List of mayors of Lake Macquarie

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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

  • 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)[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)

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

Mayor of the city (1984–present)

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No. Potrait Name Election Term of Office Political Party
Term Start Term Ended Time In Office
1 Geoff R. Pasterfield - 7 September 1984 26 September 1987 3 Years, 19 Days Independent
2 Ivan Welsh 1987 26 September 1987 14 September 1991 3 Years, 11 Months, 19 Days Independent
3 Douglas Carley 1991 14 September 1991 9 September 1995 3 Years, 11 Months, 26 Days Labor
4 John Kilpatrick AM 1995

1999

 9 September 1995 27 March 2004 8 Years, 6 Months, 18 Days Independent
5 Greg Piper 2004

2008

 27 March 2004 8 September 2012 8 Years, 5 Months, 12 Days Independent
6 Jodie Harrison 2012 8 September 2012 10 September 2016 4 Years, 2 Days Labor
7 Kay Fraser 2016

2021

 10 September 2016 14 September 2024 8 Years, 4 Days Labor
8 Adam Shultz 2024 14 September 2024 Incumbent Labor
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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

2024

This section is an excerpt from 2024 Lake Macquarie City Council election § Mayoral results.[edit]
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2024 Lake Macquarie City Council election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Adam Shultz 47,167 35.3 –17.7
Liberal Melody Harding 28,857 21.6 –0.5
Lake Mac Independents Kate Warner 26,713 20.0 +7.6
Greens Bryce Ham 13,119 9.8 +9.8
Community First Inds Rosmairi Dawson 10,473 7.8 –4.6
Our Local Community John Gilbert 7,468 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 141,648 94.5 –1.6
Informal votes 7,851 5.5 +1.6
Turnout 149,499 85.2 +0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Adam Shultz 54,862 60.1 –9.1
Lake Mac Independents Kate Warner 36,336 39.9 +39.9
Labor hold  
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Distribution of preferences: Lake Macquarie City Mayor
Party Candidate Votes Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Dist. Total Dist. Total Dist. Total Dist. Total
Labor Adam Shultz 47,167 409 47,576 591 48,167 4,339 52,506 2,356 54,862
Liberal Melody Harding 28,857 367 29,224 432 29,656 864 30,520 Excluded
Lake Mac Independents Kate Warner 26,713 801 27,514 2,465 29,979 1,807 31,786 4,550 36,336
Greens Bryce Ham 13,119 206 13,325 594 13,919 Excluded
Community First Inds Rosmairi Dawson 10,473 620 11,093 Excluded
Our Local Community John Gilbert 7,468 Excluded
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2021

This section is an excerpt from 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Lake Macquarie.[edit]
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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
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2012

This section is an excerpt from 2012 New South Wales local elections § Lake Macquarie.[edit]
More information Party, Candidate ...
2012 New South Wales mayoral elections: Lake Macquarie[4][5]
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
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