List of mayors of the Gold Coast

Mayor of the Gold Coast
Incumbent Tom Tate since 28 April 2012
Inaugural holder	Len Peak
Formation	1949

This is a list of mayors of Gold Coast, Queensland.

The Town of South Coast (Present-day Gold Coast) was formed through the amalgamation of Coolangatta and Southport on 17 June 1949. On 21 March 1958, the town of South Coast was officially renamed to the Town of Gold Coast, and the following year on 16 May 1959, the Gold Coast was proclaimed a city. In 1995, the Albert Shire Council and Gold Coast City Council areas were amalgamated to form one Gold Coast.

Pre-Amalgamation (1949-1995)

Mayor	Term
Alderman Len Peak	1949-1958
Ald Ern Harley	1958–1967
Bruce Small	1967-1973
Robert Neumann	1973-1976
Sir Bruce Small	1976-1978
Administrator John Andrews	1978-1979
Keith Hunt	1979-1982
Denis O'Connell	1982-1985
Denis Pie	1985-1988
Lex Bell	1988-1994

Post-Amalgamation (1995 – present)

Mayor	Term
Ray Stevens	1995-1997
Gary Baildon	1997-2004
Ron Clarke	2004-2012
Tom Tate	2012-

Data drawn from Gold Coast City Council's History Archives. [1]

Election results

2020

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Queensland mayoral elections § Gold Coast.[edit]

2020 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	151,579	55.73	−8.13
	Independent	Mona Hecke	67,117	24.68	+24.68
	Independent	Brett Lambert	17,083	6.28	+3.22
	Independent	Virginia Freebody	15,260	5.61	+5.61
	Independent	Kris Bourban	9,115	3.35	+3.35
	Independent	Gary Pead	6,843	2.52	+2.52
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Suphakan Somsriruen	2,545	0.94	+0.94
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	2,429	0.89	+0.89
Turnout			287,531	74.12
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	154,054	66.93	−6.21
	Independent	Mona Hecke	76,126	33.07	+33.07
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	−6.21