# List of mayors of Ballarat

This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Ballarat, a local government area and the third largest city in Victoria, Australia.

## Ballarat Mayors (1863–1921)

| Mayor | Term |
| Mathew Campbell | 1863–1864 |
| Joseph Attwood Doane | 1864–1865 |
| Thomas Davey | 1866–1868 |
| James McDowall | 1868–1869 |
| Thomas Cowan | 1869–1870 |
| Henry Black Chalmers | 1870–1871 |
| Robert Lewis | 1871–1872 |
| Frederick Moses Claxton | 1871–1873 |
| John Henry Williams | 1873–1874 |
| William Collard Smith | 1874–1875 |
| Daniel Brophy | 1876–1877 |
| Frederick Moses Claxton | 1876–1877 |
| John Wightman Gray | 1877–1878 |
| Henry Leggo | 1876–1879 |
| Alexander Thomas Morrison | 1879–1880 |
| Robert Lewis | 1880–1881 |
| John Noble Wilson | 1881–1882 |
| Frederick Moses Claxton | 1882–1883 |
| John Hickman | 1883–1884 |
| Alexander Thomas Morrison | 1884–1885 |
| Charles Slater | 1885–1886 |
| Thomas Houlden Thompson | 1886–1887 |
| William Collard Smith | 1887–1888 |
| John Gordon McDonald | 1888–1889 |
| William Little | 1889–1890 |
| John Hickman | 1890–1891 |
| Charles Collett Shoppe | 1891–1892 |
| David Cooke | 1892–1893 |
| Thomas Houlden Thompson | 1893–1894 |
| Edward Morey | 1894–1895 |
| John Gordon McDonald | 1895–1896 |
| Alexander Bell | 1896–1897 |
| Charles Collett Shoppe | 1897–1898 |
| Henry Francis Elliot | 1898–1899 |
| John Heinz | 1899–1900 |
| John Whykes | 1900–1901 |
| James Job Brokenshire | 1901–1902 |
| Charles Collett Shoppe | 1902–1903 |
| Richard Pearse | 1903–1904 |
| John Martin Barker | 1904–1905 |
| John Whykes | 1905–1906 |
| James Job Brokenshire | 1906–1907 |
| Frederick Brawn | 1907–1908 |
| Richard Pearse | 1908–1909 |
| William Duiguid Hill | 1909–1910 |
| Thomas Hollway | 1910–1911 |
| John Martin Barker | 1911–1912 |
| George Crocker | 1912–1913 |
| James Job Brokenshire | 1913–1914 |
| Richard Pearse | 1914–1915 |
| Frederick Brawn | 1915–1916 |
| William Duiguid Hill | 1916–1917 |
| Alexander Bell | 1917–1918 |
| Thomas Hollway | 1918–1919 |
| George Crocker | 1919–1920 |
| William Duiguid Hill | 1920–1921 |

## Ballarat East Mayors (1863–1921)

| Mayor | Term |
| John Fussell | 1863–1864 |
| George Glendinning | 1864–1866 |
| Emmanuel Steinfeld | 1866–1869 |
| Edward Eastwood | 1869–1871 |
| James Ivey | 1871–1872 |
| John Kirkland Baird | 1872–1873 |
| Henry Josephs | 1873–1874 |
| James Russell | 1874–1875 |
| James Long | 1875–1877 |
| David Turpie | 1877–1878 |
| James Long | 1878–1879 |
| William Scott | 1879–1880 |
| William Robertson | 1880–1881 |
| Theophilus Williams | 1881–1882 |
| John Ferguson | 1882–1884 |
| Thomas Walker | 1884–1885 |
| William Scott | 1885–1886 |
| James Russell | 1886–1887 |
| Theophilus Williams | 1887–1888 |
| John Roberts Elsworth | 1888–1889 |
| Edward Murphy | 1889–1890 |
| William Gale | 1890–1891 |
| John Nankiville Dunn | 1891–1892 |
| Isaiah Pearce | 1892–1893 |
| John Larter | 1893–1894 |
| Theophilus Williams | 1894–1895 |
| John Roberts Elsworth | 1895–1896 |
| William Denholm McKee | 1897–1897 |
| Joseph Peady | 1897–1898 |
| Edward Murphy | 1898–1899 |
| John Nankiville Dunn | 1899–1900 |
| Isaiah Pearce | 1900–1901 |
| Charles Johnston | 1901–1902 |
| Joseph Mathais Kline | 1902–1903 |
| William Denholm McKee | 1903–1904 |
| John Roberts Elsworth | 1904–1905 |
| John Ritchie | 1905–1906 |
| John Nankiville Dunn | 1906–1907 |
| Isaiah Pearce | 1907–1908 |
| Abraham Levy | 1908–1909 |
| James McNeil | 1909–1910 |
| Alexander MacKenzie | 1910–1911 |
| Frank Penhalluriack | 1911–1912 |
| John Nankiville Dunn | 1912–1913 |
| Alfred James Pittard | 1913–1914 |
| Isaiah Pearce | 1914–1915 |
| William James Hoare | 1915–1916 |
| Abraham Levy | 1916–1917 |
| Henry Brown George | 1917–1918 |
| Alexander MacKenzie | 1918–1919 |
| William Richards | 1919–1920 |
| Alfred James Pittard | 1920–1921 |

