Council name
Name |
Established |
Richmond Municipality | 24 April 1855 |
Richmond Town Council | 28 September 1872 |
Richmond City Council | 17 February 1882 |
Chairman (1856–1862)
# |
Chairman |
Term |
1 | H Miller | 1856–1858 |
2 | P Johnson | 1858–1859 |
3 | G Coppin | 1859–1861 |
4 | J Russell | 1861–1862 |
Mayors (1862–1982)
# |
Mayor |
Term |
6 | Philip Johnson | 1862–1863 |
7 | Hutton Oddy | 1863–1864 |
8 | Joseph Bosisto | 1864–1866 |
9 | Joseph Griffiths | 1866–1867 |
10 | Cornelius Stewart | 1867–1868 |
11 | Michael Egan | 1868–1869 |
12 | James Hosie | 1869–1870 |
13 | William Gleadell | 1870–1871 |
14 | William Wallace Shelley | 1871–1972 |
15 | Henry Farmer | 1872–1873 |
16 | Charles Smith | 1873–1875 |
17 | William Gleadell | 1875–1976 |
18 | Samuel Vincent Winter | 1876–1879 |
19 | J F Lancashire | 1879–1880 |
20 | Samuel Hartley Roberts | 1880–1881 |
21 | Samuel Vincent Winter | 1881–1882 |
22 | John A. B. Koch | 1882–1883 |
23 | John Adam | 1883–1884 |
24 | John C. Winn | 1884–1885 |
25 | John McRae | 1885–1886 |
26 | George Henry Bennett | 1886–1887 |
27 | W Davison | 1887–1888 |
28 | John Shanks Jenkins | 1888–1889 |
29 | Nathaniel Kingston | 1889–1890 |
30 | W Weatherill | 1890–1891 |
31 | W A Webb | 1891–1892 |
32 | George William Freeman | 1892–1893 |
33 | Charles J. Jago | 1893–1895 |
34 | Simeon Nathan | 1895–1896 |
35 | Patrick O'Connor | 1896–1897 |
36 | Edward White | 1897–1898 |
37 | J H Sheedy | 1898–1900 |
38 | Samuel J. Willis | 1900–1901 |
39 | Charles J. Jago | 1901–1902 |
40 | George R. Admans | 1902–1903 |
41 | Edwin Crawcour | 1903–1904 |
42 | George Laity | 1904–1905 |
43 | G F A Jones | 1905–1906 |
44 | Moses Alexander | 1906–1907 |
45 | George William Freeman | 1907–1909 |
46 | G F A Jones | 1909–1910 |
47 | David Lloyd Davies | 1910–1911 |
48 | Moses Alexander | 1911–1913 |
49 | George R. Admans | 1912–1913 |
50 | Gordon Webber | 1913–1915 |
51 | Arthur Frederick Fear | 1915–1917 |
52 | Harry Palling | 1917–1918 |
53 | Hector Jacob Barcelo | 1918–1920 |
54 | J H Robinson | 1920–1922 |
55 | Arthur Frederick Fear | 1922–1923 |
56 | M D Kennedy | 1923–1924 |
57 | Alfred C. Mitchell | 1924–1925 |
58 | Geoffrey Daniel O'Connell | 1925–1927 |
59 | D J Murphy | 1927–1928 |
60 | Bert Cremean | 1928–1929 |
61 | Richard Henry Lightfoot | 1929–1930 |
62 | Alfred C. Mitchell | 1930–1931 |
63 | Hugh Davine | 1931–1932 |
64 | Cornelius Anthony (Con) Loughnan | 1932–1933 |
65 | C Fitzgerald | 1933–1934 |
66 | W Williams | 1934–1935 |
67 | P F Donnelly | 1935–1936 |
68 | A E Huckerby | 1936–1937 |
69 | James Loughnan | 1937–1938 |
70 | Paul J. Carroll | 1938–1939 |
71 | Richard Henry Lightfoot | 1939–1940 |
72 | D L Murphy | 1940–1941 |
73 | Patrick Sheehy | 1941–1942 |
74 | Ernest Patrick (Ern) Boland | 1942–1943 |
75 | James Loughnan | 1943–1945 |
76 | D L Murphy | 1945–1946 |
77 | Paul J. Carroll | 1946–1947 |
78 | R S Jackson | 1947–1948 |
79 | W Williams | 1948–1949 |
80 | P V O'Connell | 1949–1950 |
81 | Tom Bolger | 1950–1951 |
82 | Patrick Sheehy | 1951–1952 |
83 | Gus Coloretti | 1952–1953 |
84 | W J Moran | 1953–1954 |
85 | F R McFarlane | 1954–1955 |
86 | J R Andrews | 1955–1956 |
87 | H E Tye | 1956–1957 |
88 | Jack O'Connell | 1957–1958 |
89 | David Langdon | 1958–1959 |
90 | A Bain | 1959–1960 |
91 | D Lewis | 1960–1961 |
92 | A Price | 1961–1962 |
93 | P O'Connell | 1962–1963 |
94 | James Loughnan | 1963–1964 |
95 | Jack O'Connell | 1964–1965 |
96 | C T McGrath | 1965–1966 |
97 | Maurice Costello | 1966–1967 |
98 | Tom Peluso, then C W Evans | 1967–1968 |
99 | A J Brown | 1968–1969 |
100 | David Langdon | 1969–1970 |
101 | D Lewis | 1970–1971 |
102 | F J Johnson | 1971–1972 |
103 | C A Evans | 1972–1973 |
104 | James Loughnan | 1973–1974 |
105 | Ernest Bastow | 1974–1975 |
106 | H E Fletcher | 1975–1976 |
107 | F R Smith | 1976–1977 |
108 | Charles Farquhar | 1977–1978 |
109 | Geoff O'Connell | 1978–1979 |
110 | F R Smith | 1979–1980 |
111 | 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.[1]
Mayors (1988–1994)
# |
Mayor |
Term |
112 | Malcolm Graham | 1988–1989 |
113 | Jack Softley | 1989–1990 |
114 | Maureen Breen | 1990–1991 |
115 | Sang Nguyen | 1991–1992 |
116 | Rosemary Mason | 1992–1993 |
117 | Maureen Breen | 1993–1994 |
City of Yarra mayors (from 1996)
References
- ↑ Luke Slattery (8 April 1988). "Democracy returns to Richmond". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 11.