| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Orange City Council |
| Incumbent: | Cr. Tony Mileto |
| Incumbentsince: | 2024 |
| Appointer: | Orange City Council |
| Termlength: | 4 years |
| Formation: | 9 February 1860 (as Chairman) 1865 (as Mayor) |
| Inaugural: | Ald. John Peisley (Chairman) Ald. Patrick Mulholland (Mayor) |
| Deputy: | Cr |
| Website: | www.orange.nsw.gov.au |
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.[1] [2]
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.[3] The directly-elected mayor will hold office until the next local government election, due in 2028.
| 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 | ||
| – | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| – | 1924 | Valentine Henry Millard | |
| – | 1925–1929 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |