List of mayors of Merri-bek

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Mayor of Merri-bek
Incumbent
Helen Davidson
since 20 November 2024
Appointer Merri-bek City Council
Term length 1 year
Inaugural holderMike Hill
FormationMarch 1996
DeputyJay Iwasaki

This is a list of the mayors of the City of Merri-bek (known as the City of Moreland until September 2022), a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the City of Brunswick, City of Coburg, and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows. [1] [2]

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The current mayor is Nat Abboud, who was voted into the position by councillors on 19 November 2025.

Mayors

1996–present

No.PortraitMayor
(Ward) 		PartyTerm startTerm endCouncil control
1 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Mike Hill
(Hoffman) 		Labor March 1996March 1997 Labor majority
(1996–2012)
2 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Rod Higgins
(Lincoln Mills) 		Labor March 1997March 1998
3 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Anthony Helou
(Merri) 		Labor March 1998March 1999
4 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Andrew Rowe
(Moonah) 		Labor March 1999March 2000
5 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Stella Kariofyllidis
(Newlands) 		Labor March 2000March 2001
6 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Robert Larocca
(Glencairn) 		Labor March 2001March 2002
7 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Joe Caputo
(Hoffman) 		Labor March 2002March 2003
8 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Joe Ficarra
(Westbreen) 		Labor March 2003March 2004
(3) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Anthony Helou
(Merri) 		Labor March 2004November 2004 [a]
9 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Mark Higginbotham
(North-West) 		Labor November 2004November 2005
(3) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Anthony Helou
(North-East) 		Labor November 2005November 2006
10 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Mark O'Brien
(North-East) 		Labor November 2006November 2007
(7) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Joe Caputo
(South) 		Labor November 2007November 2008
11 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Lambros Tapinos
(South) 		Labor November 2008November 2009
(5) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Stella Kariofyllidis
(North-East) 		Labor November 2009November 2010
12 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Oscar Yildiz
(North-West) 		Labor November 2010November 2011
13 3x4.svg John Kavanagh
(North-West) 		Democratic Labour November 2011November 2012
(12) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Oscar Yildiz
(North-West) 		Labor November 2012November 2013 No overall control
(2012–present)
(11) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Lambros Tapinos
(South) 		Labor November 2013November 2014
14 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Meghan Hopper
(South) 		Labor November 2014November 2015
15 Samantha Ratnam.jpg Samantha Ratnam
(South) 		Greens November 2015November 2016
16 3x4.svg Helen Davidson
(North-West) 		Independent November 2016November 2017
(13) 3x4.svg John Kavanagh
(North-West) 		Independent November 2017November 2018
17 NatalieAbboud.png Natalie Abboud
(North-East) 		Greens November 2018November 2019
(11) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Lambros Tapinos
(South) 		Labor November 2019November 2020
18 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Annalivia Carli Hannan
(North-East) 		Labor November 202029 November 2021
19 MarkRiley.png Mark Riley
(South) 		Greens 29 November 202129 November 2022
20 AngelicaPanopoulos.jpg Angelica Panopoulos
(North-West) 		Greens 29 November 202215 November 2023
20 AdamPulford.png Adam Pulford
(North-East) 		Greens 15 November 202320 November 2024
(16) 3x4.svg Helen Davidson
(Djirri-Djirri) 		Independent 20 November 202419 November 2025
21 3x4.svg Nat Abboud [3]
(Pentridge) 		Independent 19 November 2025Incumbent
  1. ↑ From 1996 until 2004, the annual election of the mayor for the following 12 months occurred in March. New legislation effective from 2004 onwards changed the date of the election of the mayor to November or December. There was a truncated transitional term of office from March to November 2004.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Past Mayors". Moreland City Council. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Helen Davidson tipped to be elected Moreland mayor". Herald Sun.
  3. ↑ Council, Merri-bek City. "Mayors and Councillors". Merri-bek City Council. Archived from the original on 27 August 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
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