Nicholas Reece

Nicholas Reece
105th Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Assumed office
2 July 2024
Preceded bySally Capp
Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne
In office
November 2020 – 2 July 2024
Councillor of the City of Melbourne
In office
November 2016 – November 2020
Personal details
Born1974
London, United Kingdom
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor[1]
Other political
affiliations
Team Sally Capp (2016−2024)

Nicholas Reece (born 1974[citation needed]) is an Australian politician and policy activist, currently serving as the 105th Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne. He is a senior executive at the University of Melbourne and a principal fellow at the Melbourne School of Government.[2] He is the chair of the board of directors at the Movember Foundation,[3] and a commentator at Sky News Australia.

He previously held a number of roles in politics, including as secretary and campaign director of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)[4] and as the director of strategy to former Prime Minister Julia Gillard.[5] Reece's early career included time working as a lawyer at Maurice Blackburn and as a journalist at The Australian Financial Review.[6]

  1. ^ "Backroom Baz: Liberal Party candidate Angela Newhouse pops up at UK election". Herald Sun. Sunday Herald Sun. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024. Reece is of course life long Labor man, having been a former adviser to Steve Bracks and Julia Gillard and being Mayor is his first big step to the front and centre of the political stage
  2. ^ Lawry, Rhys (9 April 2019). "Mr Nicholas Reece". Melbourne School of Government. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Movember Australia". Movember Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ Rood, Paul Austin and David (9 September 2009). "Brumby gets his man, with Gillard's help". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  5. ^ "PM loses key strategist, as mood shifts to hope". Crikey. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Reformer fit for combat". Australian Financial Review. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2019.