This is a list of mayors of the City of Yarra, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1]
| Mayor of Yarra | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Incumbent since 19 November 2024Stephen Jolly | |
| Appointer | Stephen Jolly |
| Term length | 1 year |
| Inaugural holder | John Sawyer |
| Formation | March 1996 |
| Deputy | Sarah McKenzie |
The current mayor is Stephen Jolly, who was voted into the position by councillors on 19 November 2024 following the 2024 local government elections.[2]
Commissioners
edit1994–1996
edit| Commissioners | Term |
|---|---|
| Julian Walmsley (Chief Commissioner) | 1994–1996 |
| Barbara Champion | 1994–1995 |
| Frank Thompson | 1994–1996 |
| Carmen Watson | 1995–1996 |
Mayors
edit1996–present
edit| No. | Image | Mayor (Ward) |
Party | Term start | Term end | Council control (term) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
John Sawyer (Carringbush) |
Labor | March 1996 | March 1997 | Labor majority (1996–2002) | ||
| 2 |
|
Linda Hoskins (MacKillop) |
Labor | March 1997 | March 1998 | |||
| 3 |
|
John Phillips (Nicholson) |
Labor | March 1998 | March 1999 | |||
| 4 |
|
Steve Watson (MacKillop) |
Labor | March 1999 | March 2000 | |||
| (3) |
|
John Phillips (Nicholson) |
Labor | March 2000 | March 2001 | |||
| 5 |
|
Sue Corby (Carringbush) |
Labor | March 2001 | March 2002 | |||
| March 2002 | March 2003 | No overall control (2002–2020) | ||||||
| 6 | 
|
Greg Barber (MacKillop) |
Greens | March 2003 | March 2004 | |||
| 7 |
|
Kay Meadows (Docker) |
Labor | March 2004 | November 2004[a] | |||
| (Melba) | November 2004 | November 2005 | ||||||
| 8 | 
|
Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls) |
Independent | November 2005 | November 2006 | |||
| 9 | 
|
Jenny Farrar (Langridge) |
Greens | November 2006 | November 2007 | |||
| 10 |
|
Judy Morton (Melba) |
Independent Labor | November 2007 | November 2008 | |||
| 11 | 
|
Amanda Stone (Nicholls) |
Greens | November 2008 | November 2009 | |||
| 12 | 
|
Jane Garrett (Nicholls) |
Labor | November 2009 | November 2010 | |||
| 13 |
|
Alison Clarke (Melba) |
Greens | November 2010 | November 2011 | |||
| 14 |
|
Geoff Barbour (Langridge) |
Labor | November 2011 | November 2012 | |||
| (8) |
|
Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls) |
Independent | November 2012 | November 2013 | |||
| November 2013 | November 2014 | |||||||
| 15 |
|
Phillip Vlahogiannis (Melba) |
Independent | November 2014 | November 2015 | |||
| 16 |
|
Roberto Colanzi (Nicholls) |
Labor | November 2015 | 9 November 2016 | |||
| (11) |
|
Amanda Stone (Langridge) |
Greens | 9 November 2016 | 28 November 2017 | |||
| 17 |
|
Daniel Nguyen (Melba) |
Independent | 28 November 2017 | 27 November 2018 | |||
| 18 |
|
Danae Bosler (Langridge) |
Labor | 27 November 2018 | 28 November 2019 | |||
| 19 |
|
Misha Coleman (Nicholls) |
Independent | 28 November 2019 | 17 November 2020 | |||
| 20 | 
|
Gabrielle de Vietri (Langridge) |
Greens | 17 November 2020 | 26 November 2021 | Greens majority (2020–2022) | ||
| 21 | 
|
Sophie Wade (Nicholls) |
Greens | 26 November 2021 | 28 November 2022 | |||
| 22 |
|
Claudia Nguyen (Melba) |
Independent | 28 November 2022 | 15 November 2023 | No overall control (2022–present) | ||
| 23 | 
|
Edward Crossland (Melba) |
Greens | 15 November 2023 | 19 November 2024 | |||
| 24 |
|
Stephen Jolly (MacKillop) |
Yarra For All | 19 November 2024 | incumbent | |||
- ^ 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.
Deputy mayors
editThe position of Deputy Mayor of Yarra was established in November 2017.[3]
2017–present
edit| No. | Image | Deputy Mayor (Ward) |
Party | Term start | Term end | Mayor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Misha Coleman (Nicholls) |
Independent | 28 November 2017 | 27 November 2018 | D. Nguyen (Independent) | ||
| 27 November 2018 | 28 November 2019 | Bosler (Labor) | ||||||
| 2 |
|
Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei (Melba) |
Labor | 28 November 2019 | 17 November 2020 | Coleman (Independent) | ||
| 3 |
|
Claudia Nguyen (Melba) |
Independent | 17 November 2020 | 26 November 2021 | De Vietri (Greens) | ||
| 4 |
|
Edward Crossland (Melba) |
Greens | 26 November 2021 | 28 November 2022 | Wade (Greens) | ||
| 28 November 2022 | 15 November 2023 | C. Nguyen (Independent) | ||||||
| 5 | 
|
Anab Mohamud (Langridge) |
Greens | 15 November 2023 | 27 February 2024 | Crossland (Greens) | ||
| Independent | 27 February 2024 | 19 November 2024 | ||||||
| 6 |
|
Sarah McKenzie (Yarra Bend) |
Labor | 26 November 2021 | 19 November 2024 | Jolly (Yarra For All) | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Honour Roll". City of Yarra. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007.
- ^ "Yarra City Council tonight elected Cr Stephen Jolly as Mayor and Cr Sarah McKenzie as Deputy Mayor for 2025". Facebook. Yarra City Council. 19 November 2024. Archived from the original on 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "A new mayor for Yarra". City of Yarra. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.