Mayor of Yarra | |
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Appointer | Yarra City Council |
Term length | 1 year |
Inaugural holder | John Sawyer |
Formation | March 1996 |
Deputy | Anab Mohamud |
This is a list of mayors of the City of Yarra, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the City of Fitzroy, City of Collingwood and the City of Richmond.[1]
The current mayor is Edward Crossland, who was voted into the position by councillors on 15 November 2023.[2]
Commissioners | Term |
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Julian Walmsley (Chief Commissioner) | 1994–1996 |
Barbara Champion | 1994–1995 |
Frank Thompson | 1994–1996 |
Carmen Watson | 1995–1996 |
No. | Image | Mayor (Ward) |
Party | Term start | Term end | Council control (term) | ||
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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 | incumbent |
The position of Deputy Mayor of Yarra was established in November 2017.[3]
No. | Image | Deputy Mayor (Ward) |
Party | Term start | Term end | Mayor | ||
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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) | |||
(5) | Independent | 27 February 2024 | incumbent |