List of mayors of Orange

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.

Mayors of the City of Orange 1946–present

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#	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 \g