The mayor of Greater Geelong heads the City of Greater Geelong, the second largest local government in Victoria, Australia. They are selected from among other councillors, elected every four years. 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.
List of mayors of Geelong
Town of Geelong (1849–1910) #MayorTerm1 Foster Fyans 1849–18502 Alexander Thomson 1850–18513 James Austin 1851–1852 4 James Cowie 1852–18535 Dr William Baylie 1853–18556 Alexander Thomson 1855–18587 William Burrow 1858–18608 William Bell 1860–18629 Edward Knight 1862–186310 Andrew Parker 1863–186411 Charles Kernot 1864–186512 Robert de Bruce Johnstone 1865–186813 Thomas Newnham Couves 1868–187014 William Francis Ducker 1870–187215 Robert Reeves 1872–187316 George Frederick Belcher 1873–187417 William Upton 1874–187518 George Frederick Belcher 1875–187619 John Garratt 1876–187820 Joseph Henry Connor 1878–188021 George Cunningham 1880–188322 John Longville Price 1883–188423 George Martin 1884–188524 William Newton Sommers 1885–188625 William Bell 1886–188726 Henry Meakin 1887–188827 William Humble 1888–188928 William Picken Carr 1889–189029 James Strong 1890–189130 Joseph Henry Connor 1891–189231 John Rout Hopkins 1892–189332 Joseph Grey 1893–189433 Horace Frank Richardson 1894–189634 Sidney Austin 1896–189935 William Picken Carr 1899–190136 Solomon Jacobs 1901–190237 Isaac Hodges 1902–190338 Neil Campbell 1903–190539 Thomas Edward Bostock 1905–190840 Walter Higgins 1908–190941 Herbert Arthur Austin 1909–1910
City of Geelong (1910–1993) #MayorTerm42 Edward Philpott 1910–191143 Robert Williams 1911–191244 William Robert Anderson 1912–191345 Edward George Gurr 1913–191446 William Brownbill 1914–191547 Arthur John Holden 1915–191648 George Frederick Taylor 1916–191749 Howard Hitchcock 1917–192250 Joseph Charles King 1922–192351 Robert Purnell 1923–192452 Francis Ritchie 1924–192553 Joseph Alexander Thear 1925–192654 Julius Solomon 1926–192755 Thomas Walls 1927–192856 Solomon Jacobs 1928–193057 Oswald Hearne 1930–193258 Edward Allan McDonald 1932–193559 Charles Naples Brown 1935–193860 Solomon Jacobs 1938–193961 Robert Charles Thear 1939–194262 Frederick Hilton Wallace 1942–194563 J. J. Young 1945–194864 Frank Evan Richardson 1948–194965 Bervin Ellis Purnell 1949–195266 Morris Jacobs 1952–195467 Sir Roy Fidge 1954–195668 Albert Leslie Backwell 1956–195969 Vautin Andrews 1959–196170 Ranald McAllister 1961–196471 Sir Roy Fidge 1964–196872 Oliver Wood 1968–197173 James Dowsett 1971–197374 Harold George Verrall 1973–197575 John Holt 1975–1977 76 Howard Glover 1977–198077 Des Podbury 1980–198278 Graham Bruce Adams 1982–198379 Ian Inglis 1983–198580 Hayden Spurling 1985–198781 Jim Fidge 1987–198982 Brian Fowler 1989–199183 Frank De Stefano 1991–1993
Commissioners (1993–1995) CommissionersTermBill Dix (Chairman)1993–1995Glyn Jenkins (Deputy Chairman)1993–1995Frank Wilkes1993–1995Toni McCormack1993–1995
City of Greater Geelong (since 1993) #MayorTerm84 Gerry Smith 1995–199885 Ken Jarvis 1998–200086 Michael Crutchfield 2000–200187 Srečko Kontelj 2001–200288 Barbara Abley 2002–200489 Ed Coppe 200490 Shane Dowling 2004–200591 Peter McMullin 2005–200692 Bruce Harwood 2006–200893 John Mitchell 2008–201294 Keith Fagg 2012–201395 Bruce Harwood 2013 (acting)96 Darryn Lyons 2013–201697 Bruce Harwood 2017–201998 Stephanie Asher 2019–202299 Peter Murrihy 2022–2022100Trent Sullivan2022–2024101Stretch Kontelj2024–Incumbent
Administrators (2016–2017) AdministratorTermYehudi Blacher (interim administrator)April–May 2016Kathy Alexander (chairperson)2016–2017Peter Dorling2016–2017Laurinda Gardner2016–2017
See also Geelong, Victoria 2012 Geelong mayoral election 2013 Geelong mayoral election
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