## Amalgamated Municipality: City of Ballarat

| Mayor | Term |
| William Roberts Elsworth | 1921–1923 |
| Robert John Cooke | 1923–1924 |
| Abraham Levy | 1924–1925 |
| Alfred Ernest Nicholson | 1925–1926 |
| Alfred James Pittard | 1926–1927 |
| Alexander MacKenzie | 1927–1928 |
| Joseph Pryor | 1928–1929 |
| George Bolster | 1929–1930 |
| Arthur Richards Stewart | 1930–1931 |
| James Harrison | 1931–1932 |
| William James Hoare | 1932–1933 |
| Alfred John Darling | 1933–1934 |
| Lazarus Lederman | 1934–1935 |
| Michael Martin | 1935–1936 |
| Joseph Pryor | 1936–1937 |
| John Henry Trekardo | 1937–1938 |
| Alexander Mercer King | 1938–1940 |
| Michael Martin | 1940–1941 |
| William John Perking | 1941–1942 |
| Alexander MacKenzie | 1941–1943 |
| Joseph Pryor | 1943–1944 |
| Robert Hamlin Ramsay | 1944–1945 |
| Herbert Leslie Coburn | 1945–1946 |
| Alan Pittard | 1946–1947 |
| George Stewart | 1947–1948 |
| Frederick Charlton Wray | 1948–1949 |
| Nathaniel Thomas Callow | 1949–1950 |
| John Clymo Rowe | 1950–1951 |
| William Ernest Roff | 1951–1952 |
| Arthur Nicholson | 1952–1953 |
| Francis John Cutts | 1953–1954 |
| Alan Pittard | 1954–1955 |
| Nathaniel Thomas Callow | 1955–1956 |
| Kenneth Crago Webb | 1956–1957 |
| John Allan Chisholm | 1957–1958 |
| Gordon Lincoln Scott | 1958–1959 |
| Frederick Wilson Oliver | 1959–1960 |
| Alan Arthur Nicholson | 1960–1961 |
| Arthur Dexter Mason | 1961–1962 |
| Alexander Elliot Mills | 1962–1963 |
| Kenneth Crago Webb | 1963–1964 |
| John Allan Chisholm | 1964–1965 |
| William Ernest Roff | 1965–1966 |
| Leslie Kennedy | 1966–1967 |
| Sir Arthur Nicholson | 1967–1968 |
| Maurice James Brown | 1968–1969 |
| Alexander Elliot Mills | 1969–1970 |
| Kenneth Crago Webb | 1970–1971 |
| John Allan Chisholm | 1971–1972 |
| John Francis McKay | 1972–1973 |
| Alexander Charles Rizzoli | 1973–1974 |
| Sir Arthur Nicholson | 1974–1975 |
| Maurice James Brown | 1975–1976 |
| Jessie Margaret Scott | 1976–1977 |
| John Allan Chisholm | 1977–1978 |
| Melton Foo | 1978–1979 |
| John Francis McKay | 1979–1980 |
| Alfred Emerson Hancock | 1980–1981 |
| Don Woodward | 1981–1982 |
| Melton Foo | 1982–1983 |
| Bryan Crebbin | 1983–1984 |
| Bruce McKnight | 1984–1985 |
| Bryan Crebbin | 1985–1986 |
| Jim Reeves | 1986–1987 |
| Neil Steinmann | 1987–1988 |
| Wanda Chapman | 1988–1989 |
| Don Woodward | 1989–1990 |
| Vashti Lloyd | 1990–1991 |
| Frank Williams | 1991–1992 |
| James Coghlan | 1992–1993 |
| Geoff Howard | 1993–1994 |

## Commissioners (1994–1995)

| Commissioners | Term |
| John Sharpham (Chief Commissioner) | 1994-1994 |
| Vern Robson (Chief Commissioner) | 1994–1995 |
| Bruce Clark (Assistant Commissioner) | 1994–1995 |
| Malcolm Lee (Assistant Commissioner) | 1994–1995 |

## City of Ballarat Mayors since 1995

| Mayor | Term |
| James Coghlan | 1996-97 |
| John Barnes | 1999-2001, 2004–2005 |
| David Vendy | 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 |
| Stephen Jones | 2007–2008 |
| Judy Verlin | 2008–2009 |
| Craig Fletcher | 2010–2011 |
| Mark Harris | 2011-2012 |
| John Burt | 2012-2013 |
| Josh Morris | 2013-2014 |
| John Philips | 2014-2015 |
| Des Hudson | 2015-2016 |
| Samantha McIntosh | 2016-2017 |
| Samantha McIntosh | 2017-2018 |
| Samantha McIntosh | 2018-2019 |
| Ben Taylor | 2019-2020 |
| Daniel Moloney | 2020-2021, 2021-2022 |
| Des Hudson | 2022-2024 |
| Tracey Hargreaves | 2024-present |
* ↑ Ballarat Courier, 1 September 1977.