List of mayors of Bendigo

This is a list of the mayors of the City of Bendigo and the City of Greater Bendigo, a local government area and the fourth largest city in Victoria, Australia.

Sandhurst Municipal Council (1856-1871)

#	Chairman/Mayor	Term
1	Edward Nucella Emmett	1856–1857
2	James Forrester Sullivan	1857–1858
3	William Vazie Simons	1858–1860
4	Joseph Henry Abbott	1860–1861
5	James Joseph Casey	1861
6	Robert Strickland	1861–1862
7	Robert Burrowes	1862–1863
8	Sir John McIntyre	1863–1868
9	John Holmes	1868–1869
10	George Aspinall	1869–1870
11	James Boyd	1870–1871

City of Sandhurst / Bendigo (1871-1994)

#	Portrait	Mayor	Term
1		James Boyd	1870–1871
2		Dugald Macdougall	1871–1873
3		George Aspinall	1873–1874
4		John Augustus Woodward	1874–1875
5		Robert Clark	1875–1876
6		Henry Hattam	1876
7		Ebenezer Neill	1876–1877
8		Alexander Bayne	1877–1878
9		David Chaplin Sterry	1878–1879
(4)		John Augustus Woodward	1879–1880
10		Patrick Hayes	1880–1881
11		Walter George Jackson	1881–1882
12		Abraham Harkness	1882–1883
13		Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[1][2][3][4]	1883-1884
14		John Delbridge	1884–1885
15		Samuel Henry McGowan	1885–1886
(10)		Patrick Hayes	1886
16		Thomas Jefferson Connelly	1887–1888
17		Jacob Isaac Cohn	1888–1889
18		John Paul Carolin	1889–1890
19		John Roberts Hoskins	1890–1891
20		Joseph Henry Abbott	1891–1893
21		Daniel Barnet Lazarus	1893–1894
22		Conrad Heinz	1894–1895
(21)		Daniel Barnet Lazarus	1895–1896
23		Harry Montague Marks	1896–1897
(12)		Abraham Harkness	1897–1899
(15)		Samuel Henry McGowan	1899–1900
24		Simeon Ryan	1900–1901
25		John Roberts Hoskins	1901–1902
26		James Henry Curnow	1902–1904
27		Ambrose Dunstan	1904–1905
28		Luke Murphy	1905–1906
29		James Semmens	1906–1907
(18)		John Paul Carolin	1907–08
30		Andrew Harkness	1908–1909
31		David John Andrew	1909–1910
32		William Henry Wilkie	1910–11
33		Harry Astwood Ross	1911–1912
(26)		James Henry Curnow	1912–1913
(31)		David John Andrew	1913–1914
(32)		William Henry Wilkie	1914–1915
34		William Beebe	1915–1917
35		Richard Hartley Smith Abbott	1917–1918
(27)		Ambrose Dunstan	1918–1919
(26)		James Henry Curnow	1919–1920
(31)		David John Andrew	1920–1921
36		James Edward Holland	1921–1922
37		Michael Gabriel Giudice	1922–1924
38		Ernest Morton Vains	1924–1925
39		William Ewing	1925–1926
40		John Andrew Michelsen	1926–1927
(26)		James Henry Curnow	1927–1928
41		Edwin George Batchelder	1928–1929
42		Michael Eugene O'Brien	1929–1930
43		William Henry Taylor	1930–1931
44		George Dawson Garvin	1931–1932
45		Frederick Conrad Niemann	1932–1933
46		George Bennetts	1933–1934
47		Albert Staples	1934–1935
(40)		John Andrew Michelsen	1935–1936
48		William May Bolton	1936–1937
(43)		William Henry Taylor	1937–1938
(44)		George Dawson Garvin	1938–1939
(47)		Albert Staples	1939–1940
49		George Albert Pethard	1940–1941
50		Alfred John Anderson	1941–1942
(40)		John Andrew Michelsen	1941–1942
(43)		William Henry Taylor	1942–1943
51		Leslie William Galvin	1944–1945
52		Anthony Truscott	1945–1946
53		David William Streader	1946–1947
(49)		George Albert Pethard	1947–1948
54		Ernest Frederick Granger	1948–1949
55		Robert Poulston	1949–1950
56		Norman Joseph Oliver	1950–1951
(49)		George Albert Pethard	1951–1952
57		Thomas Richard Flood	1952–1953
58		Frederick William Clayton	1953–1954
(55)		Robert Poulston	1954–1955
59		Henry William Snell	1955–1956
60		Alexander Sadler Craig	1956–1957
(57)		Thomas Richard Flood	1957–1958
(58)		Henry William Snell	1958–1960
61		Rupert Harold Thomas Wilson	1960–1961
(58)		Frederick William Clayton	1961–1962
62		Roy Alexander Rae	1962–1963
(59)		Alexander Sadler Craig	1963–1964
(56)		Norman Joseph Oliver	1964–1965
63		Roy Francis (Dick) Turner	1965–1966
(57)		Thomas Richard Flood	1966–1967
64		Rodney Warren Cambridge	1967–1968
(57)		Thomas Richard Flood	1968–1969
65		James Clarkson McCoy (Clark) Jeffrey	1969–1970
(56)		Norman Joseph Oliver	1970–1971
66		Douglas Ewan Elliott	1971–1972
67		Joseph Patrick Pearce	1972–1973
(59)		Alexander Sadler Craig	1973–1974
(63)		Roy Francis (Dick) Turner	1974–1975
68		Robert Lindsay Campbell	1975–1976
69		Robert Russell Cooper	1976–1977
(63)		Roy Francis (Dick) Turner	1977–1978
70		Eugene Carl Sandner	1978–1979
(68)		Robert Lindsay Campbell	1979–1980
71		Paul T. Tomkinson	1980–1981
72		Christopher David Stoltz	1981–1982
(67)		Joseph Patrick Pearce	1982–1983
73		Peter Mansell	1983–1984
(67)		Joseph Patrick Pearce	1984–1985
74		Norman Francis Quin	1985–1986
75		Michael Alexander Anthony Currie	1986–1987
76		Colin Mayne Nankervis	1987–1988
77		Robin L. Adams	1988–1989
78		Peter R. Morley	1989–1990
79		James Douglass	1990–1993
80		Andrew John Balsillie	1993–1994

