List of mayors of Dandenong
| Mayor of Greater Dandenong | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Lana Formoso since 16 November 202 | |
| Appointer | Greater Dandenong City Council |
| Term length | 1 year |
| Inaugural holder | Greg Harris |
| Formation | March 1997 |
| Deputy | Richard Lim |
This is a list of mayors of the City of Greater Dandenong, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Before amalgamation in 1994, the Dandenong area was covered by the City of Dandenong and the City of Springvale (formerly known as the Shire of Dandenong).[1][2]
The current mayor is Lana Formoso, who was voted into the position by councillors on 16 November 2023.[3]
Mayors[edit]
Greater Dandenong (1997–present)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Mayor (Ward) |
Party | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Greg Harris | Independent | March 1997 | March 1998 |
| 2 | 
|
Roz Blades | Labor | March 1998 | March 1999 |
| 3 |
|
Naim Melhem | Labor | March 1999 | March 2000 |
| 4 |
|
Angela Long | Labor | March 2000 | March 2001 |
| 5 |
|
Youhorn Chea | Labor | March 2001 | March 2002 |
| 6 |
|
Paul Donovan | Labor | March 2002 | March 2003 |
| 7 |
|
Kevin Walsh | Independent | March 2003 | 16 March 2004[4] |
| 8 | .jpg)
|
Clare O'Neil (Springvale South) |
Labor | 16 March 2004 | November 2004[a] |
| 9 |
|
Maria Sampey | Labor | November 2004 | November 2005 |
| 10 |
|
Peter Brown | Labor | November 2005 | November 2006 |
| (5) |
|
Youhorn Chea | Labor | November 2006 | November 2007 |
| 11 |
|
John Kelly | Independent Liberal | November 2007 | November 2008 |
| 12 |
|
Pinar Yesil | Labor | November 2008 | November 2009 |
| 13 |
|
Jim Memeti | Labor | November 2009 | November 2010 |
| (2) |
|
Roz Blades | Labor | November 2010 | November 2011 |
| (5) |
|
Youhorn Chea | Labor | November 2011 | 7 November 2012 |
| (4) |
|
Angela Long | Labor | 7 November 2012 | November 2013 |
| (13) |
|
Jim Memeti | Labor | November 2013 | November 2014 |
| 14 |
|
Sean O'Reilly | Labor | November 2014 | November 2015 |
| 15 |
|
Meng Heang Tak (Paperback) |
Labor | November 2015 | November 2016 |
| (13) |
|
Jim Memeti | Labor | November 2016 | November 2017 |
| (5) |
|
Youhorn Chea | Labor | November 2017 | November 2018 |
| (2) |
|
Roz Blades | Labor | November 2018 | 14 October 2019 |
| (5) |
|
Youhorn Chea | Labor | 14 October 2019 | November 2019 |
| (13) |
|
Jim Memeti | Labor | November 2019 | November 2020 |
| (4) |
|
Angela Long (Cleeland) |
Labor | November 2020 | 11 November 2021 |
| (13) |
|
Jim Memeti (Dandenong) |
Labor | 11 November 2021 | 10 November 2022 |
| 16 |
|
Eden Foster (Yarraman) |
Labor | 10 November 2022 | 16 November 2023 |
| 17 |
|
Lana Formoso (Noble Park North) |
Labor | 16 November 2023 | 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.
References[edit]
- ^ "Former Mayors and Councillors". City of Greater Dandenong.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. pp. 6, 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6.
- ^ "Cr Lana Formoso Elected as New Mayor". City of Greater Dandenong.
- ^ "20 years ago I was elected Mayor of Greater Dandenong". Twitter. Clare O'Neil MP. 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024.