{{Short description|Head of the Greater Geelong local government}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox official post | post = Mayor | body = Greater Geelong | incumbent = Stretch Kontelj | incumbentsince = 2024 | style = The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Greater Geelong<ref>{{URL|https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conventions/titles-honours-forms-address/parliaments-and-councils}}</ref> | member_of = Greater Geelong Council | seat = Geelong Town Hall | formation = {{start date and age|1 October 1925}} | inaugural = {{plainlist| * Foster Fyans (Town of Geelong) * Gerry Smith (Greater Geelong) }} | website = {{URL|https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/councillors/default.aspx}} | appointer = Greater Geelong Council }}

The '''mayor of Greater Geelong''' heads the City of Greater Geelong, the second largest local government in Victoria, Australia. They are selected from among other councillors, elected every four years. Before amalgamation in 1993 the central area of Geelong was covered by the City of Geelong, with the surrounding suburbs falling into the Shire of Barrabool, Shire of Bannockburn, Rural City of Bellarine, Shire of Corio, City of Geelong West, City of Newtown, and City of South Barwon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audit.vic.gov.au/reports_mp_psa/psa0105_hard.html |title=Sale of Harding Park, Geelong |accessdate=1 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903102449/http://www.audit.vic.gov.au/reports_mp_psa/psa0105_hard.html |archivedate=3 September 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Gazette">{{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1993&class=S&page_num=1&state=V&classNum=S27 |title=S27&nbsp;of&nbsp;1993 |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=18 May 1993 |pages=1–3 |accessdate=10 January 2014}}</ref>

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== List of mayors of Geelong ==

=== Town of Geelong (1849–1910) === {| class="wikitable" ! # !Mayor !Term |- |1 || Foster Fyans ||1849–1850 |- |2 || Alexander Thomson ||1850–1851 |- |3 || James Austin ||1851–1852 |- |4 || James Cowie ||1852–1853 |- |5 || Dr William Baylie ||1853–1855 |- |6 || Alexander Thomson ||1855–1858 |- |7 || William Burrow ||1858–1860 |- |8 || William Bell ||1860–1862 |- |9 || Edward Knight ||1862–1863 |- |10 || Andrew Parker ||1863–1864 |- |11 || Charles Kernot ||1864–1865 |- |12 || Robert de Bruce Johnstone ||1865–1868 |- |13 || Thomas Newnham Couves ||1868–1870 |- |14 || William Francis Ducker ||1870–1872 |- |15 || Robert Reeves ||1872–1873 |- |16 || George Frederick Belcher ||1873–1874 |- |17 || William Upton ||1874–1875 |- |18 || George Frederick Belcher ||1875–1876 |- |19 || John Garratt ||1876–1878 |- |20 || Joseph Henry Connor ||1878–1880 |- |21 || George Cunningham ||1880–1883 |- |22 || John Longville Price || 1883–1884 |- |23 || George Martin ||1884–1885 |- |24 || William Newton Sommers ||1885–1886 |- |25 || William Bell ||1886–1887 |- |26 || Henry Meakin ||1887–1888 |- |27 || William Humble ||1888–1889 |- |28 || William Picken Carr ||1889–1890 |- |29 || James Strong ||1890–1891 |- |30 || Joseph Henry Connor ||1891–1892 |- |31 || John Rout Hopkins ||1892–1893 |- |32 || Joseph Grey ||1893–1894 |- |33 || Horace Frank Richardson ||1894–1896 |- |34 || Sidney Austin ||1896–1899 |- |35 || William Picken Carr ||1899–1901 |- |36 || Solomon Jacobs ||1901–1902 |- |37 || Isaac Hodges ||1902–1903 |- |38 || Neil Campbell ||1903–1905 |- |39 || Thomas Edward Bostock ||1905–1908 |- |40 || Walter Higgins ||1908–1909 |- |41 || Herbert Arthur Austin ||1909–1910 |}

