This list is listed in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date.
- George Cato (1854 - 56)
- Edward Snell and Savery Pinsent (1856 - 57 )
- AW Evans and JR Goodricke (1857 - 58)
- JR Goodricke and Savery Pinsent (1858 - 59)
- William Hartley (1859 - 60)
- Alexander McArthur (1860 - 63)
- Hugh Gillespie (1863 - 65)
- John Hunt and RW Tyzack (1865 - 66 )
- Arthur Harvey and John Miller (1866 - 67)
- Edward Snell (1867 - 68)
- Edward Snell and William Field (1868 - 69)
- William Field and JD Ballance (1869 - 70)
- Richard Vause and William Palmer (1870 - 71)
- William Palmer (1871 - 72)
- John Goodliffe (1872 - 73)
- Edward Flickering (1873 - 74)
- Richard Vause (1874 - 75)
- BW Greenacre (1875 - 76)
- William Arbuckle (1876 - 78 )
- Richard Vause (1878 - 79 )
- HW Currie (1879-80)
- William Arbuckle (1880 - 82)
- Edward Pickering (1882 - 83)
- Richard Vause (1883 - 85 )
- JW Stranack (1885 - 86)
- WE Robarts (1886 - 87)
- TA O'Flaherty, RL Cunningham, JJ Hillier (1887 - 88)
- JJ Hillier (1888 - 89)
- BV, Greenacre (1889 - 92)
- AW Leuchars (1892 - 93)
- George Payne (1893 - 95)
- R Jameson (1895 - 96 )
- George Payne (1896 - 97 )
- BW Greenacre and John Nicol (1897 - 98)
- John Nicol (1898 - 1901)
- Ernest Leslie Acutt (1901 - 02)
- J Ellis Brown (1902 - 05 )
- C Henwood (1905 - 09 )
- Waiter Greenacre (1909 - 10 )
- FC Hollander (1910 - 13)
- W Holmes (1913 - 15)
- JH Nicolson (1915 - 18)
- T Burman (1918 - 20)
- T Burman and Fleming Johnston (1920 - 21)
- Fleming Johnston (1921 - 22)
- W Gilbert (1922 - 24)
- TM Wadley (1924 - 26)
- HL Buzzard (1926 - 28)
- A Eaton (1928 - 29)
- Rev. A Lamont (1929 - 32)
- Oliver Lea (1932 - 33 )
- Percy Osborn (1933 - 34)
- Dr S Copley (1934 - 35)
- Fleming Johnston (1935 - 39)
- R Ellis Brown (1939 - 45)
- SJ Smith (1945 - 46)
- R Ellis Brown (1946 - 47)
- Leo Boyd (1947 - 49)
- Ken Clarke (1949 - 50)
- Percy Osborn (1950 - 54)
- RA Carte (1954 - 55)
- G Vernon Essery (1955 - 56)
- Percy Osborn (1956 - 57)
- HW Jackson (1957 - 58)
- WE Show (1958 - 59)
- CA Milne (1959 - 64)
- Dr Vernon Shearer (1964 - 66)
- Margaret Maytom (1966 - 68)
- TM Worman (1968 - 70)
- R Goldman (1970 - 72)
- Ron Williams (1972 - 74)
- AD Adams (1974 - 76)
- Dr G J Hollis (1976 - 78)
- Haydn Bradfield (1978 - 80)
- Mrs S C Hotz (1980 - 84)
- Neil MacLennan (1984 - 85)
- Stanley H Lange (1985 - 87)
- Henry P Klotz (1987 - 88)
- DW Watterson (1988 - 90)
- JA Venter and GJ Muller (1990 - 91)
- G J. Muller (1991 - 92)
- Margaret Winter (1992 - 93)
- Mike Lipschitz (1993 - 96)
- Obed Mlaba (1996 to date)
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