The Right Honourable Lord Mayor
Sally Capp
AO
Speaking at the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2021
104th Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Elections: 2018, 2020
Assumed office
24 May 2018
DeputyArron Wood
Nicholas Reece
Preceded byRobert Doyle
Personal details
BornPapua New Guinea
NationalityAustralian
Political partyTeam Sally Capp
Other political
affiliations		Liberal (2014–2016)

Sally Anne Capp AO is an Australian politician who is the 104th lord mayor of Melbourne, elected on 18 May 2018 and sworn in on 24 May 2018. She is also the former executive director of the development lobbying group the Property Council of Victoria.

Capp was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College before graduating with honours in economics and law from the University of Melbourne. Her first career was a solicitor.[1]

Previously Capp was chief of operations of the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and the former Victorian agent-general in London from 2009 to 2012, the first woman to hold the office.[2]

Capp is the former CEO of the Committee for Melbourne and was a director of Collingwood Football Club to 2009, the first woman to serve on the board of that club.[3]

On 18 May 2018, Capp was declared elected as lord mayor of Melbourne in the 2018 by-election for lord mayor, following the resignation of Robert Doyle on 4 February. She was sworn in on 24 May.

Capp was re-elected as lord mayor in November 2020, securing another four-year term.[4]

In 2022, Capp supported calls to change the date of Australia Day.[5][6][7][8]

On 25 November 2022, Capp was slammed for saying that COVID-19 lockdowns were "good" for the City of Melbourne.[9][10][11]

Capp was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the people of Melbourne, to local government, to business, and to the community through various organisations".[12]

Electoral history

Lord Mayor of Melbourne election 2018[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sally Capp 19,412 25.38 N/A
Labor Jennifer Yang 11,774 15.39 N/A
Greens Rohan Leppert 11,296 14.77 N/A
Independent Sally Warhaft 6,837 8.94 N/A
Liberal Ken Ong 6,769 8.85 N/A
Independent Gary Morgan 6,412 8.38 N/A
Independent Qun Xie 3,449 4.51 N/A
Independent Allan Watson 2,488 3.25 N/A
Independent Nathalie Nicole O'Sughrue 2,087 2.73 N/A
Independent Michael Burge 1,571 2.05 N/A
Independent Alex MacDonald 1,387 1.81 N/A
Animal Justice Bruce Poon 1,243 1.63 N/A
Independent Katie Sfetkidis 933 1.22 N/A
Independent Luke Downing 834 1.09 N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Sally Capp 40,579 53.05 N/A
Labor Jennifer Yang 35,913 46.95 N/A
Independent hold SwingN/A
2020 City of Melbourne Leadership Team election[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece		 27,949 31.60 +31.60
Greens Apsara Sabaratnam
Roxane Ingleton		 14,753 16.68 −4.59
Independent Arron Wood
Lisa Teh		 13,497 15.26 +15.26
Independent Nick Russian
Michael Burge		 8,975 10.15 +10.15
Labor Phil Reed
Wesa Chau		 8,355 9.45 +9.45
Independent Jennifer Yang
Sandra Gee		 8,219 9.29 +9.29
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin
Daniel Nair Dadich		 2,911 3.29 +3.29
Independent Gary Morgan
Mary-Lou Howie		 2,446 2.77 −4.02
Independent Wayne Tseng
Gricol Yang		 1,329 1.50 +1.50
Total formal votes 88,434 96.62 +0.22
Informal votes 3,096 3.38 −0.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece		 47,256 53.44 +53.44
Independent Arron Wood
Lisa Teh		 41,178 46.56 +46.56
Independent hold SwingN/A

References

  1. ↑ "Sally Capp returned as Melbourne Lord Mayor". www.abc.net.au. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Paul Austin (29 October 2009). "Key London job a historic first for women". The Age. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Camplin joins Magpies board". The Age. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lord Mayor and Councillors". www.melbourne.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ↑ https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/politics/melbourne-city-council-reviewing-its-approach-to-australia-day/news-story/4219b7ec3eb4607fe2371a66f02a8883
  6. ↑ "Melbourne City Council launches review into Australia Day celebrations". ABC News. 26 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "City of Melbourne calls on government to change the date of Australia Day". 6 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Melbourne City Council pushes to dump Australia Day celebrations". 27 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Melbourne Lord Mayor slammed for saying COVID-19 was 'good' for the city in TEDx talk".
  10. ↑ "'Lockdown to boomtown': Lord Mayor says COVID was good for Melbourne". 24 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Shock over Capp's 'out of touch' Covid comments". The Herald Sun.
  12. ↑ "King's Birthday 2023 Honours - the full list". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Melbourne City Council Lord Mayor by-election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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