| Lord Mayor of Melbourne | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | The Right Honourable Lord Mayor |
| Appointer | Melbourne City Council |
| Term length | 4 years, renewable indefinitely |
| Inaugural holder | Henry Condell (mayor) Sir Samuel Gillott (lord mayor) |
| Formation | 1842 (as mayor) 1902 (as lord mayor) |
| Deputy | Nicholas Reece |
This is a list of mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a local government area of Victoria, Australia.
| 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 | 1886–1887 |
| 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 |
The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by King Edward VII on 18 December 1902.
| Commissioners | Term |
|---|---|
| Peter Francis Thorley (Chairman) | 1981–1982 |
| Neil Smith | |
| Richard Allston |
| No. | Lord mayor | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 88 | John William 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 AO | 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 | Term |
|---|---|
| Kevan Gosper AO (Chief Commissioner) | 1993–1996 |
| John Rose (Deputy Chief Commissioner) | |
| Catherine Walter | |
| Kevin Rose |
| No. | Lord mayor | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Ivan Deveson AO | 1996–1999 |
| 101 | Peter Costigan | 1999–2001 |
| 102 | John So AO | 2001–2008 |
| 103 | Robert Doyle | 2008–2018 |
| 104 | Sally Capp AO | 2018–present |
| 2020 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
Sally Capp  | 27,949 | 31.60% | |
| Apsara Sabaratnam | 14,753 | 16.68% | |
| Nick Russian | 8,975 | 10.15% | |
| Phil Reed | 8,355 | 9.45% | |
| Jennifer Yang | 8,219 | 9.29% | |
| Kath Larkin | 2,911 | 3.29% | |
| 2018 Lord Mayor of Melbourne by-election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Sally Capp | 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% | |
| 2016 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Robert Doyle | 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% | |
| 2012 Lord Mayor of Melbourne election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Robert Doyle | 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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