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List of mayors of Darebin

Mayor of Darebin
Incumbent
Susanne Newton
since 30 November 2023
AppointerDarebin City Council
Term length1 year
FormationMarch 1996

This is a list of mayors of the City of Darebin, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the City of Northcote and the City of Preston.[1][2][3]

The current mayor is Susanne Newton, who was voted into the position by councillors on 30 November 2023.[4]

Mayors

1996–present

No. Portrait Mayor
(Ward) 		Party Term start Term end Council control
(term)
1 Royce Keirl Snr. Labor March 1996 March 1997 Labor majority
(1996–2013)
2 Nazih Elasmar Labor March 1997 March 1998
3 Chris Kelly Labor March 1998 March 1999
March 1999 March 2000
4 Tim Laurence Labor March 2000 March 2001
5 Marlene Kairouz Labor March 2001 March 2002
6 Vince Fontana Labor March 2002 March 2003
7 Peter Stephenson Labor March 2003 March 2004
8 Rae Perry Labor March 2004 November 2004[a]
9 Diana Asmar Labor November 2004 November 2005
10 Stanley Chiang Labor November 2005 November 2006
(5) Marlene Kairouz Labor November 2006 November 2007
(7) Peter Stephenson Labor November 2007 November 2008
(9) Diana Asmar Labor November 2008 November 2009
(6) Vince Fontana Labor November 2009 November 2010
(9) Diana Asmar Labor November 2010 November 2011
11 Steven Tsitas Labor November 2011 November 2012
(4) Tim Laurence Labor November 2012 November 2013
12 Gaetano Greco Labor November 2013 June 2014 No overall control
(2013–present)
(12) Independent June 2014 November 2014
(11) Steve Tsitas Labor November 2014 November 2015
(6) Vince Fontana Independent November 2015 November 2016
13 Kim Le Cerf
(Rucker) 		Greens November 2016 November 2017
November 2017 26 November 2018
14 Susan Rennie
(Rucker) 		Independent 26 November 2018 November 2019
November 2019 November 2020
15 Lina Messina
(Central) 		Independent November 2020 November 2021
November 2021 30 November 2022
16 Julie Williams
(North Central) 		Labor 30 November 2022 30 November 2023
17 Susanne Newton
(West) 		Greens 30 November 2023 incumbent
  1. ^ From 1996 until 2004, the annual election of the mayor for the following 12 months occurred in March. New legislation effective from 2004 onwards changed the date of the election of the mayor to November or December. There was a truncated transitional term of office from March to November 2004.

Deputy mayors

No. Portrait Deputy Mayor
(Ward) 		Party Term start Term end Mayor
Susanne Newton
(West) 		Greens 30 November 2022 30 November 2023 Williams
(Labor)
Tim Laurence
(North East) 		Labor 30 November 2023 incumbent Newton
(Greens)

References

  1. ^ "Darebin Mayors". Darebin Libraries.
  2. ^ Lyle Allan (2010), "Dummy candidates and the end of Labor endorsements. The Darebin Council election of 1998," in Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), No. 268, Page 4.
  3. ^ "Darebin boosts mayors salary". The Age. 15 April 1997.
  4. ^ "Cr Newton elected as Mayor". City of Darebin.
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