# List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne

This is a list of mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a local government area of Victoria, Australia.

## Mayors (1842–1902)

| No. | Mayor | Term |
| 1 | Henry Condell | 1842–1844 |
| 2 | Henry Moor | 1844–1845 |
| 3 | Sir James Frederick Palmer | 1845–1846 |
| 4 | Henry Moor | 1846–1847 |
| 5 | Andrew Russell | 1847–1848 |
| 6 | William Montgomerie Bell | 1848–1849 |
| 7 | Augustus Greeves | 1849–1850 |
| 8 | William Nicholson | 1850–1851 |
| 9 | John Thomas Smith | 1851–1853 |
| 10 | John Hodgson | 1853–1854 |
| 11 | John Thomas Smith | 1854–1856 |
| 12 | Peter Davis | 1856–1857 |
| 13 | John Thomas Smith | 1857–1858 |
| 14 | Henry Sallows Walsh | 1858–1859 |
| 15 | Richard Eades | 1859–1860 |
| 16 | John Thomas Smith | 1860–1861 |
| 17 | Robert Bennett | 1861–1862 |
| 18 | Edward Cohen | 1862–1863 |
| 19 | John Thomas Smith | 1863–1864 |
| 20 | George Wragg | 1864–1865 |
| 21 | William Bayles | 1865–1866 |
| 22 | William Williams | 1866–1867 |
| 23 | James Stewart Butters | 1867–1868 |
| 24 | Thomas Moubray | 1868–1869 |
| 25 | Samuel Amess | 1869–1870 |
| 26 | Thomas McPherson | 1870–1871 |
| 27 | Orlando Fenwick | 1871–1872 |
| 28 | Thomas O'Grady | 1872–1873 |
| 29 | John McIlwraith | 1873–1874 |
| 30 | James Gatehouse | 1874–1875 |
| 31 | Alexander Kennedy Smith | 1875–1876 |
| 32 | James Paterson | 1876–1877 |
| 33 | John Pigdon | 1877–1878 |
| 34 | Joseph Story | 1878–1879 |
| 35 | George Meares | 1879–1881 |
| 36 | Cornelius Job Ham | 1881–1882 |
| 37 | James Dodgshun | 1882–1883 |
| 38 | Charles Smith | 1883–1884 |
| 39 | Godfrey Downes Carter | 1884–1885 |
| 40 | James Cooper Stewart | 1885–1886 |
| 41 | William Cain | 1886–1887 |
| 42 | Sir Benjamin Benjamin | 1887–1889 |
| 43 | Matthew Lang | 1889–1892 |
| 44 | Sir Arthur Snowden | 1892–1895 |
| 45 | William Strong | 1895–1897 |
| 46 | Sir Malcolm McEacharn | 1897–1900 |
| 47 | Sir Samuel Gillott | 1900–1902 |

## Lord mayors (1902–1980)

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 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 |

## Commissioners (1981–1982)

| Commissioners | Term |
| Peter Francis Thorley (Chairman) | 1981–1982 |
| Neil Smith | 1981–1982 |
| Richard Allston | 1981–1982 |

## Lord mayors (1982–1993)

| No. | Lord mayor | Term |
| 88 | John William Gardner | 1982–1983 |
| 89 | Kevin Chamberlin | 1983–1984 |
| 90 | Edwin John Beacham | 1984–1985 |
| 91 | Thomas Simon Lynch | 1985–1986 |
| 92 | Trevor Huggard | 1986–1987 |
| 93 | Alexis Ord | 1987–1988 |
| 94 | Winsome McCaughey AO | 1988–1989 |
| 95 | William Deveney | 1989–1990 |
| 96 | Richard Wynne | 1990–1991 |
| 97 | Richard Meldrum | 1991–1992 |
| 98 | Desmond Clark | 1992–1993 |
| 99 | Alan Watson | 1993–1993 |

## Commissioners (1993–1996)

| Commissioners | Term |
| Kevan Gosper AO (Chief Commissioner) | 1993–1996 |
| John Rose (Deputy Chief Commissioner) | 1993–1996 |
| Catherine Walter | 1993–1996 |
| Kevin Rose | 1993–1996 |

