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Mayor of Port Phillip
Incumbent
Heather Cunsolo
since 9 November 2023
AppointerPort Phillip City Council
Term length1 or 2 years
Inaugural holderLiana Thompson
Formation21 March 1996
DeputyLouise Crawford

This is a list of the mayors of the City of Port Phillip local government area, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed following the amalgamation of the City of Port Melbourne, City of South Melbourne and the City of St Kilda in 1994.[1]

The current mayor is Heather Cunsolo, who was re-elected into the position by councillors on 9 November 2023.[2]

Mayors

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1996–present

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No. Portrait Mayor
(Ward) 		Party Term start Term end
1 Liana Thompson Labor 21 March 1996 21 March 1997
2 Christine Häag Independent 21 March 1997 6 April 1998
3 Dick Gross Labor 6 April 1998 24 March 1999
24 March 1999 31 March 2000
4 Julian Hill Labor 31 March 2000 30 March 2001
30 March 2001 20 March 2002
5 Darren Ray Independent 20 March 2002 17 March 2003
6 Liz Johnstone Independent 17 March 2003 17 March 2004
(3) Dick Gross Labor 17 March 2004 2 December 2004[a]
(5) Darren Ray Independent 2 December 2004 8 December 2005
7 Janet Bolitho Independent Labor 8 December 2005 7 December 2006
7 December 2006 6 December 2007
8 Janet Cribbes Independent November 2007 November 2008
9 Frank O'Connor Independent 8 December 2008 7 December 2009
7 December 2009 6 December 2010
10 Rachel Powning Independent 6 December 2010 5 December 2011
5 December 2011 7 November 2012
11 Amanda Stevens Labor 7 November 2012 12 November 2013
12 November 2013 11 November 2014
11 November 2014 26 February 2015
Independent Labor 26 February 2015 10 November 2015
12 Bernadene Voss Independent 10 November 2015 10 November 2016
10 November 2016 8 November 2017
8 November 2017 28 November 2018
(3) Dick Gross
(Canal) 		Labor 28 November 2018 13 November 2019
(12) Bernadene Voss Independent 13 November 2019 11 November 2020
13 Louise Crawford
(Canal) 		Labor 11 November 2020 17 November 2021
14 Marcus Pearl
(Gateway) 		Liberal 17 November 2021 9 November 2022
15 Heather Cunsolo
(Gateway) 		Independent 9 November 2022 9 November 2023
9 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

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2012–present

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No. Portrait Deputy Mayor
(Ward) 		Party Term start Term end Mayor
1 Serge Thomann Independent 7 November 2012 12 November 2013 Bosler
(Labor/Ind. Labor)
12 November 2013 11 November 2014
2 Bernadene Voss Independent 11 November 2014 10 November 2015
(1) Serge Thomann Independent 10 November 2015 10 November 2016 Voss
(CAPP)
3 Katherine Copsey Greens 10 November 2016 8 November 2017
4 Dick Gross
(Canal) 		Labor 8 November 2017 28 November 2018
5 Louise Crawford
(Canal) 		Labor 28 November 2018 13 November 2019 Gross
(Labor)
6 Tim Baxter
(Canal) 		Greens 13 November 2019 11 November 2020 Voss
(CAPP)
7 Marcus Pearl
(Gateway) 		Liberal 11 November 2020 17 November 2021 Crawford
(Labor)
(6) Tim Baxter
(Canal) 		Greens 17 November 2021 9 November 2022 Pearl
(Liberal)
8 Andrew Bond
(Lake) 		Liberal 9 November 2022 9 November 2023 Cunsolo
(Independent)
(5) Louise Crawford
(Canal) 		Labor 9 November 2023 incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Former Mayors". City of Port Phillip.
  2. ^ "Heather Cunsolo re-elected as Mayor". City of Port Philliip.
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