List of mayors and lord mayors of Newcastle
List of incumbents

List of mayors and lord mayors of Newcastle

Section Title: List of incumbents
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Years	Mayors

1859–1862	James Hannell

1863–1864	R. D. Bishop

1865	J. Ward

1866	Simon Kemp

1867	W. Brooks

1868–1869	James Hannell

1870	W. A. Spark

1871	James Hannell

1872–1873	Atkinson Tighe

1874–1875	E. A. White

1876	Francis Shaw

1876	David Ludlow

1877–1879	George Wallace

1880	Samuel Chapman

1881	Joseph Creer

1882	Thomas Brooks

1883	William Laing

1884	Stewart Keightley

1885	C. W. Morgan

1886	John Thorn

1887	George William Webb

1888–1889	Henry Buchanan

1890	Colin Christie

1891	William Thomas Gibb

1892	James Rogers

1893	Augustus Frederick Moore

1894	Alfred Asher

1895	William Sharp

1896	Thomas Smith

1897	David Miller

1898	William Kidd

1899	Alfred Timbury

1900	David Miller

1901	W. J. Ellis

1902–1903	William Cann

1904	John Gilbert

1905	Michael Moroney

1906–1907	Arthur James

1908	Andrew Cook

1909–1910	John Christian Reid

1911–1913	Henry Sheddon

1914	John Christian Reid

1915	Robert George Kilgour

1916–1917	Michael Moroney

1918–1919	Robert George Kilgour

1920	Robert Gibson

1921	Robert George Kilgour

1922–1923	Henry Cornish

1924	Robert George Kilgour

1925	Morris Light

1926	Henry Cornish

1927–1928	Robert Gibson

1929	Harry Lambert Wheeler

1930	Thomas Blackall

1931–1932	Charles Parker

1933	William Sheddon

1934	Robert George Kilgour

1935	Richard Christie

1936–1937	H. Fenton

1938	Arthur Griffiths

1939	George Jenner

1940	James Wiggins

1941–1942	Walter Young

1943	Ernest Dunkley (Ind)

1944 – December 1946	R. Norris

December 1946 – October 1948	Harry Quinlan

Years	Lord Mayors

October 1948 – December 1950	Harry Quinlan

December 1950 – December 1951	Frank Purdue (Citizens Group)

December 1951 – December 1952	Tom Armstrong (Ind)

December 1952 – December 1955	Frank Purdue (Citizens Group)

December 1955 – December 1956	Douglas McDougall (Citizens Group)

December 1956 – December 1957	Charles Jones (ALP)

December 1957 – December 1958	Douglas McDougall (Citizens Group)

December 1958 – December 1959	Ernest Dunkley (Ind)

December 1959 – December 1965	Frank Purdue (Citizens Group)

December 1965 – September 1973	Douglas McDougall (Citizens Group)

September 1973 – September 1974	Gordon Anderson (Ind)

September 1974 – September 1976	Joy Cummings (ALP)

September 1976 – September 1977	Gordon Anderson (Ind)

September 1977 – 16 April 1984	Joy Cummings (ALP)

16 April 1984 – 2 October 1984	Don Geddes (Acting; Citizens Group)

2 October 1984 – 1986	Colin Saunders (Administrator)

1986 – September 1995	John McNaughton (ALP)

September 1995 – September 1999	Greg Heys (ALP)

September 1999 – 8 September 2012	John Tate (Ind)

8 September 2012 – 17 August 2014	Jeff McCloy (Ind)

17 August 2014 - 15 November 2014	Brad Luke (Acting; Liberal Party)

15 November 2014 – Present	Nuatali Nelmes (ALP)

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"Joy" Cummings was the Lord Mayor of Newcastle.

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