Stuart James

Stuart James (born 24 September 1978) is an Australian politician. He was elected as a Councillor to the City of Monash in October 2016 and was re-elected in 2020 and 2024. On 11 November 2019 he was elected as the 17th Mayor of the City of Monash and was elected Mayor again in 2021-22 and 2025-26 . He is married with three daughters and a son.

In 2023, Stuart joined the Board of the Municipal Association of Victoria representing the Eastern Metropolitan region and was elected Deputy President in 2024. He sits on the Board of the Australian Local Government Association and on the Board of the Alliance for Gambling Reform. He is an active public transport advocate and was Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition for 8 years, , sat on the Executive of the Public Transport Users Association for 7 years , on the Metropolitan Transport Forum and has written a number of transport focused op-eds.