List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne


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

Mayors (1842–1902)

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 mayorTerm
48Sir Samuel Gillott1902–1903
49Sir Malcolm McEacharn1903–1904
50Charles Pleasance1904–1905
51Sir Henry Weedon1905–1908
52James Burston1908–1910
53Thomas James Davey1910–1912
54Sir David Valentine Hennessy1912–1917
55Frank Stapley1917–1918
56William Whyte Cabena1918–1919
57John Aikman1919–1920
58Sir John Warren Swanson1920–1923
59Sir William Brunton1923–1926
60Sir Stephen Joseph Morell1926–1928
61Harold Daniel Luxton1928–1931
62Sir Harold Gengoult Smith1931–1934
63Sir Alexander George Wales1934–1937
64Edward Campbell1937–1938
65Sir Arthur Coles1938–1940
66Sir Frank Beaurepaire1940–1942
67Sir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold1942–1945
68Sir Francis Raymond Connelly1945–1948
69Sir James Stanley Disney1948–1951
70Oliver John Nilsen1951–1952
71William John Brens1952–1953
72Robert Henry Solly1953–1954
73Sir Francis Palmer Selleck1954–1957
74Sir Frederick William Thomas1957–1959
75Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans1959–1961
76Maurice Arnold Nathan1961–1963
77Edward Leo Curtis1963–1965
78Ian Beaurepaire1965–1967
79Reginald Thomas Anthony Talbot1967–1969
80Ted Best1969–1971
81Alwynne Rowlands1971–1972
82Alan Douglas Whalley1972–1974
83Ron Walker1974–1976
84Donald Osborne1976–1977
85Irvin Rockman1977–1979
86Ralph Angelo Bernardi1979–1980
87John William Woodruff1980–1981

Commissioners (1981–1982)

Lord mayors (1982–1993)

Commissioners (1993–1996)

Lord mayors (since 1996)

Electoral history