List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne

This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a local government area of Victoria, Australia.

Lord Mayor of City of Melbourne
Incumbent
Sally Capp
since 24 May 2018
StyleThe Right Honourable Lord Mayor
AppointerMelbourne City Council
Term length4 years, renewable indefinitely
Inaugural holderHenry Condell (mayor)
Sir Samuel Gillott
(lord mayor)
Formation1842 (as mayor)
1902 (as lord mayor)
DeputyArron Wood

Mayors (1842–1902)
No.MayorTerm
1Henry Condell[1]1842–1844
2Henry Moor[2]1844–1845
3Sir James Frederick Palmer[3]1845–1846
4Henry Moor [2]1846–1847
5Andrew Russell[4]1847–1848
6William Montgomerie Bell1848–1849
7Augustus Greeves1849–1850
8William Nicholson1850–1851
9John Thomas Smith1851–1853
10John Hodgson1853–1854
11John Thomas Smith1854–1856
12Peter Davis1856–1857
13John Thomas Smith1857–1858
14Henry Sallows Walsh1858–1859
15Richard Eades1859–1860
16John Thomas Smith1860–1861
17Robert Bennett1861–1862
18Edward Cohen1862–1863
19John Thomas Smith1863–1864
20George Wragg1864–1865
21William Bayles1865–1866
22William Williams1866–1867
23James Stewart Butters1867–1868
24Thomas Moubray1868–1869
25Samuel Amess1869–1870
26Thomas McPherson1870–1871
27Orlando Fenwick1871–1872
28Thomas O'Grady1872–1873
29John McIlwraith1873–1874
30James Gatehouse1874–1875
31Alexander Kennedy Smith1875–1876
32James Paterson1876–1877
33John Pigdon1877–1878
34Joseph Story1878–1879
35George Meares1879–1881
36Cornelius Job Ham1881–1882
37James Dodgshun1882–1883
38Charles Smith1883–1884
39Godfrey Downes Carter1884–1885
40James Cooper Stewart1885–1886
41William Cain1886–1887
42Sir Benjamin Benjamin[5]1887–1889
43Matthew Lang1889–1892
44Sir Arthur Snowden1892–1895
45William Strong1895–1897
46Sir Malcolm McEacharn1897–1900
47Sir Samuel Gillott1900–1902

Lord mayors (1902–1980)

The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by King Edward VII on 18 December 1902.

No.Lord mayorTerm
48Sir Samuel Gillott1902–1903
49Sir Malcolm McEacharn1903–1904
50Charles Pleasance1904–1905
51Sir Henry Weedon1905–1908
52James Burston1908–1910
53Thomas James Davey1910–1912
54Sir David Valentine Hennessy1912–1917
55Frank Stapley1917–1918
56William Whyte Cabena1918–1919
57John Aikman1919–1920
58Sir John Warren Swanson1920–1923
59Sir William Brunton1923–1926
60Sir Stephen Joseph Morell1926–1928
61Harold Daniel Luxton1928–1931
62Sir Harold Gengoult Smith1931–1934
63Sir Alexander George Wales1934–1937
64Edward Campbell1937–1938
65Sir Arthur Coles1938–1940
66Sir Frank Beaurepaire1940–1942
67Sir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold1942–1945
68Sir Francis Raymond Connelly1945–1948
69Sir James Stanley Disney1948–1951
70Oliver John Nilsen1951–1952
71William John Brens1952–1953
72Robert Henry Solly1953–1954
73Sir Francis Palmer Selleck1954–1957
74Sir Frederick William Thomas1957–1959
75Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans1959–1961
76Maurice Arnold Nathan1961–1963
77Edward Leo Curtis1963–1965
78Ian Beaurepaire1965–1967
79Reginald Thomas Anthony Talbot1967–1969
80Ted Best1969–1971
81Alwynne Rowlands1971–1972
82Alan Douglas Whalley1972–1974
83Ron Walker1974–1976
84Donald Osborne1976–1977
85Irvin Rockman1977–1979
86Ralph Angelo Bernardi1979–1980
87John William Woodruff1980–1981

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

Lord mayors (1982–1993)
No.Lord mayorTerm
88John William Gardner1982–1983
89Kevin Chamberlin1983–1984
90Edwin John Beacham1984–1985
91Thomas Simon Lynch1985–1986
92Trevor Huggard1986–1987
93Alexis Ord1987–1988
94Winsome McCaughey AO1988–1989
95William Deveney1989–1990
96Richard Wynne1990–1991
97Richard Meldrum1991–1992
98Desmond Clark1992–1993
99Alan Watson1993–1993

Commissioners (1993–1996)
CommissionersTerm
Kevan Gosper AO (Chief Commissioner)1993–1996
John Rose (Deputy Chief Commissioner)
Catherine Walter
Kevin Rose

Lord mayors (since 1996)
No.Lord mayorTerm
100Ivan Deveson AO1996–1999
101Peter Costigan1999–2001
102John So AO2001–2008
103Robert Doyle AC2008–2018
104Sally Capp2018–present

Electoral history
2018 Lord Mayor of Melbourne by-election
Candidate Votes %
Sally Capp Y 19,412
25.38%
Jennifer Yang 11,774
15.39%
Rohan Leppert 11,296
14.77%
Sally Warhaft 6,837
8.94%
Ken Ong 6,769
8.85%
Gary Morgan 6,412
8.38%
Qun Xie 3,449
4.51%

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2016 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election
Candidate Votes %
Robert Doyle Y 31,743
44.62%
Olivia Ball 15,131
21.27%
Phil Cleary 7,745
10.89%
Ken Ong 7,391
10.39%
Gary Morgan 4,830
6.79%
Ron Hunt 2,548
3.58%
Anthony Van Der Craats 1,749
2.46%

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2012 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election
Candidate Votes %
Robert Doyle Y 25,342
40.76%
Gary Singer 9,714
15.63%
Alison Parkes 9,197
14.79%
Gary Morgan 7,039
11.32%
Brian Shanahan 4,187
6.73%
David Nolte 2,670
4.29%
Berhan Ahmed 1,523
2.45%
Keith Rankin 1,438
2.31%
Joseph Toscano 1,059
1.70%

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See also

References
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  2. "Mr Henry Moor (1809-1877)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. Alan Gross, 'Palmer, Sir James Frederick (1803 - 1871)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 392-393. Retrieved 2014-06-25
  4. "Russell, Andrew". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  5. Benjamin, Sir Benjamin (1834–1905) Australian Dictionary of Biography
  6. "Melbourne City Council Lord Mayor by-election results". Vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. "Melbourne City Council election results 2016 - Victorian Electoral Commission". Vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. "Melbourne City Council election results 2012 - Victorian Electoral Commission". Vec.vic.gov.au. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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