List of mayors of Port Phillip

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Mayor of Port Phillip
Incumbent
Heather Cunsolo
since 9 November 2023
Appointer Port Phillip City Council
Term length 1 or 2 years
Inaugural holderLiana Thompson
Formation21 March 1996
DeputyLouise Crawford

This is a list of the mayors of the City of Port Phillip local government area, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed following the amalgamation of the City of Port Melbourne, City of South Melbourne and the City of St Kilda in 1994. [1]

Contents

The current mayor is Cr. Louise Crawford.

Mayors

1996–present

No.PortraitMayor
(Ward)
PartyTerm startTerm end
1 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Liana Thompson Labor 21 March 199621 March 1997
2 3x4.svg Christine Häag Independent 21 March 19976 April 1998
3 Dick Gross.jpg Dick Gross Labor 6 April 199824 March 1999
24 March 199931 March 2000
4 Julian Hill Labor 31 March 200030 March 2001
30 March 200120 March 2002
5 3x4.svg Darren Ray Independent 20 March 200217 March 2003
6 3x4.svg Liz Johnstone Independent 17 March 200317 March 2004
(3) Dick Gross.jpg Dick Gross Labor 17 March 20042 December 2004 [a]
(5) 3x4.svg Darren Ray Independent 2 December 20048 December 2005
7 3x4.svg Janet Bolitho Independent Labor 8 December 20057 December 2006
7 December 20066 December 2007
8 3x4.svg Janet Cribbes Independent November 2007November 2008
9 3x4.svg Frank O'Connor Independent 8 December 20087 December 2009
7 December 20096 December 2010
10 3x4.svg Rachel Powning Independent 6 December 20105 December 2011
5 December 20117 November 2012
11 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Amanda Stevens Labor 7 November 201212 November 2013
12 November 201311 November 2014
11 November 201426 February 2015
3x4.svg Independent Labor 26 February 201510 November 2015
12Bernadene Voss Independent 10 November 201510 November 2016
10 November 20168 November 2017
8 November 201728 November 2018
(3) Dick Gross.jpg Dick Gross
(Canal)
Labor 28 November 201813 November 2019
(12)Bernadene Voss Independent 13 November 201911 November 2020
13 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Louise Crawford
(Canal)
Labor 11 November 202017 November 2021
14 Liberal Placeholder.png Marcus Pearl
(Gateway)
Liberal 17 November 20219 November 2022
15 3x4.svg Heather Cunsolo
(Gateway)
Independent 9 November 20229 November 2023
9 November 2023incumbent
  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.

Deputy mayors

2012–present

No.PortraitDeputy Mayor
(Ward)
PartyTerm startTerm endMayor
1 3x4.svg Serge Thomann Independent 7 November 201212 November 2013Bosler
(Labor/Ind. Labor)
12 November 201311 November 2014
2 3x4.svg Bernadene Voss Independent 11 November 201410 November 2015
(1) 3x4.svg Serge Thomann Independent 10 November 201510 November 2016Voss
(CAPP)
3 Kat Copsey.png Katherine Copsey Greens 10 November 20168 November 2017
4 Dick Gross.jpg Dick Gross
(Canal)
Labor 8 November 201728 November 2018
5 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Louise Crawford
(Canal)
Labor 28 November 201813 November 2019 Gross
(Labor)
6 TimBaxter.png Tim Baxter
(Canal)
Greens 13 November 201911 November 2020Voss
(CAPP)
7 Liberal Placeholder.png Marcus Pearl
(Gateway)
Liberal 11 November 202017 November 2021 Crawford
(Labor)
(6) TimBaxter.png Tim Baxter
(Canal)
Greens 17 November 20219 November 2022Pearl
(Liberal)
8 Liberal Placeholder.png Andrew Bond
(Lake)
Liberal 9 November 20229 November 2023Cunsolo
(Independent)
(5) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Louise Crawford
(Canal)
Labor 9 November 2023incumbent

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References

  1. "Former Mayors". City of Port Phillip.