List of mayors of Orange

Last updated

Mayor of Orange City Council
Incumbent
Cr. Reg Kidd

since 2017
Appointer Orange City Council
Term length 4 years
Inaugural holderAld. John Peisley
(Chairman)
Ald. Patrick Mulholland
(Mayor)
Formation9 February 1860 (as Chairman)
1865 (as Mayor)
DeputyCr Sam Romano
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: His/Her Worship 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 Reg Kidd. A proposal to elect the mayor by a direct popular vote took effect at the 2017 Local Government Elections. [3] The mayor will hold office until the next local government election, due in 2020.

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

#YearsChairmen
11860–1861 John Peisley
21862–1863George 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
131879–1880James 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
281908–1909John 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
431956–1957Alan 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–presentReginald Allan Kidd

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