# List of mayors of Yarra

This is a list of mayors of the City of Yarra, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The current mayor is Stephen Jolly, who was voted into the position by councillors on 19 November 2024 following the 2024 local government elections.

## Commissioners
### 1994–1996

| Commissioners | Term |
| Julian Walmsley (Chief Commissioner) | 1994–1996 |
| Barbara Champion | 1994–1995 |
| Frank Thompson | 1994–1996 |
| Carmen Watson | 1995–1996 |

## Mayors
### 1996–present

| No. | Mayor (Ward) | Party | Term start | Term end | Council control (term) |
| 1 | John Sawyer (Carringbush) | Labor | March 1996 | March 1997 | Labor majority (1996–2002) |
| 2 | Linda Hoskins (MacKillop) | Labor | March 1997 | March 1998 | Labor majority (1996–2002) |
| 3 | John Phillips (Nicholson) | Labor | March 1998 | March 1999 | Labor majority (1996–2002) |
| 4 | Steve Watson (MacKillop) | Labor | March 1999 | March 2000 | Labor majority (1996–2002) |
| (3) | John Phillips (Nicholson) | Labor | March 2000 | March 2001 | Labor majority (1996–2002) |
| 5 | Sue Corby (Carringbush) | Labor | March 2001 | March 2002 | Labor majority (1996–2002) |
| 5 | Sue Corby (Carringbush) | Labor | March 2002 | March 2003 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 6 | Greg Barber (MacKillop) | Greens | March 2003 | March 2004 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 7 | Kay Meadows (Docker) | Labor | March 2004 | November 2004 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 7 | (Melba) | Labor | November 2004 | November 2005 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 8 | Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls) | Independent | November 2005 | November 2006 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 9 | Jenny Farrar (Langridge) | Greens | November 2006 | November 2007 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 10 | Judy Morton (Melba) | Independent Labor | November 2007 | November 2008 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 11 | Amanda Stone (Nicholls) | Greens | November 2008 | November 2009 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 12 | Jane Garrett (Nicholls) | Labor | November 2009 | November 2010 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 13 | Alison Clarke (Melba) | Greens | November 2010 | November 2011 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 14 | Geoff Barbour (Langridge) | Labor | November 2011 | November 2012 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| (8) | Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls) | Independent | November 2012 | November 2013 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| (8) | Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls) | Independent | November 2013 | November 2014 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 15 | Phillip Vlahogiannis (Melba) | Independent | November 2014 | November 2015 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 16 | Roberto Colanzi (Nicholls) | Labor | November 2015 | 9 November 2016 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| (11) | Amanda Stone (Langridge) | Greens | 9 November 2016 | 28 November 2017 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 17 | Daniel Nguyen (Melba) | Independent | 28 November 2017 | 27 November 2018 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 18 | Danae Bosler (Langridge) | Labor | 27 November 2018 | 28 November 2019 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 19 | Misha Coleman (Nicholls) | Independent | 28 November 2019 | 17 November 2020 | No overall control (2002–2020) |
| 20 | Gabrielle de Vietri (Langridge) | Greens | 17 November 2020 | 26 November 2021 | Greens majority (2020–2022) |
| 21 | Sophie Wade (Nicholls) | Greens | 26 November 2021 | 28 November 2022 | Greens majority (2020–2022) |
| 22 | Claudia Nguyen (Melba) | Independent | 28 November 2022 | 15 November 2023 | No overall control (2022–present) |
| 23 | Edward Crossland (Melba) | Greens | 15 November 2023 | 19 November 2024 | No overall control (2022–present) |
| 24 | Stephen Jolly (MacKillop) | Yarra For All | 19 November 2024 | incumbent | No overall control (2022–present) |
* ↑ 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

The position of Deputy Mayor of Yarra was established in November 2017.

### 2017–present

| No. | Deputy Mayor (Ward) | Party | Term start | Term end | Mayor |
| 1 | Misha Coleman (Nicholls) | Independent | 28 November 2017 | 27 November 2018 | D. Nguyen (Independent) |
| 1 | Misha Coleman (Nicholls) | Independent | 27 November 2018 | 28 November 2019 | Bosler (Labor) |
| 2 | Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei (Melba) | Labor | 28 November 2019 | 17 November 2020 | Coleman (Independent) |
| 3 | Claudia Nguyen (Melba) | Independent | 17 November 2020 | 26 November 2021 | De Vietri (Greens) |
| 4 | Edward Crossland (Melba) | Greens | 26 November 2021 | 28 November 2022 | Wade (Greens) |
| 4 | Edward Crossland (Melba) | Greens | 28 November 2022 | 15 November 2023 | C. Nguyen (Independent) |
| 5 | Anab Mohamud (Langridge) | Greens | 15 November 2023 | 27 February 2024 | Crossland (Greens) |
| | Anab Mohamud (Langridge) | Independent | 27 February 2024 | 19 November 2024 | Crossland (Greens) |
| 6 | Sarah McKenzie (Yarra Bend) | Labor | 26 November 2021 | 19 November 2024 | Jolly (Yarra For All) |