List of mayors of Darebin
| Mayor of Darebin | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 25 November 2024Kristine Olaris | |
| Appointer | Darebin City Council |
| Term length | 1 year |
| Formation | March 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 Kristine Olaris, who was voted into the position by councillors on 30 November 2023.[4]
Mayors
[edit]1996–present
[edit]| 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 | 25 November 2024 | |||
| 16 |
|
Kristine Olaris (Central) |
Labor | 25 November 2024 | Incumbent | |||
- ^ 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
[edit]| 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 | 25 November 2024 | Newton (Greens) | |||
|
|
Emily Dimitriadis (South East) |
Labor | 25 November 2024 | Incumbent | Olaris (Labor) | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Darebin Mayors". Darebin Libraries.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Darebin boosts mayors salary". The Age. 15 April 1997.
- ^ "Councillor Kristine Olaris OAM elected as Mayor". www.darebin.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-11-25.