# List of mayors of Prahran

This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Prahran, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1854 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Malvern to form the new City of Stonnington.

## Prahran chairmen (1856–1863)

| # | Chairman | Term |
| 1 | Frederick J Sargood | 1856–1857 |
| 2 | J Cunnington | 1857–1858 (part) |
| 3 | Frederick J Sargood | 1857–1858 (part) |
| 4 | J Cunnington | 1858–1859 (part) |
| 5 | Francis John Sydney Stephen | 1858–1859 (part) |
| 6 | Daniel Rutter Long | 1859–1861 |
| 7 | James Wisewould | 1861–1862 |
| 8 | R McClure | 1862–1863 (part) |
| 9 | John Branscombe Crews | 1862–1863 (part) |

## Prahran mayors (1863–1994)

| # | Mayor | Term |
| 10 | John Branscombe Crews | 1863–1865 (part) |
| 11 | James Stodart | 1864–1865 (part) |
| 12 | Joshua Snowball | 1864–1866 (part) |
| 13 | George Young | 1866–1867 (part) |
| 14 | Edward Luke Vail | 1866–1868 (part) |
| 15 | George Young | 1867–1869 (part) |
| 16 | William Henry Lacey | 1868–1870 (part) |
| 17 | Charles Ogg | 1869–1871 (part) |
| 18 | Robert Murray Smith | 1870–1872 (part) |
| 19 | George Lewis | 1871–1873 (part) |
| 20 | Charles Hipwell | 1872–1874 (part) |
| 21 | George Young | 1873–1874 (part) |
| 22 | Joseph Harris | 1874–1876 |
| 23 | Edward J Dixon | 1876–1877 |
| 24 | William Bowen | 1877–1878 |
| 25 | Samuel Willis | 1878–1879 |
| 26 | Thomas Arkle | 1879–1880 |
| 27 | James Hole | 1880–1881 |
| 28 | M H Davies | 1881–1882 |
| 29 | John Turner | 1882–1883 |
| 30 | William Templeton | 1883–1884 |
| 31 | George W Taylor | 1884–1885 |
| 32 | T B Muntz | 1885–1886 |
| 33 | Robert Arthur Forbes | 1886–1887 |
| 34 | John Beatty | 1887–1888 |
| 35 | Henry Osment | 1888–1889 |
| 36 | William Fuller | 1889–1890 |
| 37 | Thomas Ellis | 1890–1891 |
| 38 | John Henry Maddock | 1891–1892 |
| 39 | George Lindsay Skinner | 1892–1893 |
| 40 | William Davies | 1893–1894 |
| 41 | Thomas Luxton | 1894–1897 |
| 42 | Robert Arthur Forbes | 1897–1898 |
| 43 | Thomas Simmons | 1898–1899 |
| 44 | Henry Mansfield Gooch | 1899–1901 |
| 45 | Thomas Luxton | 1901–1902 |
| 46 | William Densham | 1902–1904 |
| 47 | Sydney Albert Chambers | 1904–1906 |
| 48 | Josiah James Walter Flintoft | 1906–1907 |
| 49 | Henry Upton | 1907–1908 (part) |
| 50 | Frank Temple S Dobson | 1907–1909 (part) |
| 51 | Edward Naylor | 1908–1910 (part) |
| 52 | John Rupert G Nicolson | 1910–1911 |
| 53 | Herbert Arthur Austin Embling | 1911–1912 |
| 54 | Thomas Gemmell Logan Scott | 1912–1913 |
| 55 | Ernest Horatio Willis | 1913–1914 |
| 56 | George Neeve Heywood | 1914–1915 |
| 57 | William Matthew McIlwrick | 1915–1916 |
| 58 | Herbert Arthur Austin Embling | 1916–1918 |
| 59 | Ernest Horatio Willis | 1918–1919 |
| 60 | George Neeve Heywood | 1919–1920 |
