{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{about||the American politician|Peter J. Costigan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder

| | honorific_prefix = | name = Peter Costigan | image = | caption = | order = 101st Lord Mayor of Melbourne | term_start = May 1999 | term_end = 22 July 2001 | deputy = Wellington Lee <br/>Clem Newton-Brown | predecessor = Ivan Deveson | successor = John So | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|6|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|8|5|1935|6|21|df=yes}} | death_place = Melbourne, Australia | spouse = Susie Norton | party = Independent }}

'''Peter Costigan''' (21 June 1935 &ndash; 5 August 2002) was an Australian journalist and Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1999 to 2001.

==Early years== Costigan grew up in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne and was educated by the Jesuits at St Patricks College, East Melbourne. He completed his tertiary education at the University of Melbourne.

==Political career== Costigan unsuccessfully contested the 1996 Melbourne City Council election on the "Melbourne First" ticket.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Placella |first1=Laura |title=Melbourne's 100th lord mayor Ivan Deveson dies, aged 90 |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbournes-100th-lord-mayor-ivan-deveson-dies-aged-90/news-story/fbd7fffd6d9eae186e6c2e76d3f5a962 |publisher=Herald Sun |access-date=3 September 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240902085653/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbournes-100th-lord-mayor-ivan-deveson-dies-aged-90/news-story/fbd7fffd6d9eae186e6c2e76d3f5a962?amp&nk=d5e70b3611355d05a958e03ad7d9e5f9-1725267422 |archive-date=2 September 2024 |date=2 September 2024}}</ref>

In 1999, he was elected a councillor of the City of Melbourne and subsequently elected lord mayor by fellow Councillors, defeating rival Councillor John So with a majority of 5-to-4 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former lord mayor dies |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/former-lord-mayor-dies-20020805-gdugro.html |publisher=The Age |access-date=3 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903112420/https://www.theage.com.au/national/former-lord-mayor-dies-20020805-gdugro.html |archive-date=3 September 2024 |date=5 August 2002}}</ref>

==Personal life== Costigan was the younger brother of the twins Michael and Frank Costigan.<ref>[http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/apcnews/aug02/costigan.html Peter Costigan in memoriam<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831072305/http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/apcnews/aug02/costigan.html |date=31 August 2007 }}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{succession box | title=Lord Mayor of Melbourne | before=Ivan Deveson | after=John So | years=1999-2001 | }} {{s-end}}

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