=== City of Geelong (1910–1993) === {| class="wikitable" ! # !Mayor !Term |- |42 || Edward Philpott ||1910–1911 |- |43 || Robert Williams ||1911–1912 |- |44 || William Robert Anderson ||1912–1913 |- |45 || Edward George Gurr ||1913–1914 |- |46 || William Brownbill ||1914–1915 |- |47 || Arthur John Holden ||1915–1916 |- |48 || George Frederick Taylor ||1916–1917 |- |49 || Howard Hitchcock ||1917–1922 |- |50 || Joseph Charles King ||1922–1923 |- |51 || Robert Purnell ||1923–1924 |- |52 || Francis Ritchie ||1924–1925 |- |53 || Joseph Alexander Thear ||1925–1926 |- |54 || Julius Solomon ||1926–1927 |- |55 || Thomas Walls ||1927–1928 |- |56 || Solomon Jacobs ||1928–1930 |- |57 || Oswald Hearne ||1930–1932 |- |58 || Edward Allan McDonald ||1932–1935 |- |59 || Charles Naples Brown ||1935–1938 |- |60 || Solomon Jacobs ||1938–1939 |- |61 || Robert Charles Thear ||1939–1942 |- |62 || Frederick Hilton Wallace ||1942–1945 |- |63 || J. J. Young ||1945–1948 |- |64 || Frank Evan Richardson ||1948–1949 |- |65 || Bervin Ellis Purnell ||1949–1952 |- |66 || Morris Jacobs ||1952–1954 |- |67 || Sir Roy Fidge ||1954–1956 |- |68 || Albert Leslie Backwell ||1956–1959 |- |69 || Vautin Andrews ||1959–1961 |- |70 || Ranald McAllister ||1961–1964 |- |71 || Sir Roy Fidge ||1964–1968 |- |72 || Oliver Wood ||1968–1971 |- |73 || James Dowsett ||1971–1973 |- |74 || Harold George Verrall ||1973–1975 |- |75 || John Holt ||1975–1977 |- |76 || Howard Glover ||1977–1980 |- |77 || Des Podbury ||1980–1982 |- |78 || Graham Bruce Adams ||1982–1983 |- |79 || Ian Inglis ||1983–1985 |- |80 || Hayden Spurling ||1985–1987 |- |81 || Jim Fidge ||1987–1989 |- |82 || Brian Fowler ||1989–1991 |- |83 || Frank De Stefano ||1991–1993 |}

=== Commissioners (1993–1995) === {| class="wikitable" !Commissioners !Term |- |Bill Dix (Chairman) |1993–1995 |- |Glyn Jenkins (Deputy Chairman) |1993–1995 |- |Frank Wilkes |1993–1995 |- |Toni McCormack |1993–1995 |}

=== City of Greater Geelong (since 1993) === {| class="wikitable" ! # !Mayor !Term |- |84 || Gerry Smith || 1995–1998 |- |85 || Ken Jarvis || 1998–2000 |- |86 || Michael Crutchfield || 2000–2001 |- |87 || Srečko Kontelj || 2001–2002 |- |88 || Barbara Abley || 2002–2004 |- |89 || Ed Coppe || 2004 |- |90 || Shane Dowling || 2004–2005 |- |91 || Peter McMullin || 2005–2006 |- |92 || Bruce Harwood || 2006–2008 |- |93 || John Mitchell || 2008–2012 |- |94 || Keith Fagg || 2012–2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/ct/news/article/item/8d068986f9ee765.aspx |title=Mayor Keith Fagg announces his resignation - City of Greater Geelong |accessdate=2013-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021041448/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/ct/news/article/item/8d068986f9ee765.aspx |archivedate=21 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- |95 || Bruce Harwood || 2013 (acting) |- |96 || Darryn Lyons || 2013–2016 |- |97 || Bruce Harwood || 2017–2019 |- |98 || Stephanie Asher || 2019–2022 |- |99 || Peter Murrihy || 2022–2022 |- |100 |Trent Sullivan |2022–2024 |- |101 |Stretch Kontelj |2024–Incumbent |}

=== Administrators (2016–2017) === {| class="wikitable" !Administrator !Term |- |Yehudi Blacher (interim administrator) |April–May 2016 |- |Kathy Alexander (chairperson){{refn|group=Note|The chairperson of the panel of administrators has the same functions, powers and duties as the mayor of the council.<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Vic|act|lggcca2016430|Local Government (Greater Geelong City Council) Act 2016|7}}</ref>}} |2016–2017 |- |Peter Dorling |2016–2017 |- |Laurinda Gardner |2016–2017 |} {{reflist|group=Note}}

==See also== * Geelong, Victoria * 2012 Geelong mayoral election * 2013 Geelong mayoral election

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