List of mayors of Merri-bek

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This is a list of the mayors of the City of Merri-bek, local government area, Melbourne, Australia. The City of Merri-bek was formed in 1994 with the amalgamation of the City of Brunswick, City of Coburg, and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows in Victoria, Australia. The name was changed from City of Moreland in September 2022. [1]

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Mayors (1996 to present)

PartyMayorTerm
  Labor Mike Hill1996–1997
  Labor Rod Higgins1997–1998
  Labor Anthony Helou1998–1999
  Labor Andrew Rowe1999–2000
  Labor Stella Kariofyllidis2000–2001
  Labor Robert Larocca2001–2002
  Labor Joe Caputo2002–2003
  Labor Joe Ficarra2003–2004
  Labor Anthony Helou2004
  Labor Mark Higginbotham2004–2005
  Labor Anthony Helou2005–2006
  Labor Mark O'Brien2006–2007
  Labor Joe Caputo2007–2008
  Labor Lambros Tapinos2008–2009
  Labor Stella Kariofyllidis2009–2010
  Labor Oscar Yildiz2010–2011
  Democratic Labour John Kavanagh 2011–2012
  Labor Oscar Yildiz2012–2013
  Labor Lambros Tapinos2013–2014
  Labor Meghan Hopper2014–2015
  Greens Samantha Ratnam 2015–2016
  Independent Helen Davidson2016–2017
  Independent John Kavanagh 2017–2018
  Greens Natalie Abboud2018–2019
  Labor Lambros Tapinos2019–2020
  Labor Annalivia Carli-Hannan2020–2021
  Greens Mark Riley2021–2022
  Greens Angelica Panopoulos2022–2023
  Greens Adam Pulford2023–

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References

  1. "Order Altering the Name of Moreland City Council" (PDF). Victorian Government Gazette. Retrieved 26 September 2022.