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The Mayor of Melbourne, Florida, is the chief executive of the government of Melbourne, Florida. The mayor serves a four-year term and is the only member of the City Council who is not elected by district. The current mayor of Melbourne, is Paul Alfrey.
In 1857, the settlement of Eau Gallie was incorporated as the City of Eau Gallie.
| Name | Elected | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| William Roesch | 1896 | [1] |
| 1901 | ||
| 1905 | ||
| 1908 | ||
| 1913 | ||
| 1914 | ||
| December 1924 | ||
| December 1925 | ||
| John Caroll Houston IV | 1897 | [1] |
| 1902 | ||
| 1910 | ||
| Albert Burnett | 1899 | [1] |
| Charles Lovell Taylor | 1900 | [1] |
| W.J. Nesbett | 1901 | [1] |
| George Paddison | 1904 | [1] |
| 1909 | ||
| 1910 | ||
| 1911 | ||
| 1912 | ||
| Samuel K. Watts | 1906 | [1] |
| John Martin Law Sr. | 1909 | [1] |
| Hill Woods Mullins | December 1915 | [1] |
| December 1916 | ||
| December 1917 | ||
| December 1918 | ||
| December 1919 | ||
| William Henry Hunt Gleason | December 1920 | [1] |
| G.P. Bond | December 1921 | [1] |
| December 1922 | ||
| December 1923 | ||
| J.E. Torrence | December 1926 | [1] |
| December 1927 | ||
| C.B. Vigus | December 1928 | [1] |
| William Lansing Gleason | December 1930 | [1] |
| December 1931 | ||
| December 1933 | ||
| December 1935 | ||
| December 1937 | ||
| December 1939 | ||
| December 1941 | ||
| December 1950 | ||
| John Martin Law Jr. | December 1943 | [1] |
| December 1945 | ||
| December 1947 | ||
| William Jackson Creel | May 1950 | [1] |
| George A. Harris | November 1951 | [1] |
| George Emmett | December 1953 | [1] |
| Langdon Goodyear Jr. | December 1955 | [1] |
| James H. Pruitt | December 1956 | [1] |
| Milton McGrath | 1957 | [1] |
| Adger Smith | 1963 | [1] |
The City of Melbourne was incorporated on December 22, 1888.
| Name | Elected | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| C. J. F. Campbell | December 22, 1888 | [2] |
| R.W. Andrews | December 10, 1889 | [2] |
| Charles H. Stewart | December 2, 1890 | [2] |
| December 3, 1902 | ||
| November 24, 1903 | ||
| December 6, 1904 | ||
| L.P. Ely | December 14, 1891 | [2] |
| Edward P. Branch | December 6, 1892 | [2] |
| H.D. Brown | December 12, 1893 | [2] |
| December 14, 1894 | ||
| December 18, 1895 | ||
| Francis Henry Fee | December 8, 1896 | [2] |
| December 7, 1897 | ||
| December 5, 1899 | ||
| James T. Hogg | March 14, 1899 | [2] |
| W.B. Haimlin | February 15, 1901 | [2] |
| Richard W. Goode | December 5, 1905 | [2] |
| G.M. Brown | December 6, 1906 | [2] |
| J. M. Ferguson | December 3, 1907 | [2] |
| December 8, 1908 | ||
| December 14, 1909 | ||
| Elton Hall | December 12, 1911 | [2] |
| C. J. Campbell | December 3, 1912 | [2] |
| Vanness A. Pierce | December 2, 1913 | [2] |
| December 1, 1914 | ||
| December 14, 1920 | ||
| Hiram Platt | December 7, 1915 | [2] |
| Harry R. Bolden | December 5, 1916 | [2] |
| C. G. Nelson | December 4, 1917 | [2] |
| Stanley S. Lichty | December 3, 1918 | [2] |
| December 2, 1919 | ||
| E. G. Argraves | December 6, 1921 | [2] |
| Albert A. Ultcht | December 8, 1922 | [2] |
| December 3, 1923 | ||
| Albert Vorkeller | December 2, 1924 | [2] |
| December 3, 1925 | ||
| M. G. Kibbe | December 14, 1926 | [2] |
| December 13, 1927 | ||
| Robert Lee Rowe | December 11, 1928 | [2] |
| December 10, 1929 | ||
| December 9, 1930 | ||
| December 8, 1931 | ||
| Clyde G. Trammell | December 13, 1932 | [2] |
| I. Kimbell Hicks | December 12, 1933 | [2] |
| December 11, 1934 | ||
| December 8, 1942 | ||
| Chester McNulty | December 10, 1935 | [2] |
| Lock Davidson | December 8, 1936 | [2] |
| December 14, 1937 | ||
| December 13, 1938 | ||
| December 12, 1939 | ||
| December 10, 1940 | ||
| December 9, 1941 | ||
| J. Bruce Dick | November 2, 1943 | [2] |
| John F. Turner | November 6, 1945 | [2] |
| Purley F Tucker | November 4, 1947 | [2] |
| Richard A. Lawrence Sr. | November 8, 1949 | [2] |
| November 6, 1951 | ||
| June 26, 1962 | ||
| Austin Van Catterton Sr. | November 3, 1953 | [2] |
| E. V. Kempfer | July 27, 1954 | [2] |
| Rudi Oudshoff | November 2, 1954 | [2] |
| November 6, 1956 | ||
| November 5, 1957 | ||
| John A. Brewer | November 8, 1955 | [2] |
| John J. Spitznogle Jr. | November 4, 1958 | [2] |
| November 3, 1959 | ||
| Grady W. White | November 6, 1962 | [2] |
| Nathan Friedman | November 2, 1965 | [2] |
| Kenneth Allen | December 15, 1968 | [2] |
On July 15, 1969, a referendum merged the former cities of Melbourne and Eau Gallie. In November 1969, the name of the consolidated city (Melbourne) was selected by referendum, and the "first" mayor and city council were elected.
| Image | Name | Elected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adger Smith | November 10, 1969 | [2] [3] | |
| Milton McGrath | November 10, 1970 | [2] [3] | |
| Richard V. Donahue Sr. | November 20, 1973 | [2] [3] | |
| Vernon L. Dicks | November 2, 1976 | [2] [3] | |
 | Harry C. Goode Jr. | November 13, 1979 | [2] [3] |
| November 2, 1982 | |||
| November 5, 1985 | |||
| November 2, 2004 | |||
| November 4, 2008 | |||
| Joseph F. Mullins Jr. | November 4, 1986 | [2] [3] | |
| November 8, 1988 | |||
| November 3, 1992 | |||
| John A. Buckley | November 5, 1996 | [2] [3] | |
| November 7, 2000 | |||
 | Kathy Meehan | November 6, 2012 | [4] |
| November 8, 2016 | |||
| Paul Alfrey | November 3, 2020 | [3] |
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