List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne

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This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Melbourne Local Government Area, Melbourne, Australia.

Contents

Mayors (1842-1902)

#	Mayor	Term
1	Henry Condell	1842 - 1844
2	Henry Moor	1844 - 1845
3	Sir James Frederick Palmer	1845 - 1846
4	Henry Moor	1846 - 1847
5	Andrew Russell	1847 - 1848
6	William Montgomerie Bell	1848 - 1849
7	Augustus Frederick Adophus Greeves	1849 - 1850
8	William Nicholson	1850 - 1851
9	John Hodgson	1853 - 1854
10	Peter Davis	1856 - 1857
11	Robert Bennett	1861 - 1862
12	William Bayles	1865 - 1866
13	James Stewart Butters	1867 - 1868
14	Samuel Amess	1869 - 1870
15	Orlando Fenwick	1871 - 1872
16	Thomas O'Grady	1872 - 1873
17	John McIlwraith	1873 - 1874
18	James Gatehouse	1874 - 1875
19	Alexander Kennedy Smith	1875 - 1876
20	James Paterson	1876 - 1877
21	John Pigdon	1877 - 1878
22	George Meares	1879 - 1881
23	Cornelius Job Ham	1881 - 1882
24	James Dodgshun	1882 - 1883
25	Charles Smith	1883 - 1884
26	Godfrey Downes Carter	1884 - 1885
27	William Cain	1887
28	Sir Benjamin Benjamin	1887 - 1889
29	Matthew Lang	1889 - 1892
30	Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn	1897 - 1900
31	Sir Samuel Gillott	1900 - 1902

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

# Lord Mayor Term
32 Sir Samuel Gillott 1902 - 1903
33 Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn 1903 - 1904
34 Charles Pleasance 1904 - 1905
35 Sir Henry Weedon 1905 - 1908
36 James Burston 1908 - 1910
37 Thomas James Davey 1910 - 1912
38 Sir David Valentine Hennessy 1912 - 1917
39 William Whyte Cabena 1918 - 1919
40 John George Aikman 1919 - 1920
41 Sir John Warren Swanson 1920 - 1923
42 Sir William Brunton 1923 - 1926
43 Sir Stephen Joseph Morell 1926 - 1928
44 Harold Daniel Luxton 1928 - 1931
45 Edward Campbell 1937 - 1938
46 Sir Frank Beaurepaire 1940 - 1942
47 Sir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold 1942 - 1945
48 Sir Francis Raymond Connelly 1945 - 1948
49 Sir James Stanley Disney 1948 - 1951
50 Sir Frederick William Thomas 1957 - 1959

51 Edward Wallace Best 1969 - 1971
52 Ron Walker 1974 - 1976
53 Thomas Simon Lynch 1985 - 1986
54 Trevor Huggard 1986 - 1987
55 Alexis Ord 1987 - 1988
56 Winsome McCaughey 1988 - 1989
57 Richard Meldrum 1991 - 1992
* (see note) 1992-1996
58 Ivan Deveson 1996 - 1999
59 Peter Costigan 1999 - 2001
60 John So 2001 - present

#	Lord Mayor	Term
32	Sir Samuel Gillott	1902 - 1903
33	Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn	1903 - 1904
34	Charles Pleasance	1904 - 1905
35	Sir Henry Weedon	1905 - 1908
36	James Burston	1908 - 1910
37	Thomas James Davey	1910 - 1912
38	Sir David Valentine Hennessy	1912 - 1917
39	William Whyte Cabena	1918 - 1919
40	John George Aikman	1919 - 1920
41	Sir John Warren Swanson	1920 - 1923
42	Sir William Brunton	1923 - 1926
43	Sir Stephen Joseph Morell	1926 - 1928
44	Harold Daniel Luxton	1928 - 1931
45	Edward Campbell	1937 - 1938
46	Sir Frank Beaurepaire	1940 - 1942
47	Sir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold	1942 - 1945
48	Sir Francis Raymond Connelly	1945 - 1948
49	Sir James Stanley Disney	1948 - 1951
50	Sir Frederick William Thomas	1957 - 1959
51	Edward Wallace Best	1969 - 1971
52	Ron Walker	1974 - 1976
53	Thomas Simon Lynch	1985 - 1986
54	Trevor Huggard	1986 - 1987
55	Alexis Ord	1987 - 1988
56	Winsome McCaughey	1988 - 1989
57	Richard Meldrum	1991 - 1992
*	(see note)	1992-1996
58	Ivan Deveson	1996 - 1999
59	Peter Costigan	1999 - 2001
60	John So	2001 - present

Note that there was no Lord Mayor from 1992 to 1996, as appointed commissioners ran the council during this time.

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