List of mayors of Moorestown, New Jersey

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Mayor of Moorestown
Incumbent
Nicole Gillespie
since 2020
Type Mayor
Constituting instrumentCode of the Township of Moorestown § 6
DeputyDeputy Mayor of Moorestown
Salary$2,405–3,500 [1]
Website Town Council

Moorestown Township, New Jersey was incorporated on March 11, 1922. The municipal government operates within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under Council-Manager plan E, which was implemented as of January 1, 1967, based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission. [2] A five-member Council is elected at-large on a partisan basis, with each member serving a four-year term of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election in even years. [3] At a reorganization meeting held in January after each election, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.

Mayors

Mayorbirth and deathIn officeLeft officeNotes
Nicole Gillespie2020Gillespie is the current mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey. [4]
Lisa Petriello(born May 6, 1979)20192020 [5]
Stacey Jordan(born September 29, 1970)20182019Jordan served a previous term during 2013 and is the first and only Mayor to serve multiple terms as Mayor non-consecutively.
Manny Delgado(born January 23, 1970)20172018Manny Delgado was the first Hispanic mayor, deputy mayor, and councilmember of Moorestown, New Jersey. [6]
Phil Garwood(born February 22, 1959)20162017
Victoria Napolitano (born August 16, 1988)20152016Victoria Napolitano was the youngest mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey and youngest woman to become Mayor in New Jersey state history at the age of 26. [7] She was also the first sitting councilmember to give birth while in office. [8]
Chris Chiacchio(born March 8, 1967)20142015 [9]
Stacey Jordan(born September 29, 1970)20132014Stacey Jordan was the first female mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey. [10] She later served a second term during 2018 and is the first and only Mayor to serve multiple terms non-consecutively.
John Button(born November 14, 1942)20112012 [11]
Daniel Roccato(born July 20, 1961)20092010 [12]
Kevin E. Aberant(born November 7, 1969)20052008He was the first Democratic mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey.
Michael L. Sanyour(1931-2017)20032004 [13]
Howard Miller(born August 2, 1937)19972002
Walter T. Maahs,(1927-2011)19881996 [14]
Francis L. Bodine (born January 10, 1936)19811987
James Euel Palmer(1932-2000)19761980 [15]
William A. Angus, Jr.(1923-2006)19711976 [16]
John L. Call19691970
Charles Walton19671968
Albert Ellis19621966
Edwin Bell Forsythe (1916-1984)19571962 [17]
William J. Hall, Jr.19541956
Allen Nixon19431953
Fred P. Smith19381942
Benjamin Haines19351937
John C. Dudley19321934
Frederick W. Grube(1871-1961)19291931 [18]

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  2. ↑ "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law", New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed October 8, 2013.
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