List of mayors of Geelong

This is a list of the mayors of the City of Greater Geelong, a local government area, and the second largest city in Victoria, Australia. Before amalgamation in 1993 the central area of Geelong was covered by the City of Geelong, with the surrounding suburbs falling into the Shire of Barrabool, Shire of Bannockburn, Rural City of Bellarine, Shire of Corio, City of Geelong West, City of Newtown, and City of South Barwon.[1][2]

## Town of Geelong (1849–1910)

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1 | Foster Fyans | 1849–1850
2 | Alexander Thomson | 1850–1851
3 | James Austin | 1851–1852
4 | James Cowie | 1852–1853
5 | Dr William Baylie | 1853–1855
6 | Alexander Thomson | 1855–1858
7 | William Burrow | 1858–1860
8 | William Bell | 1860–1862
9 | Edward Knight | 1862–1863
10 | Andrew Parker | 1863–1864
11 | Charles Kernot | 1864–1865
12 | Robert de Bruce Johnstone | 1865–1868
13 | Thomas Newnham Couves | 1868–1870
14 | William Francis Ducker | 1870–1872
15 | Robert Reeves | 1872–1873
16 | George Frederick Belcher | 1873–1874
17 | William Upton | 1874–1875
18 | George Frederick Belcher | 1875–1876
19 | John Garratt | 1876–1878
20 | Joseph Henry Connor | 1878–1880
21 | George Cunningham | 1880–1883
22 | John Longville Price | 1883–1884
23 | George Martin | 1884–1885
24 | William Newton Sommers | 1885–1886
25 | William Bell | 1886–1887
26 | Henry Meakin | 1887–1888
27 | William Humble | 1888–1889
28 | William Picken Carr | 1889–1890
29 | James Strong | 1890–1891
30 | Joseph Henry Connor | 1891–1892
31 | John Rout Hopkins | 1892–1893
32 | Joseph Grey | 1893–1894
33 | Horace Frank Richardson | 1894–1896
34 | Sidney Austin | 1896–1899
35 | William Picken Carr | 1899–1901
36 | Solomon Jacobs | 1901–1902
37 | Isaac Hodges | 1902–1903
38 | Neil Campbell | 1903–1905
39 | Thomas Edward Bostock | 1905–1908
40 | Walter Higgins | 1908–1909
41 | Herbert Arthur Austin | 1909–1910

## City of Geelong (1910–1993)

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42 | Edward Philpott | 1910–1911
43 | Robert Williams | 1911–1912
44 | William Robert Anderson | 1912–1913
45 | Edward George Gurr | 1913–1914
46 | William Brownbill | 1914–1915
47 | Arthur John Holden | 1915–1916
48 | George Frederick Taylor | 1916–1917
49 | Howard Hitchcock | 1917–1922
50 | Joseph Charles King | 1922–1923
51 | Robert Purnell | 1923–1924
52 | Francis Ritchie | 1924–1925
53 | Joseph Alexander Thear | 1925–1926
54 | Julius Solomon | 1926–1927
55 | Thomas Walls | 1927–1928
56 | Solomon Jacobs | 1928–1930
57 | Oswald Hearne | 1930–1932
58 | Edward Allan McDonald | 1932–1935
59 | Charles Naples Brown | 1935–1938
60 | Solomon Jacobs | 1938–1939
61 | Robert Charles Thear | 1939–1942
62 | Frederick Hilton Wallace | 1942–1945
63 | J. J. Young | 1945–1948
64 | Frank Evan Richardson | 1948–1949
65 | Bervin Ellis Purnell | 1949–1952
66 | Morris Jacobs | 1952–1954
67 | Sir Roy Fidge | 1954–1956
68 | Albert Leslie Backwell | 1956–1959
69 | Vautin Andrews | 1959–1961
70 | Ranald McAllister | 1961–1964
71 | Sir Roy Fidge | 1964–1968
72 | Oliver Wood | 1968–1971
73 | James Dowsett | 1971–1973
74 | Harold George Verrall | 1973–1975
75 | John Holt | 1975–1977
76 | Howard Glover | 1977–1980
77 | Des Podbury | 1980–1982
78 | Graham Bruce Adams | 1982–1983
79 | Ian Inglis | 1983–1985
80 | Hayden Spurling | 1985–1987
81 | Jim Fidge | 1987–1989
82 | Brian Fowler | 1989–1991
83 | Frank De Stefano | 1991–1993

## Commissioners (1993–1995)

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Bill Dix (Chairman)  | 1993–1995
Glyn Jenkins (Deputy Chairman)  | 1993–1995
Frank Wilkes | 1993–1995
Toni McCormack | 1993–1995

## City of Greater Geelong (since 1993)

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84 | Gerry Smith | 1995–1998
85 | Ken Jarvis | 1998–2000
86 | Michael Crutchfield | 2000–2001
87 | Srečko Kontelj | 2001–2002
88 | Barbara Abley | 2002–2004
89 | Ed Coppe | 2004
90 | Shane Dowling | 2004–2005
91 | Peter McMullin | 2005–2006
92 | Bruce Harwood | 2006–2008
93 | John Mitchell | 2008–2012
94 | Keith Fagg | 2012–2013[3]
95 | Bruce Harwood | 2013 (acting)
96 | Darryn Lyons | 2013–2016
97 | Bruce Harwood | 2017–2019
98 | Stephanie Asher | 2019–2022
99 | Peter Murrihy | 2022–2022
100  | Trent Sullivan  | 2022 - Incumbent

## Administrators (2016–2017)

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Yehudi Blacher (interim administrator)  | April–May 2016
Kathy Alexander (chairperson)[Note 1] | 2016–2017
Peter Dorling | 2016–2017
Laurinda Gardner | 2016–2017

1. ^ The chairperson of the panel of administrators has the same functions, powers and duties as the mayor of the council.[4]

## See also

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* City of Greater Geelong
* Geelong, Victoria
* 2012 Geelong mayoral election
* 2013 Geelong mayoral election

## References

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1. ^ "Sale of Harding Park, Geelong". Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
2. ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S27 of 1993". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 May 1993). pp. 1–3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. ^ "Mayor Keith Fagg announces his resignation - City of Greater Geelong". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
4. ^ Local Government (Greater Geelong City Council) Act 2016 (Vic) s 7

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