# List of mayors of Orange

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.
The current mayor of Orange is Councillor Tony Mileto. A proposal to elect the mayor by a direct popular vote took effect at the 2017 Local Government Elections. The directly-elected mayor will hold office until the next local government election, due in 2028.

## Chairs/Mayors of the Municipality of Orange 1860–1946

| # | Years | Chairmen |
| 1 | 1860–1861 | John Peisley |
| 2 | 1862–1863 | George McKay |
| 3 | 1864 | James Dale |
| # | Years | Mayors |
| 4 | 1865–1866 | Patrick Mulholland |
| – | 1866–1868 | Council Suspended |
| – | 1868 | James Dale |
| 5 | 1869 | James Dalton |
| 6 | 1870 | John Woodward |
| 7 | 1871 | Patrick Kenna |
| 8 | 1872 | Benjamin Nelson |
| 9 | 1873 | George Weily |
| – | 1874 | James Dale |
| 10 | 1875 | Michael Casey |
| 11 | 1876 | Joseph Windred |
| 12 | 1877 | Thomas Dalton |
| – | 1878 | Patrick Kenna |
| 13 | 1879–1880 | James Torpy |
| 14 | 1881 | James Stuart Leeds |
| 15 | 1882 | Edward Nathan |
| – | 1883 | Joseph Windred |
| – | 1884 | Patrick Kenna |
| 16 | 1885 | John McCutcheon Paul |
| 17 | 1886 | Charles James Smith |
| – | 1887 | John McCutcheon Paul |
| 18 | 1888 | Patrick Joseph Flanagan |
| 19 | 1889 | Elijah Eyles |
| 20 | 1890 | Henry William Larance |
| 21 | 1891 | Augustus Coulson |
| 22 | 1892 | William Tanner |
| – | 1893 | Charles James Smith |
| 23 | 1894 | Andrew Edye |
| 24 | 1895 | Simon Kearney |
| 25 | 1896–1897 | George De Vial Pilcher |
| – | 1898–1899 | Patrick Joseph Flanagan |
| – | 1900–1902 | Charles James Smith |
| 26 | 1903–1905 | Thomas Garrett Dalton |
| 27 | 1906 | Roderick Plowman |
| – | 1907 | Patrick Joseph Flanagan |
| 28 | 1908–1909 | John Swann Withington |
| 29 | 1910 | Edwin Thomas McNeilly |
| 30 | 1911 | Henry Kinghorne McKay |
| 31 | 1912–1913 | Edwin Thomas McNeilly |
| 32 | 1914 | Sir Neville Howse |
| – | 1914–1917 | Edwin Thomas McNeilly |
| 33 | 1918 | William Earnest Bouffler |
| 34 | 1919–1920 | George Treweeke |
| – | 1921 | Sir Neville Howse |
| 35 | 1921–1922 | Valentine Henry Millard |
| 36 | 1923–1924 | Arthur Colvin |
| – | 1924 | Valentine Henry Millard |
| – | 1925–1929 | Arthur Colvin |
| 37 | 1930 | Samuel Whitmee |
| 38 | 1931 | Stuart Lamrock |
| 39 | 1932–1934 | A. W. Blowes |
| – | 1935 | Arthur Colvin |
| 40 | 1936–1944 | Dr Walter Frederick Matthews |
| 41 | 1945–1946 | John Percival Jaeger |

## Mayors of the Municipality of East Orange 1888–1912

| # | Years | Mayors |
| 1 | 1888–1889 | Josiah Parker |
| 2 | 1890 | William Samuel Stabback |
| 3 | 1891 | J. Middleton |
| – | 1891–1893 | William Samuel Stabback |
| 4 | 1894 | William Pulbrook |
| – | 1895–1897 | William Samuel Stabback |
| 5 | 1898–1899 | John Velvin |
| 6 | 1900 | Thomas Charles Bowen |
| – | 1901 | John Velvin |
| – | 1902 | Thomas Charles Bowen |
| 7 | 1903–1905 | J. W. Chalmers |
| 8 | 1906–1909 | William Spurway |
| 9 | 1911–1912 | J. McKeon |
| 10 | 1912 | William H. Gow |

