| Type: | lga |
| Municipality of Cessnock | |
| State: | nsw |
| Region: | Hunter |
| Seat: | Cessnock |
| Est: | 1 November 1926 |
| Abolished: | 1 January 1957 |
The Municipality of Cessnock was a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
Cessnock was proclaimed on 1 November 1926 after being excised from Cessnock Shire.[1]
It amalgamated with Kearsley Shire (which had been renamed from Cessnock Shire) to form the Municipality of Greater Cessnock on 1 January 1957.
The municipality was governed by Cessnock Municipal Council, which was composed of nine elected councillors.[2] At the 1941 local elections, the Progressive Municipal Labor Party won a majority. However, the party lost all its seats at the following election in 1944, while the Communist Party won two seats of its own.[3]