## Lord mayors (1996−present)

| No. | Lord Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| 100 | Ivan Deveson (1934–2024) | Melbourne First | 26 March 1996 | May 1999 | Resigned |
| 101 | Peter Costigan (1935–2002) | Independent | May 1999 | 22 July 2001 | Council dismissed. Did not seek re-election |
| 102 | John So (b. 1946) | Melbourne Living | 22 July 2001 | 1 December 2008 | Retired |
| 103 | Robert Doyle (b. 1953) | Team Doyle | 1 December 2008 | 4 February 2018 | Resigned amid sexual harassment allegations |
| 104 | Sally Capp | Independent | 26 May 2018 | 21 September 2020 | Resigned after choosing not to seek re-election |
| 104 | Sally Capp | Team Sally Capp | 21 September 2020 | 2 July 2024 | Resigned after choosing not to seek re-election |
| 105 | Nicholas Reece (b. 1974) | Team Nick Reece | 2 July 2024 | current | Incumbent |

## Electoral results
### 2020

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Team Sally Capp | Sally Capp Nicholas Reece | 27,949 | 31.60 | +6.22 |
| | Greens | Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton | 14,753 | 16.68 | −4.59 |
| | Team Arron Wood | Arron Wood Lisa Teh | 13,497 | 15.26 | +15.26 |
| | Bring Back Melbourne | Nick Russian Michael Burge | 8,975 | 10.15 | +10.15 |
| | Labor | Phil Reed Wesa Chau | 8,355 | 9.45 | +9.45 |
| | Back To Business | Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee | 8,219 | 9.29 | +9.29 |
| | Victorian Socialists | Kath Larkin Daniel Nair Dadich | 2,911 | 3.29 | +3.29 |
| | Morgan-Watts Team | Gary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie | 2,446 | 2.77 | −4.02 |
| | Team Zorin | Wayne Tseng Gricol Yang | 1,329 | 1.50 | +1.50 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 88,434 | 96.62 | +0.22 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,096 | 3.38 | −0.22 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Team Sally Capp | Sally Capp Nicholas Reece | 47,256 | 53.44 | +0.39 |
| | Team Arron Wood | Arron Wood Lisa Teh | 41,178 | 46.56 | +46.56 |
| | Team Sally Capp hold | Team Sally Capp hold | Swing | N/A | |

### 2018 by-election

2018 Melbourne lord mayoral by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Sally Capp | 19,412 | 25.38 | +25.38 |
| | Labor | Jennifer Yang | 11,774 | 15.39 | +15.39 |
| | Greens | Rohan Leppert | 11,296 | 14.77 | −6.50 |
| | Independent | Sally Warhaft | 6,837 | 8.94 | |
| | Liberal | Ken Ong | 6,769 | 8.85 | |
| | Independent | Gary Morgan | 6,412 | 8.38 | |
| | Independent | Qun Xie | 3,449 | 4.51 | |
| | Independent | Allan Watson | 2,488 | 3.25 | |
| | Independent | Nathalie Nicole O'Sughrue | 2,087 | 2.73 | |
| | Independent | Michael Burge | 1,571 | 2.05 | |
| | Independent | Alex MacDonald | 1,387 | 1.81 | |
| | Animal Justice | Bruce Poon | 1,243 | 1.63 | |
| | Independent | Katie Sfetkidis | 933 | 1.22 | |
| | Independent | Luke Downing | 834 | 1.09 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Independent | Sally Capp | 40,579 | 53.05 | +53.05 |
| | Labor | Jennifer Yang | 35,913 | 46.95 | +46.95 |
| | Independent gain from Team Doyle | Independent gain from Team Doyle | Swing | N/A | |

### 2016

2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood | 31,743 | 44.62 | +3.86 |
| | Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton | 15,131 | 21.27 | +6.48 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su | 7,745 | 10.89 | +10.89 |
| | Together Melbourne | Ken Ong Sue Morphet | 7,391 | 10.39 | +10.39 |
| | Team Morgan - A City That Works | Gary Morgan Michael O'Brien | 4,830 | 6.79 | −4.53 |
| | Strengthening Melbourne | Ron Hunt Doone Clifton | 2,548 | 3.58 | +3.58 |
| | The Light On The Hill Team | Anthony van der Craats Yunli Han | 1,749 | 2.46 | +2.46 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 71,137 | 96.40 | +0.75 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,658 | 3.60 | −0.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,795 | 55.15 | −4.79 |
| | Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood | 36,974 | 51.98 | −0.44 |
| | Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton | 18,481 | 25.98 | +0.91 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su | 15,682 | 22.04 | +22.04 |
| | Team Doyle hold | Team Doyle hold | Swing | N/A | |