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.

Mayors (1842–1902)

No.	Mayor	Term
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	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

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 mayor	Term
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 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 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

Commissioners (1981–1982)

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

Lord mayors (1982–1993)

No.	Lord mayor	Term
88	John Willian 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	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

Commissioners (1993–1996)

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

Lord mayors (since 1996)

No.	Lord mayor	Term
100	Ivan Deveson	1996–1999
101	Peter Costigan	1999–2001
102	John So	2001–2008
103	Robert Doyle	2008–present

See also

• Melbourne Town Hall
• List of Town Halls in Melbourne
• Local government areas of Victoria

References

1. "Mr Henry CONDELL (1797 - 1871)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
2. "Mr Henry MOOR (1809 - 1877)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
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.
5. Benjamin, Sir Benjamin (1834–1905) Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Lords Mayor of Melbourne

External links

• List of Mayors at RULERS
• Melbourne City Council