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 Source: # 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

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Electoral results 2024

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References

External links City of Orange (Council website)