List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne explained

Post:	Lord Mayor
Body:	Melbourne
Insignia:	Flag of Melbourne.svg
Insigniasize:	100px
Incumbent:	Nicholas Reece
Incumbentsince:	2 July 2024
Style:	The Right Honourable Lord Mayor
Appointer:	Melbourne City Council
Termlength:	4 years, renewable indefinitely
Formation:	1842 (as mayor) 1902 (as lord mayor)
Inaugural:	Henry Condell (mayor) Sir Samuel Gillott (lord mayor)

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^[1]	1842–1844
2	Henry Moor^[2]	1844–1845
3	Sir James Frederick Palmer	1845–1846
4		1846–1847
5	Andrew Russell^[3]	1847–1848
6		1848–1849
7		1849–1850
8		1850–1851
9		1851–1853
10		1853–1854
11	John Thomas Smith	1854–1856
12		1856–1857
13	John Thomas Smith	1857–1858
14		1858–1859
15		1859–1860
16	John Thomas Smith	1860–1861
17		1861–1862
18		1862–1863
19	John Thomas Smith	1863–1864
20		1864–1865
21		1865–1866
22		1866–1867
23		1867–1868
24		1868–1869
25		1869–1870
26		1870–1871
27		1871–1872
28		1872–1873
29		1873–1874
30		1874–1875
31		1875–1876
32		1876–1877
33		1877–1878
34		1878–1879
35		1879–1881
36		1881–1882
37		1882–1883
38		1883–1884
39		1884–1885
40		1885–1886
41		1886–1887
42		1887–1889
43		1889–1892
44		1892–1895
45		1895–1897
46		1897–1900
47		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.		Term
48	Sir Samuel Gillott	1902–1903
49	Sir Malcolm McEacharn	1903–1904
50		1904–1905
51		1905–1908
52		1908–1910
53		1910–1912
54		1912–1917
55		1917–1918
56		1918–1919
57		1919–1920
58		1920–1923
59		1923–1926
60		1926–1928
61		1928–1931
62		1931–1934
63		1934–1937
64		1937–1938
65		1938–1940
66		1940–1942
67		1942–1945
68		1945–1948
69		1948–1951
70		1951–1952
71		1952–1953
72		1953–1954
73		1954–1957
74		1957–1959
75		1959–1961
76		1961–1963
77		1963–1965
78		1965–1967
79		1967–1969
80		1969–1971
81		1971–1972
82		1972–1974
83		1974–1976
84		1976–1977
85		1977–1979
86		1979–1980
87		1980–1981

Commissioners (1981–1982)

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

Lord mayors (1982–1993)

No.		Term
88	John William Gardner		1982–1983
89			1983–1984
90			1984–1985
91		1985–1986
92		1986–1987
93		1987–1988
94		1988–1989
95		1989–1990
96		1990–1991
97		1991–1992
98		1992–1993
99		1993–1993

Commissioners (1993–1996)

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

Lord mayors (1996−present)

No.	Image	Lord Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Notes
100		Ivan Deveson	Independent	26 March 1996	May 1999	Resigned
101		Peter Costigan	Independent	May 1999	22 July 2001	Council dismissed. Did not seek re-election
102		John So	Melbourne Living	22 July 2001	1 December 2008	Retired
103		Robert Doyle	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	Independent Labor	2 July 2024	current	Incumbent

Electoral results

2016

See also

References

Lords Mayor of Melbourne

External links

List of Mayors at RULERS
Melbourne City Council

Notes and References

265 . Mr Henry Condell (1797-1871) . Yes . 20 April 2019.
341 . Yes . Mr Henry Moor (1809-1877) . 16 June 2019.
818 . Russell, Andrew . 26 August 2022.