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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

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  • J W. Stenhouse

Shire president (1906–77)

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  • 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)

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

Mayor of the city (1984–present)

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  • Cr Geoff R. Pasterfield (Independent) – (1984–1987)
  • Cr Ivan Welsh (Independent) – (1987–1991)[4]
  • Cr Douglas B. Carley (Labor) – (1991–1993) [5]
  • Cr John E. Kilpatrick (Independent) – (1993–2004)
  • Cr Greg Piper (Independent) – (2004–2012)
  • Cr Jodie Harrison (Labor) – (2012–2016)
  • Cr Kay Fraser (Labor) - (2016–2024)
  • Cr Adam Shultz (Labor) – (2024-present)

Notes

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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.

Election results

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2021

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This section is an excerpt from 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Lake Macquarie.[edit]
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Lake Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kay Fraser 69,105 53.0 +8.3
Liberal Jason Pauling 28,824 22.1 +1.6
Lake Mac Independents Luke Cubis 16,206 12.4 +7.7
Independent Rosmairi Dawson 16,201 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 130,336 96.1
Informal votes 5,265 3.9
Turnout 135,601 84.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kay Fraser 75,575 69.2
Liberal Jason Pauling 33,685 30.8
Labor hold Swing

2012

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This section is an excerpt from 2012 New South Wales local elections § Lake Macquarie.[edit]
2012 New South Wales mayoral elections: Lake Macquarie[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jodie Harrison 37,202 32.8 +6.6
Independent Lake Alliance Wendy Harrison 28,944 25.6 −35.6
Liberal Ken Paxinos 25,367 22.4 +22.4
Independent Jim Sullivan 9,831 8.7 +8.7
Greens Phillipa Parsons 8,503 7.5 −5.1
Independent Arjay Martin 3,424 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 113,276 93.8
Informal votes 6.2
Turnout 84.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Jodie Harrison 43,956 52.2
Independent Lake Alliance Wendy Harrison 40,296 47.8
Labor gain from Independent Lake Alliance Swing

References

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  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.
  6. ^ "Lake Macquarie City Council". ABC News. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "City of Lake Macquarie election, 2016". The Tally Room. 26 August 2016.
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