# List of mayors of Richmond

This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Richmond, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1855 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Collingwood and City of Fitzroy to form the new City of Yarra.

## Council name

| Name | Established |
| Richmond Municipality | 24 April 1855 |
| Richmond Town Council | 28 September 1872 |
| Richmond City Council | 17 February 1882 |

## Chairman (1856–1862)

| # | Chairman | Term |
| 1 | H Miller | 1856–1858 |
| 2 | P Johnson | 1858–1859 |
| 3 | G Coppin | 1859–1861 |
| 4 | J Russell | 1861–1862 |

## Mayors (1862–1982)

| # | Mayor | Term |
| 6 | Philip Johnson | 1862–1863 |
| 7 | Hutton Oddy | 1863–1864 |
| 8 | Joseph Bosisto | 1864–1866 |
| 9 | Joseph Griffiths | 1866–1867 |
| 10 | Cornelius Stewart | 1867–1868 |
| 11 | Michael Egan | 1868–1869 |
| 12 | James Hosie | 1869–1870 |
| 13 | William Gleadell | 1870–1871 |
| 14 | William Wallace Shelley | 1871–1972 |
| 15 | Henry Farmer | 1872–1873 |
| 16 | Charles Smith | 1873–1875 |
| 17 | William Gleadell | 1875–1976 |
| 18 | Thomas Edward Weaver | 1877–1878 |
| 19 | J F Lancashire | 1879–1880 |
| 20 | Samuel Hartley Roberts | 1880–1881 |
| 21 | Samuel Vincent Winter | 1881–1882 |
| 22 | John A. B. Koch | 1882–1883 |
| 23 | John Adam | 1883–1884 |
| 24 | John C. Winn | 1884–1885 |
| 25 | John McRae | 1885–1886 |
| 26 | George Henry Bennett | 1886–1887 |
| 27 | W Davison | 1887–1888 |
| 28 | John Shanks Jenkins | 1888–1889 |
| 29 | Nathaniel Kingston | 1889–1890 |
| 30 | W Weatherill | 1890–1891 |
| 31 | W A Webb | 1891–1892 |
| 32 | George William Freeman | 1892–1893 |
| 33 | Charles J. Jago | 1893–1895 |
| 34 | Simeon Nathan | 1895–1896 |
| 35 | Patrick O'Connor | 1896–1897 |
| 36 | Edward White | 1897–1898 |
| 37 | J H Sheedy | 1898–1900 |
| 38 | Samuel J. Willis | 1900–1901 |
| 39 | Charles J. Jago | 1901–1902 |
| 40 | George R. Admans | 1902–1903 |
| 41 | Edwin Crawcour | 1903–1904 |
| 42 | George Laity | 1904–1905 |
| 43 | George Frederick Aloysius Jones | 1905–1906 |
| 44 | Moses Alexander | 1906–1907 |
| 45 | George William Freeman | 1907–1909 |
| 46 | George Frederick Aloysius Jones | 1909–1910 |
| 47 | David Lloyd Davies | 1910–1911 |
| 48 | Moses Alexander | 1911–1913 |
| 49 | George R. Admans | 1912–1913 |
| 50 | Gordon Webber | 1913–1915 |
| 51 | Arthur Frederick Fear | 1915–1917 |
| 52 | Harry Palling | 1917–1918 |
| 53 | Hector Jacob Barcelo | 1918–1920 |
| 54 | J H Robinson | 1920–1922 |
| 55 | Arthur Frederick Fear | 1922–1923 |
| 56 | M D Kennedy | 1923–1924 |
| 57 | Alfred C. Mitchell | 1924–1925 |
| 58 | Geoffrey Daniel O'Connell | 1925–1927 |
| 59 | D J Murphy | 1927–1928 |
| 60 | Bert Cremean | 1928–1929 |
| 61 | Richard Henry Lightfoot | 1929–1930 |
| 62 | Alfred C. Mitchell | 1930–1931 |
| 63 | Hugh Davine | 1931–1932 |
| 64 | Cornelius Anthony (Con) Loughnan | 1932–1933 |
| 65 | C Fitzgerald | 1933–1934 |
| 66 | W Williams | 1934–1935 |
| 67 | P F Donnelly | 1935–1936 |
| 68 | A E Huckerby | 1936–1937 |
| 69 | James Loughnan | 1937–1938 |
| 70 | Paul J. Carroll | 1938–1939 |
| 71 | Richard Henry Lightfoot | 1939–1940 |
| 72 | D L Murphy | 1940–1941 |
| 73 | Patrick Sheehy | 1941–1942 |
| 74 | Ernest Patrick (Ern) Boland | 1942–1943 |
| 75 | James Loughnan | 1943–1945 |
| 76 | D L Murphy | 1945–1946 |
| 77 | Paul J. Carroll | 1946–1947 |
| 78 | R S Jackson | 1947–1948 |
| 79 | W Williams | 1948–1949 |
| 80 | P V O'Connell | 1949–1950 |
| 81 | Tom Bolger | 1950–1951 |
| 82 | Patrick Sheehy | 1951–1952 |
| 83 | Gus Coloretti | 1952–1953 |
| 84 | W J Moran | 1953–1954 |
| 85 | F R McFarlane | 1954–1955 |
| 86 | J R Andrews | 1955–1956 |
| 87 | H E Tye | 1956–1957 |
| 88 | Jack O'Connell | 1957–1958 |
| 89 | David Langdon | 1958–1959 |
| 90 | A Bain | 1959–1960 |
| 91 | David Lewis | 1960–1961 |
| 92 | A Price | 1961–1962 |
| 93 | P O'Connell | 1962–1963 |
| 94 | James Loughnan | 1963–1964 |
| 95 | Jack O'Connell | 1964–1965 |
| 96 | C T McGrath | 1965–1966 |
| 97 | Maurice Costello | 1966–1967 |
| 98 | Tom Peluso, then C W Evans | 1967–1968 |
| 99 | A J Brown | 1968–1969 |
| 100 | David Langdon | 1969–1970 |
| 101 | David Lewis | 1970–1971 |
| 102 | F J Johnson | 1971–1972 |
| 103 | C A Evans | 1972–1973 |
| 104 | James Loughnan | 1973–1974 |
| 105 | Ernest Bastow | 1974–1975 |
| 106 | H E Fletcher | 1975–1976 |
| 107 | F R Smith | 1976–1977 |
| 108 | Charles Farquhar | 1977–1978 |
| 109 | Geoff O'Connell | 1978–1979 |
| 110 | F R Smith | 1979–1980 |
| 111 | Geoff O'Connell | 1980–1982 |

## Commissioner (1982–1988)

In 1982, the Richmond council was sacked by the state government following a report which revealed allegations of electoral malpractice and fraud. The council was replaced by a state-appointed commissioner to administer the city in its stead until an elected council was restored in 1988.
| Commissioner | Term |
| Alex Gillon | 1982–1988 |

## Mayors (1988–1994)

| # | Mayor | Term |
| 112 | Malcolm Graham | 1988–1989 |
| 113 | Jack Softley | 1989–1990 |
| 114 | Maureen Breen | 1990–1991 |
| 115 | Sang Nguyen | 1991–1992 |
| 116 | Rosemary Mason | 1992–1993 |
| 117 | Maureen Breen | 1993–1994 |