List of mayors of Prahran

This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Prahran, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1854 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Malvern to form the new City of Stonnington.

Council name

Name Established
Prahran Road Board 17 May 1854
Prahran Municipality 24 April 1855
Prahran Borough Council 1 October 1863
Prahran Town Council 13 May 1870
Prahran City Council 27 May 1879

Prahran chairmen (1856–1863)

# Chairman Term
1 Frederick J Sargood 1856–1857
2 J Cunnington 1857–1858 (part)
3 Frederick J Sargood 1857–1858 (part)
4 J Cunnington 1858–1859 (part)
5 Francis John Sydney Stephen 1858–1859 (part)
6 Daniel Rutter Long 1859–1861
7 James Wisewould 1861–1862
8 R McClure 1862–1863 (part)
9 John Branscombe Crews 1862–1863 (part)

Prahran mayors (1863–1994)

# Mayor Term
10 John Branscombe Crews 1863–1865 (part)
11 James Stodart 1864–1865 (part)
12 Joshua Snowball 1864–1866 (part)
13 George Young 1866–1867 (part)
14 Edward Luke Vail 1866–1868 (part)
15 George Young 1867–1869 (part)
16 William Henry Lacey 1868–1870 (part)
17 Charles Ogg 1869–1871 (part)
18 Robert Murray Smith 1870–1872 (part)
19 George Lewis 1871–1873 (part)
20 Charles Hipwell 1872–1874 (part)
21 George Young 1873–1874 (part)
22 Joseph Harris 1874–1876
23 Edward J Dixon 1876–1877
24 William Bowen 1877–1878
25 Samuel Willis 1878–1879
26 Thomas Arkle 1879–1880
27 James Hole 1880–1881
28 M H Davies 1881–1882
29 John Turner 1882–1883
30 William Templeton 1883–1884
31 George W Taylor 1884–1885
32 T B Muntz 1885–1886
33 Robert Arthur Forbes 1886–1887
34 John Beatty 1887–1888
35 Henry Osment 1888–1889
36 William Fuller 1889–1890
37 Thomas Ellis 1890–1891
38 John Henry Maddock 1891–1892
39 George Lindsay Skinner 1892–1893
40 William Davies 1893–1894
41 Thomas Luxton 1894–1897
42 Robert Arthur Forbes 1897–1898
43 Thomas Simmons 1898–1899
44 Henry Mansfield Gooch 1899–1901
45 Thomas Luxton 1901–1902
46 William Densham 1902–1904
47 Sydney Albert Chambers 1904–1906
48 Josiah James Walter Flintoft 1906–1907
49 Henry Upton 1907–1908 (part)
50 Frank Temple S Dobson 1907–1909 (part)
51 Edward Naylor 1908–1910 (part)
52 John Rupert G Nicolson 1910–1911
53 Herbert Arthur Austin Embling 1911–1912
54 Thomas Gemmell Logan Scott 1912–1913
55 Ernest Horatio Willis 1913–1914
56 George Neeve Heywood 1914–1915
57 William Matthew McIlwrick 1915–1916
58 Herbert Arthur Austin Embling 1916–1918
59 Ernest Horatio Willis 1918–1919
60 George Neeve Heywood 1919–1920
61 Josiah James Walter Flintoft 1920–1921
62 Alfred Holmes Woodfull 1921–1922
63 William Thomas Chambers 1922–1923
64 William Benjamin Lumley 1923–1924
65 John Charles Pickford 1924–1925
66 Albert Armytage Holdsworth 1925–1926
67 Josiah James Walter Flintoft 1926–1927
68 Frederick W Harvey 1927–1928
69 Alfred Holmes Woodfull 1928–1929
70 William Matthew McIlwrick 1929–1930
71 John McDonald Ellis 1930–1932
72 Alfred William Cole 1932–1934
73 William Musson Flintoft 1934–1935
74 Robert James Grant 1935–1936
75 Albert William Sterck 1936–1937
76 Henry Rudolf David 1937–1938
77 Harry Landen 1938–1939
78 Maurice Gabriel Sloman 1939–1940
79 Alfred Holmes Woodfull 1940–1941
80 William Matthew McIlwrick 1941–1943
81 John McDonald Ellis 1943–1945
82 Alfred William Cole 1945–1946
83 Martin Patrick Smith 1946–1947
84 Ernest Peter McMaster 1947–1948
85 George Ernest Furnell 1948–1949
86 Emlyn Leighton Jones 1949–1950
87 Thomas Alfred Thomas 1950–1951
88 Horace Rostill Petty 1951–1952
89 Leslie John Hay Buddle 1952–1953
90 Charles Sherwin Gawith 1953–1954
91 Spencer T Harper 1954–1955
92 Martin Patrick Smith 1955–1956
93 George Ernest Furnell 1956–1957
94 C H A Carty-Salmon 1957–1958
95 Murray Sutherland Peden 1958–1959
96 Thomas Alfred Thomas 1959–1960
97 Charles Sherwin Gawith 1960–1961
98 Emlyn Leighton Jones 1961–1962
99 C H A Carty-Salmon 1962–1963
100 Francis Ignatius Smyth 1963–1964
101 Norman Dobie R Maxwell 1964–1965
102 George Thomas Gahan 1965–1966
103 Martin Patrick Smith 1966–1967
104 Richard H Matthews 1967–1968
105 Charles Lux 1968–1969
106 Christopher Charles E Gahan 1969–1970
107 George Thomas Gahan 1970–1971
108 William Mayfield Dane 1971–1973
109 Frederick T Farrall 1973–1974
110 Colin John Bell 1974–1975
111 Peter John Hegarty 1975–1976
112 Keith Victor Nicholls 1976–1977
113 William Maurice F Drever 1977–1979
114 Robert Wilson-Reid 1979–1980
115 Harry Gregory 1980–1981
116 Christopher Charles E Gahan 1981–1982
117 David Cameron Cran 1982–1983
118 Basil Theophilos 1983–1984
119 Mary Duffy 1984–1985
120 Dieter Habicht 1985–1986
121 Neil Graham Barker 1986–1987
122 Wendy A Spry 1987–1988
123 John V Chandler 1988–1989
124 John V Velos 1989–1990
125 Leonie T Burke 1990–1992
125 Sandra A Gatehouse 1992–1993
125 Robert W Gill 1993–1994

Stonnington City mayors (from 1996)

Main article: List of mayors of Stonnington

See also

References