Council name
| Name |
Established |
| Fitzroy Municipality | 10 September 1858 |
| Fitzroy Borough Council | 1 October 1865 |
| Fitzroy Town Council | 3 December 1870 |
| Fitzroy City Council | 1 February 1878 |
Chairman (1856-1862)
| # |
Chairman |
Term |
| 1 | G Symons | 1858 |
| 2 | E Langton | 1858–1859 |
| 3 | C Vaughan | 1859–1860 |
| 4 | J Edwards | 1860–1861 |
| 5 | J R Brennand | 1861–1862 |
Mayors (1862-1994)
| # |
Mayor |
Term |
| 6 | C Vaughan | 1862–1863 |
| 7 | J Falconer | 1863–1865 |
| 8 | J Ford Born | 1865–1866 |
| 9 | E Delbridge | 1866–1867 |
| 10 | J Michael | 1867–1868 |
| 11 | G Rushall | 1868–1869 |
| 12 | T Rowe | 1869–1870 |
| 13 | A Grant | 1870–1871 |
| 14 | Albert Edwin Elworthy Lee Tucker | 1871–1972 |
| 15 | E Delbridge | 1872–1873 |
| 16 | T A Ewing | 1873–1874 |
| 17 | H Kneen | 1874–1875 |
| 18 | D Mahony | 1875–1876 |
| 19 | S Lyons | 1876–1877 |
| 20 | R Showers | 1877–1878 |
| 21 | Albert Edwin Elworthy Lee Tucker | 1878–1879 |
| 22 | F W Tinsley Evans | 1879–1880 |
| 23 | J Mcmahon | 1880–1881 |
| 24 | J Holden | 1881–1882 |
| 25 | J Moore | 1882–1883 |
| 26 | E Brooks | 1883–1884 |
| 27 | W R Bennetts | 1884–1885 |
| 28 | F J Britten | 1885–1886 |
| 29 | G C Clauscen | 1886–1887 |
| 30 | J Grigg | 1887–1888 |
| 31 | Robert Wallace Best | 1888–1889 |
| 32 | W Smithers Gadd | 1889–1890 |
| 33 | C T Crispe | 1890–1891 |
| 34 | J McMahon | 1891–1892 |
| 35 | J Grayson | 1892–1893 |
| 36 | John G. Yager | 1893–1894 |
| 37 | H G Burrell | 1894–1895 |
| 38 | A Renfrew | 1895–1897 |
| 39 | W Rawling Bennetts | 1897–1898 |
| 40 | J J Denton | 1898–1899 |
| 41 | M Gross | 1899–1900 |
| 42 | A Wheeler | 1900–1901 |
| 43 | R Barr | 1901–1903 |
| 44 | A A Mcnair | 1903–1904 |
| 45 | T W Delves | 1904–1905 |
| 46 | G Rutherford Jeffries | 1905–1906 |
| 47 | W Collings | 1906–1907 |
| 48 | J L Snadden | 1907–1908 |
| 49 | F R Chapman | 1908–1909 |
| 50 | S F Galagher | 1909–1910 |
| 51 | D Reddan | 1910–1911 |
| 52 | T Mcmahen | 1911–1912 |
| 53 | C Ottery | 1912–1913 |
| 54 | C C Lewis | 1913–1914 |
| 55 | J A Boell | 1914–1915 |
| 56 | E T Apps | 1915–1916 |
| 57 | W F L Langdon | 1916–1917 |
| 58 | A Fraser | 1917–1918 |
| 59 | R Barr | 1918–1919 |
| 60 | C E Miller | 1919–1920 |
| 61 | W J Beckett | 1920–1921 |
| 62 | J A Boell | 1921–1922 |
| 63 | G H Green | 1922–1923 |
| 64 | J A Boell | 1923–1924 |
| 65 | W J Beckett | 1924–1925 |
| 66 | A Rosen | 1925–1926 |
| 67 | T M Foley | 1926–1927 |
| 68 | E T Apps | 1927–1928 |
| 69 | T M Foley | 1928–1929 |
| 70 | P Lucini | 1929–1930 |
| 71 | S Rosen | 1930–1931 |
| 72 | E T Apps | 1931–1932 |
| 73 | J E Kerr | 1932–1933 |
| 74 | J T Foley | 1933–1934 |
| 75 | J J Barrett | 1934–1935 |
| 76 | I R Dabscheck | 1935–1936 |
| 77 | A J Matthews | 1936–1937 |
| 78 | J E Kerr | 1937–1939 |
| 79 | K Parlon | 1939–1941 |
| 80 | W E Beckett | 1941–1943 |
| 81 | J T Ryan | 1943–1944 |
| 82 | K Parlon | 1944–1945 |
| 83 | W J Moran | 1953–1954 |
| 84 | J E Kerr | 1945–1946 |
| 85 | H D O'halloran | 1946–1947 |
| 86 | H L Peel | 1947–1948 |
| 87 | R Solomons | 1948–1949 |
| 88 | F P Mcmahon | 1949–1950 |
| 89 | S R Anderson | 1950–1951 |
| 90 | F J Caddy | 1951–1952 |
| 91 | Joe Smith | 1952–1953 |
| 92 | K Parlon | 1953–1954 |
| 93 | W J Donovan | 1954–1955 |
| 94 | W H Underwood | 1955–1956 |
| 95 | C W Bird | 1956–1957 |
| 96 | J G Black | 1957–1958 |
| 97 | J E Blackman | 1958–1959 |
| 98 | J H Jamieson | 1959–1960 |
| 99 | E J James | 1960–1961 |
| 100 | L J Martin | 1961–1962 |
| 101 | J G Black | 1962–1963 |
| 102 | Florence E Peel | 1963–1964 |
| 103 | J W Byrne | 1964–1965 |
| 104 | N G Porter | 1965–1966 |
| 105 | P P Prendergast | 1966–1967 |
| 106 | J H Jamieson | 1967–1968 |
| 107 | L J Martin | 1968–1969 |
| 108 | J W Byrne | 1969–1970 |
| 109 | A R Anderson | 1970–1971 |
| 110 | Eileen J Wheeler | 1971–1972 |
| 111 | W T Peterson | 1972–1973 |
| 112 | E R Rush | 1973–1974 |
| 113 | P A Coghlan | 1974–1975 |
| 114 | L P Patford | 1975–1976 |
| 115 | Jennifer A Miller | 1976–1977 |
| 116 | W T Peterson | 1977–1978 |
| 117 | L Sotiriadis | 1978–1979 |
| 118 | J T Harding | 1979–1980 |
| 119 | W F Berryman | 1980–1981 |
| 120 | H G Mackrell | 1981–1982 |
| 121 | T Marino | 1982–1983 |
| 122 | K Lumley | 1983–1984 |
| 123 | R M R Mclean | 1984–1985 |
| 124 | P J Burfurd | 1985–1987 |
| 125 | G L Millman | 1987–1988 |
| 126 | Heather L Blakey | 1988–1989 |
| 127 | G L Millman | 1989–1990 |
| 128 | D C Reilly | 1990–1991 |
| 129 | Angela C Ireland | 1991–1992 |
| 130 | Mike Zafiropoulos | 1992–1993 |
| 131 | S J Blackie | 1993–1994 |
City of Yarra Mayors (from 1996)