List of mayors and lord mayors of Newcastle

This is a list of mayors and lord mayors of Newcastle 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 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]

Lord Mayor of Newcastle
Incumbent
Nuatali Nelmes
since 15 November 2014
StyleThe Right Worshipful Lord Mayor
AppointerNewcastle City Council
Term lengthOne year (1859–1977)
Four years (1978–date)
Inaugural holderAld. James Hannell
(Mayor)
Ald. Harry Quinlan
(Lord Mayor)
Formation7 June 1859 (as Mayor)
October 1948 (as Lord Mayor)
Websitewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au

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
YearsMayors[3]
1859–1862James Hannell
1863–1864R. D. Bishop
1865J. Ward
1866Simon Kemp
1867W. Brooks[4]
1868–1869James Hannell
1870W. A. Spark
1871James Hannell
1872–1873Atkinson Tighe
1874–1875E. A. White
1876Francis Shaw
1876David Ludlow
1877–1879George Wallace
1880Samuel Chapman
1881Joseph Creer
1882Thomas Brooks
1883William Laing
1884Stewart Keightley
1885C. W. Morgan
1886John Thorn
1887George William Webb
1888–1889Henry Buchanan
1890Colin Christie
1891William Thomas Gibb
1892James Rogers
1893Augustus Frederick Moore
1894Alfred Asher
1895William Sharp
1896Thomas Smith
1897David Miller
1898William Kidd
1899Alfred Timbury
1900David Miller
1901W. J. Ellis
1902–1903William Cann
1904John Gilbert
1905Michael Moroney
1906–1907Arthur James
1908Andrew Cook
1909–1910John Christian Reid
1911–1913Hugh McLachlan Shedden
1914John Christian Reid
1915Robert George Kilgour
1916–1917Michael Moroney
1918–1919Robert George Kilgour
1920Robert Gibson
1921Robert George Kilgour
1922–1923Henry Cornish
1924Robert George Kilgour
1925Morris Light
1926Henry Cornish
1927–1928Robert Gibson
1929Harry Lambert Wheeler
1930Thomas Blackall
1931–1932Charles Parker
1933William McGregor Shedden
1934Robert George Kilgour
1935Richard Christie
1936–1937H. Fenton
1938Arthur Griffiths[5]
1939George Jenner
1940James Wiggins
1941–1942Walter Young
1943Ernest Dunkley (Ind)
1944 – December 1946R. Norris
December 1946 – October 1948Harry Quinlan
YearsLord Mayors
October 1948 – December 1950Harry Quinlan
December 1950 – December 1951Frank Purdue (Citizens Group)
December 1951 – December 1952Tom Armstrong (Ind)
December 1952 – December 1955Frank Purdue (Citizens Group)
December 1955 – December 1956Douglas McDougall (Citizens Group)
December 1956 – December 1957Charles Jones (ALP)
December 1957 – December 1958Douglas McDougall (Citizens Group)
December 1958 – December 1959Ernest Dunkley (Ind)
December 1959 – December 1965Frank Purdue (Citizens Group)
December 1965 – September 1973Douglas McDougall (Citizens Group)
September 1973 – September 1974Gordon Anderson (Ind)
September 1974 – September 1976Joy Cummings (ALP)
September 1976 – September 1977Gordon Anderson (Ind)
September 1977 – 16 April 1984Joy Cummings (ALP)
16 April 1984 – 2 October 1984Don Geddes (Acting; Citizens Group)[6]
2 October 1984 – 1986Colin Saunders (Administrator)[7]
1986 – September 1995John McNaughton (ALP)
September 1995 – September 1999Greg Heys (ALP)
September 1999 – 8 September 2012John Tate (Ind)
8 September 2012 – 17 August 2014Jeff McCloy (Ind)
17 August 2014 - 15 November 2014 Brad Luke (Acting; Liberal Party)[8]
15 November 2014 – PresentNuatali Nelmes (ALP)

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.
  6. "Newcastle council dismissed". The Canberra Times. 59 (17, 902). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 October 1984. p. 1. Retrieved 23 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.—PROCLAMATION". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (141). New South Wales, Australia. 2 October 1984. p. 4909. Retrieved 23 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. GORDON, JASON (14 October 2014). "Luke's independent tilt for mayor". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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