Mayor of Greater Geelong

Mayor of Greater Geelong
since 2024
StyleThe Right Worshipful the Mayor of Greater Geelong
Member ofGreater Geelong Council
SeatGeelong Town Hall
Appointer
  • Greater Geelong Council
Inaugural holder
Formation1 October 1925; 101 years ago (1 October 1925)
Websitewww.geelongaustralia.com.au/councillors/default.aspx

The mayor of Greater Geelong heads the City of Greater Geelong, the second largest local government in Victoria, Australia. They are selected from among other councillors, elected every four years. Before amalgamation in 1993 the central area of Geelong was covered by the City of Geelong, with the surrounding suburbs falling into the Shire of Barrabool, Shire of Bannockburn, Rural City of Bellarine, Shire of Corio, City of Geelong West, City of Newtown, and City of South Barwon.

List of mayors of Geelong

Town of Geelong (1849–1910)

# Mayor Term
1Foster Fyans1849–1850
2Alexander Thomson1850–1851
3James Austin1851–1852
4James Cowie1852–1853
5Dr William Baylie1853–1855
6Alexander Thomson1855–1858
7William Burrow1858–1860
8William Bell1860–1862
9Edward Knight1862–1863
10Andrew Parker1863–1864
11Charles Kernot1864–1865
12Robert de Bruce Johnstone1865–1868
13Thomas Newnham Couves1868–1870
14William Francis Ducker1870–1872
15Robert Reeves1872–1873
16George Frederick Belcher1873–1874
17William Upton1874–1875
18George Frederick Belcher1875–1876
19John Garratt1876–1878
20Joseph Henry Connor1878–1880
21George Cunningham1880–1883
22John Longville Price1883–1884
23George Martin1884–1885
24William Newton Sommers1885–1886
25William Bell1886–1887
26Henry Meakin1887–1888
27William Humble1888–1889
28William Picken Carr1889–1890
29James Strong1890–1891
30Joseph Henry Connor1891–1892
31John Rout Hopkins1892–1893
32Joseph Grey1893–1894
33Horace Frank Richardson1894–1896
34Sidney Austin1896–1899
35William Picken Carr1899–1901
36Solomon Jacobs1901–1902
37Isaac Hodges1902–1903
38Neil Campbell1903–1905
39Thomas Edward Bostock1905–1908
40Walter Higgins1908–1909
41Herbert Arthur Austin1909–1910

City of Geelong (1910–1993)

# Mayor Term
42Edward Philpott1910–1911
43Robert Williams1911–1912
44William Robert Anderson1912–1913
45Edward George Gurr1913–1914
46William Brownbill1914–1915
47Arthur John Holden1915–1916
48George Frederick Taylor1916–1917
49Howard Hitchcock1917–1922
50Joseph Charles King1922–1923
51Robert Purnell1923–1924
52Francis Ritchie1924–1925
53Joseph Alexander Thear1925–1926
54Julius Solomon1926–1927
55Thomas Walls1927–1928
56Solomon Jacobs1928–1930
57Oswald Hearne1930–1932
58Edward Allan McDonald1932–1935
59Charles Naples Brown1935–1938
60Solomon Jacobs1938–1939
61Robert Charles Thear1939–1942
62Frederick Hilton Wallace1942–1945
63J. J. Young1945–1948
64Frank Evan Richardson1948–1949
65Bervin Ellis Purnell1949–1952
66Morris Jacobs1952–1954
67Sir Roy Fidge1954–1956
68Albert Leslie Backwell1956–1959
69Vautin Andrews1959–1961
70Ranald McAllister1961–1964
71Sir Roy Fidge1964–1968
72Oliver Wood1968–1971
73James Dowsett1971–1973
74Harold George Verrall1973–1975
75John Holt1975–1977
76Howard Glover1977–1980
77Des Podbury1980–1982
78Graham Bruce Adams1982–1983
79Ian Inglis1983–1985
80Hayden Spurling1985–1987
81Jim Fidge1987–1989
82Brian Fowler1989–1991
83Frank De Stefano1991–1993

Commissioners (1993–1995)

Commissioners Term
Bill Dix (Chairman) 1993–1995
Glyn Jenkins (Deputy Chairman) 1993–1995
Frank Wilkes 1993–1995
Toni McCormack 1993–1995

City of Greater Geelong (since 1993)

# Mayor Term
84Gerry Smith1995–1998
85Ken Jarvis1998–2000
86Michael Crutchfield2000–2001
87Srečko Kontelj2001–2002
88Barbara Abley2002–2004
89Ed Coppe2004
90Shane Dowling2004–2005
91Peter McMullin2005–2006
92Bruce Harwood2006–2008
93John Mitchell2008–2012
94Keith Fagg2012–2013
95Bruce Harwood2013 (acting)
96Darryn Lyons2013–2016
97Bruce Harwood2017–2019
98Stephanie Asher2019–2022
99Peter Murrihy2022–2022
100 Trent Sullivan 2022–2024
101 Stretch Kontelj 2024–Incumbent

Administrators (2016–2017)

Administrator Term
Yehudi Blacher (interim administrator) April–May 2016
Kathy Alexander (chairperson) 2016–2017
Peter Dorling 2016–2017
Laurinda Gardner 2016–2017
  1. ↑ The chairperson of the panel of administrators has the same functions, powers and duties as the mayor of the council.

See also

References

  1. ↑ www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conventions/titles-honours-forms-address/parliaments-and-councils
  2. ↑ "Sale of Harding Park, Geelong". Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
  3. ↑ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (18 May 1993). "S27 of 1993". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 10 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= and |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)
  4. ↑ "Mayor Keith Fagg announces his resignation - City of Greater Geelong". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Local Government (Greater Geelong City Council) Act 2016 (Vic) s 7