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) #MayorTerm 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 Shoppee 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) #MayorTerm 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 #MayorTerm 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 1977–1978Ballarat Courier, 1 September 1977. 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) #CommissionersTerm 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 #MayorTerm 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 2022-2024 Tracey Hargreaves 2024-present