Commissioners (1993-1996)

Commissioners	Term
Peter Ross-Edwards (Chairman)	1993–1996
Les Crofts	1993–1995
Maxine Crouch	1995–1996
Gordon McKern	1993–1994
Maurie Sharkey	1994–1996

City of Greater Bendigo (1996-present)

#	Mayor	Term
1	Megan Weston	1996–1997
2	Barry Ackerman	1997–1998
3	Maurie Sharkey	1998–1999
4	Daryl McClure	1999–2000
5	Laurie Whelan	2000–2001
(2)	Barry Ackerman	2001–2002
6	Willi Carney	2002–2003
7	Rod Fyffe	2003–2004
8	Greg Williams	2004
(7)	Rod Fyffe	2004–2005
9	David Jones	2005–2006
10	Julie Rivendell	2006–2007
(9)	David Jones	2007–2008
11	Kevin Gibbins	2008–2009
12	Rod Campbell	2009–2010
(7)	Rod Fyffe	2010–2011
13	Alec Sandner	2011–2012
14	Lisa Ruffell	2012–2013
15	Barry Lyons	2013–2014
16	Peter Cox	2014–2015
(7)	Rod Fyffe	2015–2016
17	Margaret O'Rourke	2016–2020
18	Jennifer Alden	2020–2021
19	Andrea Metcalf	2021–present

Deputy Mayors of the City of Greater Bendigo (2016-present)

#	Deputy Mayor	Term
1	Rod Fyffe[5]	2016–2017
2	Jennifer Alden	2017–2018
(1)	Rod Fyffe	2018–2019
3	Matt Emond	2019–2020
5	Andrea Metcalf	2020–2021
6	Matthew Evans	2021–2022
(2)	Jennifer Alden	2022–2023
(6)	Matthew Evans	2023–2024
7	Abhishek Awasthi	2024–

See also

• City of Bendigo
• Borough of Eaglehawk

Betty Jackman's book - Mayors of Bendigo ^[6] is a public reference for the Mayors.

References

1. Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1880s (State Library Victoria).
2. Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1878; Lerk, L., "Both Mayor and Minstrel", Bendigo Weekly, 7 August 2015.
3. Parliament of Victoria: Remember Database: Alfred Shrapnell Bailes.
4. Deaths: Bailes, The Age, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.1; Personal, The Argus, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.16.
5. "Past Councillors | City of Greater Bendigo". www.bendigo.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
6. Jackman, Betty May (2003), Mayors of Bendigo 1856-2001. Pyrenees Press Pty Ltd, Maryborough Vic. ISBN 0-9578260-0-1.