List of mayors of Ballarat

This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Ballarat, a local government area and the third largest city in Victoria, Australia.

Ballarat Mayors (1863–1921)

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# Mayor Term
Mathew Campbell 1863–1864
Joseph Attwood Doane 1864–1865
Thomas Davey 1866–1868
James McDowall 1868–1869
Thomas Cowan 1869–1870
Henry Black Chalmers 1870–1871
Robert Lewis 1871–1872
Frederick Moses Claxton 1871–1873
John Henry Williams 1873–1874
William Collard Smith 1874–1875
Daniel Brophy 1876–1877
Frederick Moses Claxton 1876–1877
John Wightman Gray 1877–1878
Henry Leggo 1876–1879
Alexander Thomas Morrison 1879–1880
Robert Lewis 1880–1881
John Noble Wilson 1881–1882
Frederick Moses Claxton 1882–1883
John Hickman 1883–1884
Alexander Thomas Morrison 1884–1885
Charles Slater 1885–1886
Thomas Houlden Thompson 1886–1887
William Collard Smith 1887–1888
John Gordon McDonald 1888–1889
William Little 1889–1890
John Hickman 1890–1891
Charles Collett Shoppe 1891–1892
David Cooke 1892–1893
Thomas Houlden Thompson 1893–1894
Edward Morey 1894–1895
John Gordon McDonald 1895–1896
Alexander Bell 1896–1897
Charles Collett Shoppe 1897–1898
Henry Francis Elliot 1898–1899
John Heinz 1899–1900
John Whykes 1900–1901
James Job Brokenshire 1901–1902
Charles Collett Shoppe 1902–1903
Richard Pearse 1903–1904
John Martin Barker 1904–1905
John Whykes 1905–1906
James Job Brokenshire 1906–1907
Frederick Brawn 1907–1908
Richard Pearse 1908–1909
William Duiguid Hill 1909–1910
Thomas Hollway 1910–1911
John Martin Barker 1911–1912
George Crocker 1912–1913
James Job Brokenshire 1913–1914
Richard Pearse 1914–1915
Frederick Brawn 1915–1916
William Duiguid Hill 1916–1917
Alexander Bell 1917–1918
Thomas Hollway 1918–1919
George Crocker 1919–1920
William Duiguid Hill 1920–1921

Ballarat East Mayors (1863–1921)

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# Mayor Term
John Fussell 1863–1864
George Glendinning 1864–1866
Emmanuel Steinfeld 1866–1869
Edward Eastwood 1869–1871
James Ivey 1871–1872
John Kirkland Baird 1872–1873
Henry Josephs 1873–1874
James Russell 1874–1875
James Long 1875–1877
David Turpie 1877–1878
James Long 1878–1879
William Scott 1879–1880
William Robertson 1880–1881
Theophilus Williams 1881–1882
John Ferguson 1882–1884
Thomas Walker 1884–1885
William Scott 1885–1886
James Russell 1886–1887
Theophilus Williams 1887–1888
John Roberts Elsworth 1888–1889
Edward Murphy 1889–1890
William Gale 1890–1891
John Nankiville Dunn 1891–1892
Isaiah Pearce 1892–1893
John Larter 1893–1894
Theophilus Williams 1894–1895
John Roberts Elsworth 1895–1896
William Denholm McKee 1897–1897
Joseph Peady 1897–1898
Edward Murphy 1898–1899
John Nankiville Dunn 1899–1900
Isaiah Pearce 1900–1901
Charles Johnston 1901–1902
Joseph Mathais Kline 1902–1903
William Denholm McKee 1903–1904
John Roberts Elsworth 1904–1905
John Ritchie 1905–1906
John Nankiville Dunn 1906–1907
Isaiah Pearce 1907–1908
Abraham Levy 1908–1909
James McNeil 1909–1910
Alexander MacKenzie 1910–1911
Frank Penhalluriack 1911–1912
John Nankiville Dunn 1912–1913
Alfred James Pittard 1913–1914
Isaiah Pearce 1914–1915
William James Hoare 1915–1916
Abraham Levy 1916–1917
Henry Brown George 1917–1918
Alexander MacKenzie 1918–1919
William Richards 1919–1920
Alfred James Pittard 1920–1921

