Stuart James

Mayor
Stuart James
Mayor of the City of Monash
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2025
Preceded byPaul Klisaris
In office
9 November 2021 – 14 November 2022
Preceded byBrian Little
Succeeded byTina Samardzija
In office
11 November 2019 – 24 October 2020
Preceded byShane McCluskey
Succeeded byBrian Little
Councillor for the City of Monash
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 October 2016
Preceded byBill Pontikis
Personal details
Born (1978-09-24) 24 September 1978 (age 48)
PartyLabor
Children4
EducationCarey Baptist Grammar School
Alma materMonash University
Websitehttp://stujames.com.au

Stuart James (born 24 September 1978) is an Australian politician. He was elected as a Councillor to the City of Monash in October 2016 and was re-elected in 2020 and 2024. On 11 November 2019 he was elected as the 17th Mayor of the City of Monash and was elected Mayor again in 2021-22 and 2025-26. He is married with three daughters and a son.

In 2023, Stuart joined the Board of the Municipal Association of Victoria representing the Eastern Metropolitan region and was elected Deputy President in 2024. He sits on the Board of the Australian Local Government Association and on the Board of the Alliance for Gambling Reform. He is an active public transport advocate and was Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition for 8 years,, sat on the Executive of the Public Transport Users Association for 7 years , on the Metropolitan Transport Forum and has written a number of transport focused op-eds.

References

  1. ↑ "Monash City Council election results 2016 - Victorian Electoral Commission". Vec.vic.gov.au. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Monash City Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sustainability and inclusiveness a focus for new Mayor in 2019/20". Monash.vic.gov.au. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "New mayor focuses on COVID recovery and sustainability in the year ahead". www.monash.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cr Stuart James elected Mayor". www.monash.vic.gov.au.
  6. ↑ "Mayor Stuart James". City of Monash. Victorian Government. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  7. ↑ https://www.mav.asn.au/who-we-are/governance/board
  8. ↑ https://www.agr.org.au/agrboard
  9. ↑ http://www.etc.org.au/news/etc-welcomes-new-chair-councillor-stuart-james-city-of-monash/
  10. ↑ https://ptua.org.au/about/team/