Stuart James (born 24 September 1978) is an Australian politician. He was elected as a Councillor to the City of Monash in October 2016 and was re-elected in 2020 and 2024. On 11 November 2019 he was elected as the 17th Mayor of the City of Monash and was elected Mayor again in 2021-22 and 2025-26. He is married with three daughters and a son.
In 2023, Stuart joined the Board of the Municipal Association of Victoria representing the Eastern Metropolitan region https://www.mav.asn.au/who-we-are/governance/board and was elected Deputy President in 2024. He sits on the Board of the Australian Local Government Association and on the Board of the Alliance for Gambling Reform. https://www.agr.org.au/agrboard He is an active public transport advocate and was Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition for 8 years,http://www.etc.org.au/news/etc-welcomes-new-chair-councillor-stuart-james-city-of-monash/ , sat on the Executive of the Public Transport Users Association for 7 years https://ptua.org.au/about/team/, on the Metropolitan Transport Forum and has written a number of transport focused op-eds.
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Council Profile