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. 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)
• 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)
• Cr Douglas B. Carley – (1991–1993)
• 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.

Election results

2021

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

References

General reference

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