List of mayors of Lake Macquarie

This is a list of mayors and shire presidents of the City of Lake Macquarie and its predecessors in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

The Shire of Lake Macquarie was proclaimed on 6 March 1906. It became a municipality on 1 March 1977 and a city on 7 September 1984. The Shire was represented by a Shire President and 16 aldermen. When it became a municipality in 1977, the President's title changed to Mayor, but the aldermen's title remained unchanged until the passage of the Local Government Act 1993.

Chairman temporary (1st) council

 * J W. Stenhouse

Shire president (1906–77)

 * S. Croudace – (1906–10)
 * J. Talbot – (1910–11)
 * W M. Beath – (1912)
 * S. Croudace – (1913–14)
 * R. Gormon – (1914–15)
 * W. M. Beath – (1916)
 * J. G. Desreaux – (1916–17)
 * F. C. Hely – (1917–18)
 * J. Johnston – (1918–19)
 * W. M. Beath (1919–20)
 * T C. Frith – (1920)
 * J. G. Desreaux – (1920–21)
 * W. M. Beath – (1922–23)
 * H. Marks JP (1923–25)
 * J. G. Desreaux – (1926–27)
 * G. Pearce (1928–29)
 * H. S. Richards – (1930–31)
 * J. Johnson – (1931–33)
 * G. Pearce – (1933–36)
 * C. H. Wilson – (1937–38)
 * T. A. Johnson – (April 1938)
 * T. I. Johnson JP – (1938–39)
 * T. A. Johnson – (1939–40)
 * C. H. Wilson – (1940–41)
 * J. P. Kenny – (1942–43)
 * B. A. Allen – (1943–44)
 * J. P. Kenny – (1945)
 * L. P. Gain – (1945)
 * R. Chapman (CPA) – (1946–47)
 * J. P. Kenny – (1947–49)
 * L. J. Parsons – (1950)
 * C. S. Nichols – (1951–52)
 * J. J. Hanlon – (1952)
 * C. Hazell – (1953–55)
 * J. Brown – (1955–59)
 * T. R. Pendlebury MBE – (1959–68)
 * M. L. Hunter MP – (1969)
 * W. E. R. Smith – (1969–71)
 * W. H. MacDonald – (1971–72)
 * W. E. R. Smith – (1972–74)
 * E. Lenaghan OAM – (1974–75)
 * J. A. Edwards – (1975–76)

Mayor of the Municipality (1977–84)

 * Mayor Geoff R. Pasterfield – (1977–84)

Mayor of the city (1984–present)

 * Cr Geoff R. Pasterfield – (1984–1987)
 * Cr Ivan Welsh MP – (1987–1991)
 * Cr Douglas B. Carley – (1991–1993)
 * Cr John E. Kilpatrick – (1993–2004)
 * Cr Greg Piper MP – (2004–2012)
 * Cr Jodie Harrison MP – (2012–2016)
 * Cr Kay Fraser - (2016–present)