## Mayors of the City of Orange 1946–present

| # | Years | Mayors |
| – | 1946–1947 | John Percival Jaeger |
| – | 1948–1950 | Dr Walter Frederick Matthews |
| – | 1951–1953 | John Percival Jaeger |
| 42 | 1954–1955 | George Ernest Francis White |
| 43 | 1956–1957 | Alan Ridley |
| 44 | 1958–1960 | Louie Cassey |
| 45 | 1961 | Gordon Graham Machin |
| 46 | 1962 | Clive Arthur Hamer |
| 47 | 1963–1967 | Ronald John Hill |
| 48 | 1968 | Reginald Joseph Cutcliffe |
| 49 | 1969–1971 | Ronald Thomas |
| 50 | 1972–1974 | Frederick Sinclair Dobbin |
| – | 1974–1981 | Ronald Thomas |
| 51 | 1981–1983 | Richard John Niven |
| 52 | 1983–1991 | Timothy John Sullivan |
| 53 | 1991–1996 | John Norman Davies |
| – | 1996–2002 | Richard John Niven |
| 54 | 2002–2004 | John Frederick Miller |
| 55 | 2004–2008 | John Davis |
| 56 | 2008–2009 | Reginald Allan Kidd |
| – | 2009–2017 | John Davis |
| – | 2017–2021 | Reginald Allan Kidd |
| 57 | 2021–2024 | Jason Hamling |
| 58 | 2024–Present | Tony Mileto \g |

## Electoral results
### 2024

2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Tammy Greenhalgh | 4,120 | 16.66 | |
| | Greens | David Mallard | 1,316 | 5.32 | –10.18 |
| | Independent | Melanie McDonell | 2,653 | 10.73 | |
| | Independent | Kevin Duffy | 4,847 | 19.61 | +3.43 |
| | Labor | Jeff Whitton | 2,795 | 11.31 | +1.67 |
| | Independent | Tony Mileto | 5,867 | 23.73 | +4.44 |
| | Independent | Gerald Power | 3,125 | 12.64 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,723 | 95.31 | –0.54 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,217 | 4.69 | +0.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,940 | 84.24 | –0.14 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Independent | Tammy Greenhalgh | 6,135 | 44.26 | |
| | Independent | Tony Mileto | 7,726 | 55.74 | +7.52 |
| | Independent gain from Team Hamling | Independent gain from Team Hamling | Swing | | |

### 2021

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Team Hamling | Jason Hamling | 5,082 | 20.9 | +20.9 |
| | For Our Future | Tony Mileto | 4,698 | 19.3 | +7.7 |
| | Independent | Kevin Duffy | 3,940 | 16.2 | +3.9 |
| | Greens | Neil Jones | 3,775 | 15.5 | +7.6 |
| | Independent | Amanda Spalding | 3,369 | 13.8 | +13.8 |
| | Independent Labor | Jeff Whitton | 2,349 | 9.6 | +2.4 |
| | Independent | Lesley Smith | 192 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,355 | 95.9 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,054 | 4.1 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,409 | 84.4 | −1.1 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Team Hamling | Jason Hamling | 7,089 | 51.8 | +51.8 |
| | For Our Future | Tony Mileto | 6,602 | 48.2 | +48.2 |
| | Team Hamling gain from Independent | Team Hamling gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |

### 2017

2017 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Reg Kidd | 5,196 | 21.9 | +21.9 |
| | Independent National | Russell Turner | 4,522 | 19.0 | +19.0 |
| | Independent | Kevin Duffy | 2,926 | 12.3 | +12.3 |
| | Independent | Tony Mileto | 2,017 | 8.5 | +8.5 |
| | Greens | Stephen Nugent | 1,885 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Independent | Scott Munro | 1,842 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
| | Independent Labor | Jeff Whitton | 1,717 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| | Independent | Paula Townsend | 1,621 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | Independent | Chris Gryllis | 1,462 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
| | Independent | Ron Gander | 576 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,764 | 95.4 | N/A |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | | 4.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 85.5 | N/A |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Independent | Reg Kidd | 7,159 | 54.1 | +54.1 |
| | Independent National | Russell Turner | 6,084 | 45.9 | +45.9 |
| | Independent win | 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