List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne
Lord mayors (1902–1980)
The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by King Edward VII on 18 December 1902.

List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne

Section Title: Lord mayors (1902–1980)
Table Section Text: The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by King Edward VII on 18 December 1902.

No.	Lord mayor	Term

48	Sir Samuel Gillott	1902–1903

49	Sir Malcolm McEacharn	1903–1904

50	Charles Pleasance	1904–1905

51	Sir Henry Weedon	1905–1908

52	James Burston	1908–1910

53	Thomas James Davey	1910–1912

54	Sir David Valentine Hennessy	1912–1917

55	Frank Stapley	1917–1918

56	William Whyte Cabena	1918–1919

57	John George Aikman	1919–1920

58	Sir John Warren Swanson	1920–1923

59	Sir William Brunton	1923–1926

60	Sir Stephen Joseph Morell	1926–1928

61	Harold Daniel Luxton	1928–1931

62	Sir Harold Gengoult Smith	1931–1934

63	Sir Alexander George Wales	1934–1937

64	Edward Campbell	1937–1938

65	Sir Arthur Coles	1938–1940

66	Sir Frank Beaurepaire	1940–1942

67	Sir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold	1942–1945

68	Sir Francis Raymond Connelly	1945–1948

69	Sir James Stanley Disney	1948–1951

70	Oliver John Nilsen	1951–1952

71	William John Brens	1952–1953

72	Robert Henry Solly	1953–1954

73	Sir Francis Palmer Selleck	1954–1957

74	Sir Frederick William Thomas	1957–1959

75	Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans	1959–1961

76	Maurice Arnold Nathan	1961–1963

77	Edward Leo Curtis	1963–1965

78	Ian Beaurepaire	1965–1967

79	Reginald Thomas Anthony Talbot	1967–1969

80	Ted Best	1969–1971

81	Alwynne Rowlands	1971–1972

82	Alan Douglas Whalley	1972–1974

83	Ron Walker	1974–1976

84	Donald Osborne	1976–1977

85	Irvin Rockman	1977–1979

86	Ralph Angelo Bernardi	1979–1980

87	John William Woodruff	1980–1981

Sentence(s)

Oliver John Nilsen was the Lord Mayor of Melbourne.

final_sentence: Oliver John Nilsen was the Lord Mayor of Melbourne.