List of mayors of Richmond

This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Richmond, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1855 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Collingwood and City of Fitzroy to form the new City of Yarra.

Council name

Name Established
Richmond Municipality 24 April 1855
Richmond Town Council 28 September 1872
Richmond City Council 17 February 1882

Chairman (1856–1862)

# Chairman Term
1 H Miller 1856–1858
2 P Johnson 1858–1859
3 G Coppin 1859–1861
4 J Russell 1861–1862

Mayors (1862–1982)

# Mayor Term
6 Philip Johnson 1862–1863
7 Hutton Oddy 1863–1864
8 Joseph Bosisto 1864–1866
9 Joseph Griffiths 1866–1867
10 Cornelius Stewart 1867–1868
11 Michael Egan 1868–1869
12 James Hosie 1869–1870
13 William Gleadell 1870–1871
14 William Wallace Shelley 1871–1972
15 Henry Farmer 1872–1873
16 Charles Smith 1873–1875
17 William Gleadell 1875–1976
18 Thomas Edward Weaver 1877–1878
19 J F Lancashire 1879–1880
20 Samuel Hartley Roberts 1880–1881
21 Samuel Vincent Winter 1881–1882
22 John A. B. Koch 1882–1883
23 John Adam 1883–1884
24 John C. Winn 1884–1885
25 John McRae 1885–1886
26 George Henry Bennett 1886–1887
27 W Davison 1887–1888
28 John Shanks Jenkins 1888–1889
29 Nathaniel Kingston 1889–1890
30 W Weatherill 1890–1891
31 W A Webb 1891–1892
32 George William Freeman 1892–1893
33 Charles J. Jago 1893–1895
34 Simeon Nathan 1895–1896
35 Patrick O'Connor 1896–1897
36 Edward White 1897–1898
37 J H Sheedy 1898–1900
38 Samuel J. Willis 1900–1901
39 Charles J. Jago 1901–1902
40 George R. Admans 1902–1903
41 Edwin Crawcour 1903–1904
42 George Laity 1904–1905
43 George Frederick Aloysius Jones[1] 1905–1906
44 Moses Alexander 1906–1907
45 George William Freeman 1907–1909
46 George Frederick Aloysius Jones 1909–1910
47 David Lloyd Davies 1910–1911
48 Moses Alexander 1911–1913
49 George R. Admans 1912–1913
50 Gordon Webber 1913–1915
51 Arthur Frederick Fear 1915–1917
52 Harry Palling 1917–1918
53 Hector Jacob Barcelo 1918–1920
54 J H Robinson 1920–1922
55 Arthur Frederick Fear 1922–1923
56 M D Kennedy 1923–1924
57 Alfred C. Mitchell 1924–1925
58 Geoffrey Daniel O'Connell 1925–1927
59 D J Murphy 1927–1928
60 Bert Cremean 1928–1929
61 Richard Henry Lightfoot 1929–1930
62 Alfred C. Mitchell 1930–1931
63 Hugh Davine 1931–1932
64 Cornelius Anthony (Con) Loughnan 1932–1933
65 C Fitzgerald 1933–1934
66 W Williams 1934–1935
67 P F Donnelly 1935–1936
68 A E Huckerby 1936–1937
69 James Loughnan 1937–1938
70 Paul J. Carroll 1938–1939
71 Richard Henry Lightfoot 1939–1940
72 D L Murphy 1940–1941
73 Patrick Sheehy 1941–1942
74 Ernest Patrick (Ern) Boland 1942–1943
75 James Loughnan 1943–1945
76 D L Murphy 1945–1946
77 Paul J. Carroll 1946–1947
78 R S Jackson 1947–1948
79 W Williams 1948–1949
80 P V O'Connell 1949–1950
81 Tom Bolger 1950–1951
82 Patrick Sheehy 1951–1952
83 Gus Coloretti 1952–1953
84 W J Moran 1953–1954
85 F R McFarlane 1954–1955
86 J R Andrews 1955–1956
87 H E Tye 1956–1957
88 Jack O'Connell 1957–1958
89 David Langdon 1958–1959
90 A Bain 1959–1960
91 David Lewis 1960–1961
92 A Price 1961–1962
93 P O'Connell 1962–1963
94 James Loughnan 1963–1964
95 Jack O'Connell 1964–1965
96 C T McGrath 1965–1966
97 Maurice Costello 1966–1967
98 Tom Peluso, then C W Evans 1967–1968
99 A J Brown 1968–1969
100 David Langdon 1969–1970
101 David Lewis 1970–1971
102 F J Johnson 1971–1972
103 C A Evans 1972–1973
104 James Loughnan 1973–1974
105 Ernest Bastow 1974–1975
106 H E Fletcher 1975–1976
107 F R Smith 1976–1977
108 Charles Farquhar 1977–1978
109 Geoff O'Connell 1978–1979
110 F R Smith 1979–1980
111 Geoff O'Connell 1980–1982

Commissioner (1982–1988)

In 1982, the Richmond council was sacked by the state government following a report which revealed allegations of electoral malpractice and fraud. The council was replaced by a state-appointed commissioner to administer the city in its stead until an elected council was restored in 1988.[2]

Commissioner Term
Alex Gillon 1982–1988

Mayors (1988–1994)

# Mayor Term
112 Malcolm Graham 1988–1989
113 Jack Softley 1989–1990
114 Maureen Breen 1990–1991
115 Sang Nguyen 1991–1992
116 Rosemary Mason 1992–1993
117 Maureen Breen 1993–1994

City of Yarra mayors (from 1996)

Main article: List of mayors of Yarra

See also

References

  1. ^ "THE MAYOR AND MAYORESS OF RICHMOND". Richmond Guardian. 2 September 1905. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ Luke Slattery (8 April 1988). "Democracy returns to Richmond". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 11.