| 61 | Josiah James Walter Flintoft | 1920–1921 |
| 62 | Alfred Holmes Woodfull | 1921–1922 |
| 63 | William Thomas Chambers | 1922–1923 |
| 64 | William Benjamin Lumley | 1923–1924 |
| 65 | John Charles Pickford | 1924–1925 |
| 66 | Albert Armytage Holdsworth | 1925–1926 |
| 67 | Josiah James Walter Flintoft | 1926–1927 |
| 68 | Frederick W Harvey | 1927–1928 |
| 69 | Alfred Holmes Woodfull | 1928–1929 |
| 70 | William Matthew McIlwrick | 1929–1930 |
| 71 | John McDonald Ellis | 1930–1932 |
| 72 | Alfred William Cole | 1932–1934 |
| 73 | William Musson Flintoft | 1934–1935 |
| 74 | Robert James Grant | 1935–1936 |
| 75 | Albert William Sterck | 1936–1937 |
| 76 | Henry Rudolf David | 1937–1938 |
| 77 | Harry Landen | 1938–1939 |
| 78 | Maurice Gabriel Sloman | 1939–1940 |
| 79 | Alfred Holmes Woodfull | 1940–1941 |
| 80 | William Matthew McIlwrick | 1941–1943 |
| 81 | John McDonald Ellis | 1943–1945 |
| 82 | Alfred William Cole | 1945–1946 |
| 83 | Martin Patrick Smith | 1946–1947 |
| 84 | Ernest Peter McMaster | 1947–1948 |
| 85 | George Ernest Furnell | 1948–1949 |
| 86 | Emlyn Leighton Jones | 1949–1950 |
| 87 | Thomas Alfred Thomas | 1950–1951 |
| 88 | Horace Rostill Petty | 1951–1952 |
| 89 | Leslie John Hay Buddle | 1952–1953 |
| 90 | Charles Sherwin Gawith | 1953–1954 |
| 91 | Spencer T Harper | 1954–1955 |
| 92 | Martin Patrick Smith | 1955–1956 |
| 93 | George Ernest Furnell | 1956–1957 |
| 94 | C H A Carty-Salmon | 1957–1958 |
| 95 | Murray Sutherland Peden | 1958–1959 |
| 96 | Thomas Alfred Thomas | 1959–1960 |
| 97 | Charles Sherwin Gawith | 1960–1961 |
| 98 | Emlyn Leighton Jones | 1961–1962 |
| 99 | C H A Carty-Salmon | 1962–1963 |
| 100 | Francis Ignatius Smyth | 1963–1964 |
| 101 | Norman Dobie R Maxwell | 1964–1965 |
| 102 | George Thomas Gahan | 1965–1966 |
| 103 | Martin Patrick Smith | 1966–1967 |
| 104 | Richard H Matthews | 1967–1968 |
| 105 | Charles Lux | 1968–1969 |
| 106 | Christopher Charles E Gahan | 1969–1970 |
| 107 | George Thomas Gahan | 1970–1971 |
| 108 | William Mayfield Dane | 1971–1973 |
| 109 | Frederick T Farrall | 1973–1974 |
| 110 | Colin John Bell | 1974–1975 |
| 111 | Peter John Hegarty | 1975–1976 |
| 112 | Keith Victor Nicholls | 1976–1977 |
| 113 | William Maurice F Drever | 1977–1979 |
| 114 | Robert Wilson-Reid | 1979–1980 |
| 115 | Harry Gregory | 1980–1981 |
| 116 | Christopher Charles E Gahan | 1981–1982 |
| 117 | David Cameron Cran | 1982–1983 |
| 118 | Basil Theophilos | 1983–1984 |
| 119 | Mary Duffy | 1984–1985 |
| 120 | Dieter Habicht | 1985–1986 |
| 121 | Neil Graham Barker | 1986–1987 |
| 122 | Wendy A Spry | 1987–1988 |
| 123 | John V Chandler | 1988–1989 |
| 124 | John V Velos | 1989–1990 |
| 125 | Leonie T Burke | 1990–1992 |
| 125 | Sandra A Gatehouse | 1992–1993 |
| 125 | Robert W Gill | 1993–1994 |