List of mayors of Orange

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Mayor of Orange City Council
Incumbent
Cr. Jason Hamling
since 2021
Appointer Orange City Council
Term length 3 years
Inaugural holderAld. John Peisley
(Chairman)
Ald. Patrick Mulholland
(Mayor)
Formation9 February 1860 (as Chairman)
1865 (as Mayor)
DeputyCr Gerald Power
Website www.orange.nsw.gov.au

The Mayor of Orange, is the leader of the Council of the City of Orange, a local government area located in Orange, New South Wales, Australia. The official title of Mayors while holding office is: The Mayor of Orange. First incorporated on 9 January 1860 as the Municipality of Orange, on 10 July 1946, the Municipality of Orange was proclaimed as the City of Orange. First meeting on 18 February 1860, the legality of the Constitution of the Orange Municipal Council was questioned in 1866 and was suspended by order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. With the Municipalities Act 1867, the Council was reconstituted and a new council was elected on 14 February 1868. In 1888, the Municipality of East Orange was proclaimed and merged with the Orange Municipality on 24 December 1912. [1] [2]

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The current Mayor of Orange is Councillor Jason Hamling. A proposal to elect the mayor by a direct popular vote took effect at the 2017 Local Government Elections. [3] The directly-elected mayor will hold office until the next local government election, due in 2024.

Chairs/Mayors of the Municipality of Orange 1860–1946 [4]

#YearsChairmen
11860–1861 John Peisley
21862–1863 George McKay
31864James Dale
#YearsMayors
41865–1866Patrick Mulholland
–1866–1868Council Suspended
–1868James Dale
51869James Dalton
61870John Woodward
71871Patrick Kenna
81872Benjamin Nelson
91873George Weily
–1874James Dale
101875Michael Casey
111876Joseph Windred
121877 Thomas Dalton
–1878Patrick Kenna
131879–1880 James Torpy
141881James Stuart Leeds
151882Edward Nathan
–1883Joseph Windred
–1884Patrick Kenna
161885John McCutcheon Paul
171886Charles James Smith
–1887John McCutcheon Paul
181888Patrick Joseph Flanagan
191889Elijah Eyles
201890Henry William Larance
211891Augustus Coulson
221892William Tanner
–1893Charles James Smith
231894Andrew Edye
241895Simon Kearney
251896–1897George De Vial Pilcher
–1898–1899Patrick Joseph Flanagan
–1900–1902Charles James Smith
261903–1905Thomas Garrett Dalton
271906Roderick Plowman
–1907Patrick Joseph Flanagan
281908–1909 John Swann Withington
291910Edwin Thomas McNeilly
301911Henry Kinghorne McKay
311912–1913Edwin Thomas McNeilly
321914 Sir Neville Howse
–1914–1917Edwin Thomas McNeilly
331918William Earnest Bouffler
341919–1920George Treweeke
–1921 Sir Neville Howse
351921–1922Valentine Henry Millard
361923–1924 Arthur Colvin
–1924Valentine Henry Millard
–1925–1929 Arthur Colvin
371930Samuel Whitmee
381931Stuart Lamrock
391932–1934A. W. Blowes
–1935 Arthur Colvin
401936–1944Dr Walter Frederick Matthews
411945–1946John Percival Jaeger

Mayors of the Municipality of East Orange 1888–1912

#YearsMayors
11888–1889Josiah Parker
21890William Samuel Stabback
31891J. Middleton
–1891–1893William Samuel Stabback
41894William Pulbrook
–1895–1897William Samuel Stabback
51898–1899John Velvin
61900Thomas Charles Bowen
–1901John Velvin
–1902Thomas Charles Bowen
71903–1905J. W. Chalmers
81906–1909William Spurway
91911–1912J. McKeon
101912William H. Gow

Mayors of the City of Orange 1946–present [4]

#YearsMayors
–1946–1947John Percival Jaeger
–1948–1950Dr Walter Frederick Matthews
–1951–1953John Percival Jaeger
421954–1955George Ernest Francis White
431956–1957 Alan Ridley
441958–1960Louie Cassey
451961Gordon Graham Machin
461962Clive Arthur Hamer
471963–1967Ronald John Hill
481968Reginald Joseph Cutcliffe
491969–1971Ronald Thomas
501972–1974Frederick Sinclair Dobbin
–1974–1981Ronald Thomas
511981–1983Richard John Niven
521983–1991Timothy John Sullivan
531991–1996John Norman Davies
–1996–2002Richard John Niven
542002–2004John Frederick Miller
552004–2008John Davis
562008–2009Reginald Allan Kidd
–2009–2017John Davis
–2017–2021Reginald Allan Kidd
572021–presentJason Hamling

Electoral results

2021

This section is an excerpt from 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Orange.[ edit ]
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team HamlingJason Hamling5,08220.9+20.9
For Our FutureTony Mileto4,69819.3+7.7
Independent Kevin Duffy3,94016.2+3.9
Greens Neil Jones3,77515.5+7.6
Independent Amanda Spalding3,36913.8+13.8
Independent Labor Jeff Whitton2,3499.6+2.4
Independent Lesley Smith1920.8+0.8
Total formal votes24,35595.9+0.5
Informal votes1,0544.1−0.5
Turnout 25,40984.4−1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team HamlingJason Hamling7,08951.8+51.8
For Our FutureTony Mileto6,60248.2+48.2
Team Hamling gain from Independent Swing N/A

2017

This section is an excerpt from 2017 New South Wales mayoral elections § Orange.[ edit ]
2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Reg Kidd5,19621.9+21.9
Independent National Russell Turner 4,52219.0+19.0
Independent Kevin Duffy2,92612.3+12.3
Independent Tony Mileto2,0178.5+8.5
Greens Stephen Nugent1,8857.9+7.9
Independent Scott Munro1,8427.8+7.8
Independent Labor Jeff Whitton1,7177.2+7.2
Independent Paula Townsend1,6216.8+6.8
Independent Chris Gryllis1,4626.2+6.2
Independent Ron Gander5762.4+2.4
Total formal votes23,76495.4N/A
Informal votes4.6N/A
Turnout 85.5N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Reg Kidd7,15954.1+54.1
Independent National Russell Turner 6,08445.9+45.9
Independent win Swing N/A
  • This was the first time the position of mayor of Orange was directly-elected
  • John Davis (Independent) was the incumbent mayor, having been first elected in 2009

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