List of mayors of Yarra

Mayor of Yarra
Mayor of Yarra
	Incumbent; Edward Crossland; since 15 November 2023
Appointer	Yarra City Council
Term length	1 year
Inaugural holder	John Sawyer
Formation	March 1996
Deputy	Anab Mohamud

This is a list of mayors of the City of Yarra, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the City of Fitzroy, City of Collingwood and the City of Richmond.^[1]

The current mayor is Edward Crossland, who was voted into the position by councillors on 15 November 2023.^[2]

Commissioners

1994–1996

Commissioners	Term
Julian Walmsley (Chief Commissioner)	1994–1996
Barbara Champion	1994–1995
Frank Thompson	1994–1996
Carmen Watson	1995–1996

Mayors

1996–present

No.	Mayor (Ward)	Party	Term start	Term end
1	John Sawyer (Carringbush)	Labor	March 1996	March 1997	Labor majority (1996–2002)
2	Linda Hoskins (MacKillop)	Labor	March 1997	March 1998
3	John Phillips (Nicholson)	Labor	March 1998	March 1999
4	Steve Watson (MacKillop)	Labor	March 1999	March 2000
(3)	John Phillips (Nicholson)	Labor	March 2000	March 2001
5	Sue Corby (Carringbush)	Labor	March 2001	March 2002
5	Sue Corby (Carringbush)	Labor	March 2002	March 2003	No overall control (2002–2020)
6	Greg Barber (MacKillop)	Greens	March 2003	March 2004
7	Kay Meadows (Docker)	Labor	March 2004	November 2004^[a]
7	(Melba)	Labor	November 2004	November 2005
8	Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls)	Independent	November 2005	November 2006
9	Jenny Farrar (Langridge)	Greens	November 2006	November 2007
10	Judy Morton (Melba)	Independent Labor	November 2007	November 2008
11	Amanda Stone (Nicholls)	Greens	November 2008	November 2009
12	Jane Garrett (Nicholls)	Labor	November 2009	November 2010
13	Alison Clarke (Melba)	Greens	November 2010	November 2011
14	Geoff Barbour (Langridge)	Labor	November 2011	November 2012
(8)	Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls)	Independent	November 2012	November 2013
(8)	Jackie Fristacky (Nicholls)	Independent	November 2013	November 2014
15	Phillip Vlahogiannis (Melba)	Independent	November 2014	November 2015
16	Roberto Colanzi (Nicholls)	Labor	November 2015	9 November 2016
(11)	Amanda Stone (Langridge)	Greens	9 November 2016	28 November 2017
17	Daniel Nguyen (Melba)	Independent	28 November 2017	27 November 2018
18	Danae Bosler (Langridge)	Labor	27 November 2018	28 November 2019
19	Misha Coleman (Nicholls)	Independent	28 November 2019	17 November 2020
20	Gabrielle de Vietri (Langridge)	Greens	17 November 2020	26 November 2021	Greens majority (2020–2022)
21	Sophie Wade (Nicholls)	Greens	26 November 2021	28 November 2022	Greens majority (2020–2022)
22	Claudia Nguyen (Melba)	Independent	28 November 2022	15 November 2023	No overall control (2022–present)
23	Edward Crossland (Melba)	Greens	15 November 2023	incumbent

^ From 1996 until 2004, the annual election of the mayor for the following 12 months occurred in March. New legislation effective from 2004 onwards changed the date of the election of the mayor to November or December. There was a truncated transitional term of office from March to November 2004.

Deputy mayors

The position of Deputy Mayor of Yarra was established in November 2017.^[3]

2017–present

No.	Deputy Mayor (Ward)	Party	Term start	Term end
1	Misha Coleman (Nicholls)	Independent	28 November 2017	27 November 2018	D. Nguyen (Independent)
1	Misha Coleman (Nicholls)	Independent	27 November 2018	28 November 2019	Bosler (Labor)
2	Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei (Melba)	Labor	28 November 2019	17 November 2020	Coleman (Independent)
3	Claudia Nguyen (Melba)	Independent	17 November 2020	26 November 2021	De Vietri (Greens)
4	Edward Crossland (Melba)	Greens	26 November 2021	28 November 2022	Wade (Greens)
4	Edward Crossland (Melba)	Greens	28 November 2022	15 November 2023	C. Nguyen (Independent)
5	Anab Mohamud (Langridge)	Greens	15 November 2023	27 February 2024	Crossland (Greens)
(5)	Anab Mohamud (Langridge)	Independent	27 February 2024	incumbent	Crossland (Greens)

References

^ "Honour Roll". City of Yarra. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007.
^ "Controversial Greens councillors take reins at troubled Yarra City Council". Herald Sun.
^ "A NEW MAYOR FOR YARRA". City of Yarra.

[3] From 1996 until 2004, the annual election of the mayor for the following 12 months occurred in March. New legislation effective from 2004 onwards changed the date of the election of the mayor to November or December. There was a truncated transitional term of office from March to November 2004.

[1] "Honour Roll". City of Yarra. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007.

[2] "Controversial Greens councillors take reins at troubled Yarra City Council". Herald Sun.

[4] "A NEW MAYOR FOR YARRA". City of Yarra.

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