List of mayors of Merri-bek

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This is a list of the mayors of the City of Merri-bek (known as the City of Moreland until September 2022), a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the City of Brunswick, City of Coburg, and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows.[1][2]

Mayor of Merri-bek
Incumbent
Adam Pulford
since 15 November 2023
AppointerMerri-bek City Council
Term length1 year
Inaugural holderMike Hill
FormationMarch 1996
DeputyLambros Tapinos

The current mayor is Adam Pulford, who was voted into the position by councillors on 15 November 2023.

Mayors

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1996–present

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No. Portrait Mayor
(Ward)
Party Term start Term end Council control
1   Mike Hill
(Hoffman)
Labor March 1996 March 1997 Labor majority
(1996–2012)
2   Rod Higgins
(Lincoln Mills)
Labor March 1997 March 1998
3   Anthony Helou
(Merri)
Labor March 1998 March 1999
4   Andrew Rowe
(Moonah)
Labor March 1999 March 2000
5   Stella Kariofyllidis
(Newlands)
Labor March 2000 March 2001
6   Robert Larocca
(Glencairn)
Labor March 2001 March 2002
7   Joe Caputo
(Hoffman)
Labor March 2002 March 2003
8   Joe Ficarra
(Westbreen)
Labor March 2003 March 2004
(3)   Anthony Helou
(Merri)
Labor March 2004 November 2004[a]
9   Mark Higginbotham
(North-West)
Labor November 2004 November 2005
(3)   Anthony Helou
(North-East)
Labor November 2005 November 2006
10   Mark O'Brien
(North-East)
Labor November 2006 November 2007
(7)   Joe Caputo
(South)
Labor November 2007 November 2008
11   Lambros Tapinos
(South)
Labor November 2008 November 2009
(5)   Stella Kariofyllidis
(North-East)
Labor November 2009 November 2010
12   Oscar Yildiz
(North-West)
Labor November 2010 November 2011
13   John Kavanagh
(North-West)
Democratic Labour November 2011 November 2012
(12)   Oscar Yildiz
(North-West)
Labor November 2012 November 2013 No overall control
(2012–present)
(11)   Lambros Tapinos
(South)
Labor November 2013 November 2014
14   Meghan Hopper
(South)
Labor November 2014 November 2015
15   Samantha Ratnam
(South)
Greens November 2015 November 2016
16   Helen Davidson
(North-West)
Independent November 2016 November 2017
(13)   John Kavanagh
(North-West)
Independent November 2017 November 2018
17   Natalie Abboud
(North-East)
Greens November 2018 November 2019
(11)   Lambros Tapinos
(South)
Labor November 2019 November 2020
18   Annalivia Carli Hannan
(North-East)
Labor November 2020 29 November 2021
19   Mark Riley
(South)
Greens 29 November 2021 29 November 2022
20   Angelica Panopoulos
(North-West)
Greens 29 November 2022 15 November 2023
20   Adam Pulford
(North-East)
Greens 15 November 2023 incumbent
  1. ^ From 1996 until 2004, the annual election of the mayor for the following 12 months occurred in March. New legislation effective from 2004 onwards changed the date of the election of the mayor to November or December. There was a truncated transitional term of office from March to November 2004.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Past Mayors". Moreland City Council. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Helen Davidson tipped to be elected Moreland mayor". Herald Sun.