Prior to 1944, the Maitland area consisted of three municipalities; West Maitland, East Maitland and Morpeth. In 1944, the Municipality of Maitland was declared incorporating all three areas and, in 1945, the City of Maitland was proclaimed. Previous Mayors of Maitland Dates Name 5/7/1944 Municipality of Maitland Incorporated 1945 A S McDonald 7/12/1945 City of Maitland Proclaimed 1946 - 1947 H T Skilton 1948 - 1949 F O Fahey 1950 A S McDonald 1951 - 1952 J Harvey 1953 M J Clyde 1954 F O Fahey 1955 - 1956 A S McDonald OBE 1957 - 1965 H T Skilton 1966 - 1967 W J Harvey 1968 J G Wolstenholme 1969 W J Harvey 1970 - 1972 W R Walsh 1973 - 1978 Cr Noel Unicomb 1979 - 1983 Cr W R (Ron) Walsh 1984 - 1985 Cr K W Guy 1986 Cr P J Hughes 1986 - 1990 Cr Peter Blackmore 1990 Cr Ray Fairweather 1991 Cr Graham Dunkley 1992 - 1993 Cr R C (Bob) Gee 1994 - Sep 1997 Cr John Martin Sep 1997 - Nov 1997 Cr Henry Meskauskas 1999 - 2017 Cr Peter Blackmore OAM 2017 - 2021 Cr Loretta Baker Mayors prior to 1944 amalgamation Previous Mayors of West Maitland Dates Name 1863 - 1866 W H Mullen 1867 W H Mullen & John Lee 1868 John Lee 1869 W H Mullen 1870 - 1871 W H Smith 1871 - 1873 W H Mullen 1874 - 1875 W H Smith 1876 H S Badgery 1877 J Wolstenholme 1878 John Lee 1879 Alderman James 1880 - 1881 J Fullford 1882 J J Riley 1883 James Pritchard 1884 Alex Wilkinson 1885 - 1886 Robert Hyndes 1887 Robert Hyndes & Alex Wilkinson 1888 Dr R J Pierce 1889 - 1890 John Gillies 1891 - 1893 R J Young 1894 - 1897 Henry Crothers 1898 - 1899 Alex Wilkinson 1900 - 1901 T J Ribee 1902 - 1903 Dr Frank Liddell 1904 Colonel Wilkinson 1905 W Mc Laughlin 1906 W J Enright 1907 - 1910 Major Walter Cracknell 1911 F W Thursby 1912 - 1913 W Mc Laughlin 1914 - 1916 C J Mannall 1917 - 1918 J B Thompson 1919 Major Walter Cracknell 1920 - 1923 H W Fry 1924 H W Fry & J H F Waller 1925 - 1926 J H F Waller 1927 - 1928 H W Fry 1929 - 1930 R L Pender 1931 - 1935 A S McDonald 1936 H W Fry 1937 E E Morris 1938 - 1939 A S Mc Donald 1940 E C Scarlett & A S Mc Donald 1941 - 1944 J V Kenedy Previous Mayors of East Maitland Dates Name 1862 - 1864 Frederic Nainby 1865 - 1874 Alexander Dodds 1875 Joseph Cunningham 1875 James McLoughlin 1876 - 1880 George Chambers 1881 Cornelius Delohery 1882 - 1883 George Barrow 1884 - 1885 Alfred Frederick Richardson 1886 - 1888 George Chambers 1889 Dr Robert George Alcorn 1890 Joseph Cunningham 1891 - 1895 George Chambers 1896 Dr Robert George Alcorn 1897 - 1898 John Hardress Fitzgerald Waller 1899 - 1900 William Henry Foster 1901 - 1910 John Hardress Fitzgerald Waller 1911 R Partridge-Wall 1912 - 1914 William Mclntyre Porter 1915 A. S. Foster 1916 - 1917 William Mclntyre Porter 1918 - 1919 John Hardress Fitzgerald Waller 1920 - 1923 William Mclntyre Porter 1924 - 1925 Augustus Stuart Foster 1926 - 1927 William Mclntyre Porter 1928 John Garrett 1929 Augustus Stuart Foster 1930 William George Raisbeck 1930 - 1935 A.J Baker 1936 - 1942 H.C. Morton 1943 - 1944 F.W. Goodhugh Previous Mayors of Morpeth Dates Name 1866 J.B.R Robertson 1867 Dickson 1868 - 1872 C.E. Jaques 1873 D. Sim 1874 J. Keating 1875 - 1877 D. Sim 1878 J.N. Meiklejohn 1879 J. Keating 1880 T. Jones 1881 P.K. Haydon 1882 A. Tulip 1883 P.K. Haydon 1884 - 1885 Bowes 1886 J.G. White 1887 - 1888 P.K. Haydon 1889 T. Campbell 1890 Dr Bennett 1891 - 1892 J. Wingrave 1893 Dr Bennett 1894 - 1895 C.F. Wakely 1895 - 1896 Kebblewhite 1897 Kebblewhite 1898 R. Simm 1899 - 1900 J.G White 1901 - 1902 F.E. Fox 1902 - 1903 R. Simm 1903 C. Edwards 1903 - 1905 J. McCarthy 1906 Wynne 1907 - 1908 J. Hogan 1908 Duncan 1909 - 1910 J.C. Brown 1911 C. Edwards 1912 Stuart 1913 C. Edwards 1914 J.A. Bourke 1915 J.S. Vindin 1917 J.A. Bourke 1917 C.R. Garnham 1918 E.J. Cutcliffe 1919 C. Edwards 1920 - 1923 J.A. Bourke 1924 E.J. Cutcliffe 1925 Webb 1925 - 1926 J.A. Bourke 1927 E.J. Cutcliffe 1928 - 1929 E.J. Connolly 1930 - 1931 E.J. Cutcliffe 1932 I. Clyde 1933 K. Klein 1934 E.J. Cutcliffe 1935 S. Searl 1936 S.R. Stevens 1937 I. Clyde 1938 S.R. Stevens 1939 E.J. Cutcliffe 1940 F.J. Glover 1941 S.R. Stevens 1942 F. Glover 1943 S.R. Stevens 1944 S.R. Stevens See Also Councillors How Council works
