History of Queenscliffe Council
The Borough of Queenscliffe was created in May 1863 under Schedule B. No. 54, Queenscliffe; of the Municipal Institutions Act No. 184 – an act to consolidate and amend laws relating to Municipal Institutions.
The first Municipal Council elections under this act were conducted by Mr. William T. Mollison, the Police Magistrate.
The first Councillors were:
- Dr. David John Williams (Mayor)
- Thomas Howard Fellows (MLC)
- William John Craig
- William Leihy
- William Pagan
- William Wright (JP)
- Dr. Alexander P. L. Robertson.
The first Council meetings are said to have been held in Pilot's Row, Gellibrand Street, near the Fort.
At the 2008 elections the number of Councillors was reduced from seven to the current five.
Previous Mayors of the Borough of Queenscliffe
| Dr. D. J. Williams | 1863–64 |
| T. H. Fellows | 1865 |
| C. Kennedy | 1866–67, 1868–69 |
| W. Pagan | 1867–68 |
| H. Reed | 1869 |
| T. Stoneman | 1870–76, 1880–82, 1884–87 |
| G. Admans | 1876–80, 1888–89 |
| C. Simpson | 1882–83 |
| E. Cuzens | 1883–84, 1907–10, 1915–16 |
| W. Jamieson | 1887–88 |
| W. Sheehan | 1889–90 |
| J. Henley | 1890–91, 1892–93, 1894–95 |
| G. Priddle | 1891–92 |
| J. Baillieu | 1893–94 |
| W. Frewin | 1895–96 |
| G. Baillieu | 1896–99 |
| R. Tobias | 1899–1901, 1905–06 |
| J. Sheehan | 1902–03 |
| W. Mortimer | 1903–04 |
| R. Dickinson | 1904–05 |
| A Baillieu | 1905–06 |
| W. J. Thwaites | 1910–11, 1916–20 |
| T. Arkins | 1911–12 |
| A. S. Patching | 1912–13 |
| L. Klugg | 1913–14, 1924–29, 1930–31, 1932–38 |
| A. Dewar | 1914–15 |
| T. Thomson | 1920–21 |
| W. Brinsmead | 1921–22 |
| J. M. Hewitt | 1922–24 |
| M. S. Caithness | 1929–30 |
| R. Fraser | 1931–32, 1940–43 |
| P. C. Shoppee | 1938–40 |
| W. J. Field | 1943–47 |
| J. H. Smith | 1946–47 |
| C. W. Howden | 1947–50 |
| J. A. Monahan | 1950–52 |
| J. R. Golightly | 1952–55, 1961–64, 1969–70 |
| A. W. Hodgetts | 1955–56 |
| A. E. Laker | 1956–57, 1964–67 |
| L. J. Romey | 1957–58 |
| V. McG Johnstone | 1960–61 |
| F. R. St. John | 1967–69 |
| F. C. Mason | 1970–72 |
| J. P. Hume | 1972–74, 1979–80 |
| G. W. Anderson | 1974–75 |
| F. C. Heweston | 1975–77 |
| F. A. Moore | 1977–79 |
| M. J. Smart | 1980–82 |
| K. W. Potter | 1982–84 |
| D. W. Golightly | 1984–86 |
| I. R. Curtis | 1986–88 |
| L. P. Whelan | 1988–90 |
| J. M. Barry | 1990–92 |
| L. I. Irving-Dusting | 1992–95 |
| C. Dyer | 1995–96 |
| K. Erler | 1996–98 |
| R. J. Bugg | 1998–2001, 2004–05 |
| V. Lawrence | 2001–04 |
| P. Semmens | 2005, 2007 |
| F. C. Player | 2006 |
| B. Merriman | 2008–12, 2018– |
| H. Cameron | 2012–16 |
| T. Francis | 2016–17 |
| S. Salter | 2017–18 |
