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Stuart James
Australian politician
Stuart James (born 24 September 1978) is an Australian politician. He was elected as a Councillor to the City of Monash in October 2016[1] and was re-elected in 2020.[2] On 11 November 2019 he was elected as the 17th Mayor of the City of Monash[3] and was elected Mayor for the second time in November 2021.[4] He is married with three daughters and a son.
Stuart is Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition,[5] a group consisting of Melbourne's seven eastern metropolitan local governments that advocate for sustainable and integrated transport services reducing car dependency.[6] He sits on the Executive of the Metropolitan Transport Forum,[7] a group of 26 Metropolitan Councils, as well as the Public Transport Users Association Committee.[8]