List of mayors of Dandenong

Mayor of Greater Dandenong
Incumbent
Lana Formoso
since 16 November 202
AppointerGreater Dandenong City Council
Term length1 year
Inaugural holderGreg Harris
FormationMarch 1997
DeputyRichard Lim

This is a list of mayors of the City of Greater Dandenong, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Before amalgamation in 1994, the Dandenong area was covered by the City of Dandenong and the City of Springvale (formerly known as the Shire of Dandenong).[1][2]

The current mayor is Lana Formoso, who was voted into the position by councillors on 16 November 2023.[3]

Mayors

Greater Dandenong (1997–present)

No. Portrait Mayor
(Ward) 		Party Term start Term end
1 Greg Harris Independent March 1997 March 1998
2 Roz Blades Labor March 1998 March 1999
3 Naim Melhem Labor March 1999 March 2000
4 Angela Long Labor March 2000 March 2001
5 Youhorn Chea Labor March 2001 March 2002
6 Paul Donovan Labor March 2002 March 2003
7 Kevin Walsh Independent March 2003 16 March 2004[4]
8 Clare O'Neil
(Springvale South) 		Labor 16 March 2004 November 2004[a]
9 Maria Sampey Labor November 2004 November 2005
10 Peter Brown Labor November 2005 November 2006
(5) Youhorn Chea Labor November 2006 November 2007
11 John Kelly Independent Liberal November 2007 November 2008
12 Pinar Yesil Labor November 2008 November 2009
13 Jim Memeti Labor November 2009 November 2010
(2) Roz Blades Labor November 2010 November 2011
(5) Youhorn Chea Labor November 2011 7 November 2012
(4) Angela Long Labor 7 November 2012 November 2013
(13) Jim Memeti Labor November 2013 November 2014
14 Sean O'Reilly Labor November 2014 November 2015
15 Meng Heang Tak
(Paperback) 		Labor November 2015 November 2016
(13) Jim Memeti Labor November 2016 November 2017
(5) Youhorn Chea Labor November 2017 November 2018
(2) Roz Blades Labor November 2018 14 October 2019
(5) Youhorn Chea Labor 14 October 2019 November 2019
(13) Jim Memeti Labor November 2019 November 2020
(4) Angela Long
(Cleeland) 		Labor November 2020 11 November 2021
(13) Jim Memeti
(Dandenong) 		Labor 11 November 2021 10 November 2022
16 Eden Foster
(Yarraman) 		Labor 10 November 2022 16 November 2023
17 Lana Formoso
(Noble Park North) 		Labor 16 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.

References

  1. ^ "Former Mayors and Councillors". City of Greater Dandenong.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. pp. 6, 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6.
  3. ^ "Cr Lana Formoso Elected as New Mayor". City of Greater Dandenong.
  4. ^ "20 years ago I was elected Mayor of Greater Dandenong". Twitter. Clare O'Neil MP. 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024.