List of mayors and lord mayors of Newcastle

Lord Mayor of Newcastle
Incumbent
Nuatali Nelmes

since 15 November 2014
Style The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor
Appointer Newcastle City Council
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Ald. James Hannell
(Mayor)
Ald. Harry Quinlan
(Lord Mayor)
Formation 7 June 1859 (as Mayor)
October 1948 (as Lord Mayor)
Website www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au

This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of Newcastle City Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Lord Mayors while holding office is: The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Newcastle. First incorporated on 7 June 1859 as the 'Municipality of Newcastle', the council became known as 'The Borough of Newcastle' on the 23 December 1867 following the enactment of The Municipalities Act of 1867, and on 1 April 1938 the 'City of Greater Newcastle' was proclaimed. In recognition of Newcastle's role as NSW's second oldest and largest city, the council applied to have the title 'Lord Mayor', which was granted in October 1947 by King George VI and applied in October 1948. This made Newcastle the first Australian city that was not a capital to receive such an honour.[1] On 1 April 1949 the official title of the council became the 'City of Newcastle'.[2]

The current Lord Mayor of Newcastle is Nuatali Nelmes (Labor), who was elected in a by-election on 15 November 2014. The previous Lord Mayor, Councillor Jeff McCloy (Independent), elected in 2012, resigned on 17 August 2014.

Newcastle City Hall, designed by acclaimed theatre architect Henry Eli White, has been the seat of the council since 1929.

List of incumbents

Years Mayors[3]
1859–1862 James Hannell
1863–1864 R. D. Bishop
1865 J. Ward
1866 Simon Kemp
1867 W. Brooks[4]
1868–1869 James Hannell
1870 W. A. Spark
1871 James Hannell
1872–1873 Atkinson Tighe
1874–1875 E. A. White
1876 Francis Shaw
1876 David Ludlow
1877–1879 George Wallace
1880 Samuel Chapman
1881 Joseph Creer
1882 Thomas Brooks
1883 William Laing
1884 Stewart Keightley
1885 C. W. Morgan
1886 John Thorn
1887 George William Webb
1888–1889 Henry Buchanan
1890 Colin Christie
1891 William Thomas Gibb
1892 James Rogers
1893 Augustus Frederick Moore
1894 Alfred Asher
1895 William Sharp
1896 Thomas Smith
1897 David Miller
1898 William Kidd
1899 Alfred Timbury
1900 David Miller
1901 W. J. Ellis
1902–1903 William Cann
1904 John Gilbert
1905 Michael Moroney
1906–1907 Arthur James
1908 Andrew Cook
1909–1910 John Christian Reid
1911–1913 Henry Sheddon
1914 John Christian Reid
1915 Robert George Kilgour
1916–1917 Michael Moroney
1918–1919 Robert George Kilgour
1920 Robert Gibson
1921 Robert George Kilgour
1922–1923 Henry Cornish
1924 Robert George Kilgour
1925 Morris Light
1926 Henry Cornish
1927–1928 Robert Gibson
1929 Harry Lambert Wheeler
1930 Thomas Blackall
1931–1932 Charles Parker
1933 William Sheddon
1934 Robert George Kilgour
1935 Richard Christie
1936–1937 H. Fenton
1938 Arthur Griffiths[5]
1939 George Jenner
1940 James Wiggins
1941–1942 Walter Young
1943 Ernest Dunkley
1944–1946 R. Norris
1947 Harry Quinlan
Years Lord Mayors
1948–1950 Harry Quinlan
1951 Frank Purdue
1952 Tom Armstrong
1953–1955 Frank Purdue
1956 Douglas McDougall
1957 Charles Jones
1958 Douglas McDougall
1959 Ernest Dunkley
1960–1965 Frank Purdue
1966–1973 Douglas McDougall
1974 Gordon Anderson
1975–1976 Joy Cummings
1977 Gordon Anderson
1978–1984 Joy Cummings
1986–1995 John McNaughton
1995–1999 Greg Heys
1999–2012 John Tate
2012–2014 Jeff McCloy
2014– Nuatali Nelmes

Notes and references

  1. "Newcastle Has Its First Lord Mayor.". Singleton Argus (NSW: 1880-1954) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 6 October 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  2. DiGravio, Gionni (30 September 2009). "Sesquicentenary of Local Government in Newcastle". Archives Outside. NSW State Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. "Mayors, Lord Mayors, Town Clerks & General Managers 1859 - 2009" (PDF). 150 Years - Local Democracy in Newcastle 1859 - 2009. Newcastle City Council. 2009. p. 22. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. First Mayor of Newcastle Borough Council.
  5. First Mayor of Greater Newcastle Council.

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