List of mayors of Lake Macquarie

This is a list of mayors and shire presidents of the City of Lake Macquarie and its predecessors in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

The Shire of Lake Macquarie was proclaimed on 6 March 1906. It became a municipality on 1 March 1977 and a city on 7 September 1984.[1][2] The Shire was represented by a Shire President and 16 aldermen. When it became a municipality in 1977, the President's title changed to Mayor, but the aldermen's title remained unchanged until the passage of the Local Government Act 1993.

Chairman temporary (1st) council

• J W. Stenhouse

Shire president (1906–77)

S. Croudace – (1906–10) J. Talbot – (1910–11) W M. Beath – (1912) S. Croudace – (1913–14) R. Gormon – (1914–15) W. M. Beath – (1916) J. G. Desreaux – (1916–17) F. C. Hely – (1917–18) J. Johnston – (1918–19) W. M. Beath (1919–20) T C. Frith – (1920)

J. G. Desreaux – (1920–21) W. M. Beath – (1922–23) H. Marks JP (1923–25) J. G. Desreaux – (1926–27) G. Pearce (1928–29) H. S. Richards – (1930–31) J. Johnson – (1931–33) G. Pearce – (1933–36) C. H. Wilson – (1937–38) T. A. Johnson – (April 1938) T. I. Johnson JP – (1938–39)

T. A. Johnson – (1939–40) C. H. Wilson – (1940–41) J. P. Kenny – (1942–43) B. A. Allen – (1943–44) J. P. Kenny – (1945) L. P. Gain – (1945) R. Chapman (CPA) – (1946–47) J. P. Kenny – (1947–49) L. J. Parsons – (1950) C. S. Nichols – (1951–52) J. J. Hanlon – (1952)

C. Hazell – (1953–55) J. Brown – (1955–59) T. R. Pendlebury MBE – (1959–68)[3] M. L. Hunter MP – (1969) W. E. R. Smith – (1969–71) W. H. MacDonald – (1971–72) W. E. R. Smith – (1972–74) E. Lenaghan OAM – (1974–75) J. A. Edwards – (1975–76)

Mayor of the Municipality (1977–84)

• Mayor Geoff R. Pasterfield – (1977–84)

Mayor of the city (1984–present)

• Cr Geoff R. Pasterfield – (1984–1987)
• Cr Ivan Welsh MP – (1987–1991)[4]
• Cr Douglas B. Carley – (1991–1993) [5]
• Cr John E. Kilpatrick – (1993–2004)
• Cr Greg Piper MP – (2004–2012)
• Cr Jodie Harrison MP – (2012–2016)
• Cr Kay Fraser - (2016–present)

Notes

The longest-serving mayor in the city of Lake Macquarie was Cr J E. Kilpatrick, with twelve years as the mayor of Lake Macquarie. J E. Kilpatrick is closely followed by the only mayor to serve as president during the local government's time as a municipality and also to serve as the first mayor of the city of Lake Macquarie, Mr G R. Pasterfield, with eleven years as municipality president and city mayor. The shortest-serving mayor or shire president was M. L. Hunter MP, who resigned as shire president after winning the NSW state electoral division of Lake Macquarie in 1969 after nine months as shire president.

References

1. "Council History: Lake Macquarie City Council". City of Lake Macquarie. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
2. "Hunter History Highlights". Hunter Valley Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
3. "Photo – Pendlebury, T R (MBE) (Shire President) (1959–1968)". City of Lake Macquarie. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. "Mr Ivan Joseph Welsh (1940–2007)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
5. Ingrid Brown (10 January 2009). "Former Lake Macquarie mayor on sex charge". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2009.

General reference

• "Lake Macquarie City Council photos". City of Lake Macquarie. Retrieved 25 July 2014.