List of mayors of Redland

Mayor of Redland
Incumbent Jos Mitchell since 16 March 2024
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	J. H. N. Price
Formation	1949

This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Redland (formerly the Shire of Redland), a local government area of Queensland, Australia.[1]

The current mayor is Jos Mitchell, who was elected in 2024.[2][3]

Mayors and chairmen

1949−present

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Notes
1		J. H. N. Price	Independent	June 1949	April 1961
2		E. G. W. Wood	Independent	April 1961	March 1982
3		Merv Genrich (1939/40−2018)	Independent	March 1982	March 1991	Lost re-election[4]
4		Len Keogh (1931−2007)	Independent Labor	March 1991	March 1994	Lost re-election[5]
5		Eddie Santagiuliana (1945−2001)	Independent Liberal	March 1994	22 April 2001	Councillor from 1982 to 1994. Died in office[6]
6		Don Seccombe (1942−)	Independent	June 2001	15 March 2008	Did not seek re-election[7]
7		Melva Hobson	Independent	15 March 2008	28 April 2012	Lost re-election[8]
8		Karen Williams	Independent	28 April 2012	17 May 2021	Did not seek re-election[9]
			Independent LNP	17 May 2021	16 March 2024
9		Jos Mitchell	Jos Mitchell Leading Change	16 March 2024	present	Incumbent

Electoral results

2024

This section is an excerpt from 2024 Queensland mayoral elections § Redland.[edit]

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Redland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Leading Change	Jos Mitchell	52,599	52.20
	Independent	Andrew Laming	25,966	25.77
	Independent	Cindy Corrie	22,191	22.02
Turnout			104,564	86.98
	Leading Change gain from Independent LNP		Swing

• Incumbent mayor Karen Williams (Independent, later Independent LNP) did not recontest[10]

2012

This section is an excerpt from 2012 Queensland mayoral elections § Redland.[edit]

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Redland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Karen Williams	52,249	69.51
	Independent	Melva Hobson	22,914	30.49
Turnout			78,283	83.81
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "Redland City Council timeline" (PDF). Redland City Council timeline. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
2. "Jos Mitchell wins mayoral election". Redland City News. 22 March 2024.
3. "Redland City Mayor". Electoral Commission of Queensland. July 2019.
4. "Former Redland Shire Council chairman Merv Genrich passes on". Redland City Bulletin. 2 October 2018.
5. "Government of the Redlands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2011.
6. "Mr D. BRISKEY" (PDF). Queensland Parliament.
7. "2008 Redland City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
8. "2012 Redland City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
9. "Redland Mayor Karen Williams applies for LNP membership, considers running for Bowman seat in federal election". Redland City Bulletin. 17 May 2021.
10. "Former Bowman MP Andrew Laming to run for Redland mayor after Karen Williams steps down". The Courier Mail.