Amalgamated Municipality: City of Ballarat

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# Mayor Term
William Roberts Elsworth 1921–1923
Robert John Cooke 1923–1924
Abraham Levy 1924–1925
Alfred Ernest Nicholson 1925–1926
Alfred James Pittard 1926–1927
Alexander MacKenzie 1927–1928
Joseph Pryor 1928–1929
George Bolster 1929–1930
Arthur Richards Stewart 1930–1931
James Harrison 1931–1932
William James Hoare 1932–1933
Alfred John Darling 1933–1934
Lazarus Lederman 1934–1935
Michael Martin 1935–1936
Joseph Pryor 1936–1937
John Henry Trekardo 1937–1938
Alexander Mercer King 1938–1940
Michael Martin 1940–1941
William John Perking 1941–1942
Alexander MacKenzie 1941–1943
Joseph Pryor 1943–1944
Robert Hamlin Ramsay 1944–1945
Herbert Leslie Coburn 1945–1946
Alan Pittard 1946–1947
George Stewart 1947–1948
Frederick Charlton Wray 1948–1949
Nathaniel Thomas Callow 1949–1950
John Clymo Rowe 1950–1951
William Ernest Roff 1951–1952
Arthur Nicholson 1952–1953
Francis John Cutts 1953–1954
Alan Pittard 1954–1955
Nathaniel Thomas Callow 1955–1956
Kenneth Crago Webb 1956–1957
John Allan Chisholm 1957–1958
Gordon Lincoln Scott 1958–1959
Frederick Wilson Oliver 1959–1960
Alan Arthur Nicholson 1960–1961
Arthur Dexter Mason 1961–1962
Alexander Elliot Mills 1962–1963
Kenneth Crago Webb 1963–1964
John Allan Chisholm 1964–1965
William Ernest Roff 1965–1966
Leslie Kennedy 1966–1967
Sir Arthur Nicholson 1967–1968
Maurice James Brown 1968–1969
Alexander Elliot Mills 1969–1970
Kenneth Crago Webb 1970–1971
John Allan Chisholm 1971–1972
John Francis McKay 1972–1973
Alexander Charles Rizzoli 1973–1974
Sir Arthur Nicholson 1974–1975
Maurice James Brown 1975–1976
Jessie Margaret Scott 1976–1977
John Allan Chisholm 1977–1978[1]
Melton Foo 1978–1979
John Francis McKay 1979–1980
Alfred Emerson Hancock 1980–1981
Don Woodward 1981–1982
Melton Foo 1982–1983
Bryan Crebbin 1983–1984
Bruce McKnight 1984–1985
Bryan Crebbin 1985–1986
Jim Reeves 1986–1987
Neil Steinmann 1987–1988
Wanda Chapman 1988–1989
Don Woodward 1989–1990
Vashti Lloyd 1990–1991
Frank Williams 1991–1992
James Coghlan 1992–1993
Geoff Howard 1993–1994

Commissioners (1994–1995)

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# Commissioners Term
John Sharpham (Chief Commissioner) 1994-1994
Vern Robson (Chief Commissioner) 1994–1995
Bruce Clark (Assistant Commissioner) 1994–1995
Malcolm Lee (Assistant Commissioner) 1994–1995

City of Ballarat Mayors since 1995

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# Mayor Term
James Coghlan 1996-97
John Barnes 1999-2001, 2004–2005
David Vendy 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
Stephen Jones 2007–2008
Judy Verlin 2008–2009
Craig Fletcher 2010–2011
Mark Harris 2011-2012
John Burt 2012-2013
Josh Morris 2013-2014
John Philips 2014-2015
Des Hudson 2015-2016
Samantha McIntosh 2016-2017
Samantha McIntosh 2017-2018
Samantha McIntosh 2018-2019
Ben Taylor 2019-2020
Daniel Moloney 2020-2021, 2021-2022
Des Hudson 2022-Present
  1. ^ Ballarat Courier, 1 September 1977.