This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Richmond, a former local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and its precedents. It existed from 1855 until 1994 when it merged with the City of Collingwood and City of Fitzroy to form the new City of Yarra.

Council name NameEstablished Richmond Municipality 24 April 1855 Richmond Town Council 28 September 1872 Richmond City Council 17 February 1882

Chairman (1856–1862) #ChairmanTerm1 H Miller 1856–18582 P Johnson 1858–18593 G Coppin 1859–18614 J Russell 1861–1862

Mayors (1862–1982) #MayorTerm6 Philip Johnson 1862–18637 Hutton Oddy 1863–18648 Joseph Bosisto 1864–18669 Joseph Griffiths 1866–186710 Cornelius Stewart 1867–186811 Michael Egan 1868–186912 James Hosie 1869–187013 William Gleadell 1870–187114 William Wallace Shelley 1871–197215 Henry Farmer 1872–187316 Charles Smith 1873–187517 William Gleadell 1875–197618 Thomas Edward Weaver 1877–187819 J F Lancashire 1879–188020 Samuel Hartley Roberts 1880–188121 Samuel Vincent Winter 1881–188222 John A. B. Koch 1882–188323 John Adam 1883–188424 John C. Winn 1884–188525 John McRae 1885–188626 George Henry Bennett 1886–188727 W Davison 1887–188828 John Shanks Jenkins 1888–188929 Nathaniel Kingston 1889–189030 W Weatherill 1890–189131 W A Webb 1891–189232 George William Freeman 1892–189333 Charles J. Jago 1893–189534 Simeon Nathan 1895–189635 Patrick O'Connor 1896–189736 Edward White 1897–189837 J H Sheedy 1898–190038 Samuel J. Willis 1900–190139 Charles J. Jago 1901–190240 George R. Admans 1902–190341 Edwin Crawcour 1903–190442 George Laity 1904–190543 George Frederick Aloysius Jones1905–190644 Moses Alexander 1906–190745 George William Freeman 1907–190946 George Frederick Aloysius Jones 1909–191047 David Lloyd Davies 1910–191148 Moses Alexander 1911–191349 George R. Admans 1912–191350 Gordon Webber 1913–191551 Arthur Frederick Fear 1915–191752 Harry Palling 1917–191853 Hector Jacob Barcelo 1918–192054 J H Robinson 1920–192255 Arthur Frederick Fear 1922–192356 M D Kennedy 1923–192457 Alfred C. Mitchell 1924–192558 Geoffrey Daniel O'Connell 1925–192759 D J Murphy 1927–192860 Bert Cremean 1928–192961 Richard Henry Lightfoot 1929–193062 Alfred C. Mitchell 1930–193163 Hugh Davine 1931–193264 Cornelius Anthony (Con) Loughnan 1932–193365 C Fitzgerald 1933–193466 W Williams 1934–193567 P F Donnelly 1935–193668 A E Huckerby 1936–193769 James Loughnan 1937–193870 Paul J. Carroll 1938–193971 Richard Henry Lightfoot 1939–194072 D L Murphy 1940–194173 Patrick Sheehy 1941–194274 Ernest Patrick (Ern) Boland 1942–194375 James Loughnan 1943–194576 D L Murphy 1945–194677 Paul J. Carroll 1946–194778 R S Jackson 1947–194879 W Williams 1948–194980 P V O'Connell 1949–195081 Tom Bolger 1950–195182 Patrick Sheehy 1951–195283 Gus Coloretti 1952–195384 W J Moran 1953–195485 F R McFarlane 1954–195586 J R Andrews 1955–195687 H E Tye 1956–195788 Jack O'Connell 1957–195889 David Langdon 1958–195990 A Bain 1959–196091 David Lewis 1960–196192 A Price 1961–196293 P O'Connell 1962–196394 James Loughnan 1963–196495 Jack O'Connell 1964–196596 C T McGrath 1965–196697 Maurice Costello 1966–196798 Tom Peluso, then C W Evans 1967–196899 A J Brown 1968–1969100 David Langdon 1969–1970101 David Lewis 1970–1971102 F J Johnson 1971–1972103 C A Evans 1972–1973104 James Loughnan 1973–1974105 Ernest Bastow 1974–1975106 H E Fletcher 1975–1976107 F R Smith 1976–1977108 Charles Farquhar 1977–1978109 Geoff O'Connell 1978–1979110 F R Smith 1979–1980111 Geoff O'Connell 1980–1982

Commissioner (1982–1988) In 1982, the Richmond council was sacked by the state government following a report which revealed allegations of electoral malpractice and fraud. The council was replaced by a state-appointed commissioner to administer the city in its stead until an elected council was restored in 1988.

CommissionerTermAlex Gillon 1982–1988

Mayors (1988–1994) #MayorTerm112 Malcolm Graham 1988–1989113 Jack Softley 1989–1990114 Maureen Breen 1990–1991115 Sang Nguyen 1991–1992116 Rosemary Mason 1992–1993117 Maureen Breen 1993–1994

City of Yarra mayors (from 1996)

See also Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne List of mayors of Collingwood List of mayors of Fitzroy

External links Yarra City Council

References

Richmond Chairmen and Mayors Machine politics, corruption and the Richmond City Council History of the City of Yarra, List of Former Mayors