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.
Dates
Name
5/7/1944
Municipality of Maitland Incorporated
1945
JV Kennedy
7/12/1945
City of Maitland Proclaimed
1946 - 1947
Henry T Skilton
1948 - 1949
F O Fahey
1950
Alexander S McDonald
1951 - 1952
J Harvey
1953
M J Clyde
1954
F O Fahey
1955 - 1956
Alexander S McDonald OBE
1957 - 1965
Henry T Skilton
1966 - 1967
W J Harvey
1968
James G Wolstenholme
1969
W J Harvey
1970 - 1972
Walter R Walsh
1973 - 1978
Cr Noel V Unicomb
1979 - 1983
Cr Walter R Walsh
1984 - 1985
Cr Kenneth W Guy
1986
Cr Patrick J Hughes
1987 - 1990
Cr Peter T Blackmore
1990
Cr Raymond L Fairweather
1991
Cr Graham C Dunkley
1992 - 1993
Cr Robert C Gee
1994 - Sep 1997
Cr John Martin
Sep 1997 - Nov 1997
Cr Henry Meskauskas
1999 - 2017
Cr Peter T Blackmore OAM
2017 - 2021
Cr Loretta Baker
Mayors prior to 1944 amalgamation
Dates
Name
1863 - 1867
William H Mullen
1868
John Lee
1869
William H Mullen
1870 - 1871
William H Smith
1871 - 1873
William H Mullen
1874 - 1875
William H Smith
1876
Henry S Badgery
1877
James Wolstenholme
1878
John Lee
1879 - 1880
James Fullford
1881
John J Riley
1882
James Pritchard
1883
Colonel Alexander Wilkinson
1884 - 1885
Robert Hyndes
1886
Robert Hyndes / Colonel Alexander Wilkinson
1887
Dr Robert Pierce
1888 - 1889
John Gillies
1890 - 1893
Richard A Young
1893
Richard A Young / Henry Crothers
1894 - 1897
Henry Crothers
1898 - 1900
Colonel Alexander Wilkinson
1901
Thomas J Ribee
1902 - 1903
Dr Frank Liddell
1904
Colonel Charles E Nicholson / Colonel Alexander Wilkinson / Thomas J Ribee