell Bervin E. Purnell Bervin Ellis Purnell MBE JP was mayor and councillor of the City of Geelong, Australia.Purnell was the second of seven children of Charles William Purnell and Ellen McNair . Purnell attended Flinders State School in Geelong, where he enjoyed running around the block...	1949–1952
38	Morris Jacobs	1952–1954
39	Sir H. Roy Fidge	1954–1956
40	Vautin Andrews	1959–1960
41	Ranald McAllister	1962
42	Sir H. Roy Fidge	1964–1968
43	James Dowsett	1971–1973
44	Howard Glover	1977–1980
45	Des Podbury	1980–1982
46	Ian Inglis	1984
47	Hayden Spurling	1985–1987
48	Jim Fidge	1987–1989
49	Brian Fowler Brian Fowler For the British polo player and Olympian, see Bryan Fowler.Brian Andrew Fowler is a retired cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He collected four medals at four consecutive Commonwealth Games during his career...	1989–1991
50	Frank De Stefano Frank De Stefano Frank de Stefano was mayor and councillor of Geelong, Victoria from 1983 to 1993. In 1988 De Stefano was awarded the Order of Australia medal for his services to migrant communities. De Stefano resigned from the Order on 2 October 2008]...	1991–1993

Commissioners (1993-1995)

Commissioners	Term
Bill Dix (Chairman)	1993–1995
Glyn Jenkins (Deputy Chairman)	1993–1995
Frank Wilkes Frank Wilkes Frank Noel Wilkes AM , Australian politician, was Leader of the Labor Opposition in Victoria from 1977 to 1981. Wilkes was born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote Primary and Secondary Schools and Preston Technical College. During the Second World War he served in the southwest Pacific in the...	1993–1995
Toni McCormack	1993–1995

City of Greater Geelong (since 1993)

#	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
51	Gerry Smith	1995–1998
52	Ken Jarvis	1998–2000
53	Srečko Kontelj	2000–2001
54	Michael Crutchfield Michael Crutchfield Michael Crutchfield is an Australian politician. He was formerly the member for South Barwon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Early life:...	2001–2002
55	Barbara Abley	2002–2004
56	Ed Coppe	2004
57	Shane Dowling Shane Dowling Shane Dowling is an Australian politician. He was Mayor of Geelong from December 2004 to November 2005, and Mayor of South Melbourne from 1989 to 1991....	2004–2005
58	Peter McMullin Peter McMullin Peter McMullin was the Mayor of Geelong in 2006 and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne between 1996 and 1999. McMullin served as a Councillor of the City of Geelong since 2004 and served as a Councillor of the City of Melbourne from 1996 to 1999...	2005–2006
59	Bruce Harwood Bruce Harwood Bruce Harwood is a Canadian actor best known for his role of John Fitzgerald Byers, one of the Lone Gunmen on the television series The X-Files. Harwood also trained for several years to be a professional figure skater before he started his acting career. His ice skating skills are on display in a...	2006–2008
60	John Mitchell	2008–present

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