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List of mayors of Yarra

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Mayor of Yarra
Incumbent
Stephen Jolly
since 19 November 2024
AppointerStephen Jolly
Term length1 year
Inaugural holderJohn Sawyer
FormationMarch 1996
DeputySarah McKenzie

This is a list of mayors of the City of Yarra, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1]

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

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1994–1996

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Commissioners Term
Julian Walmsley (Chief Commissioner) 1994–1996
Barbara Champion 1994–1995
Frank Thompson 1994–1996
Carmen Watson 1995–1996

Mayors

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1996–present

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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
  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.

Deputy mayors

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The position of Deputy Mayor of Yarra was established in November 2017.[3]

2017–present

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Honour Roll". City of Yarra. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "A new mayor for Yarra". City of Yarra. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.