title: List of officeholders of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
text: # List of officeholders of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
  
  This is a list of officeholders of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
  
  The Mayor of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council since 4 August 2017 is Cr. Peta Pinson, an independent politician who joined the National Party in 2023.
  
  ## Mayors, Shire Presidents and General Managers
  
  ### Municipality of Port Macquarie, 1887–1980
  
  | Mayor | Period |
  | - | - |
  | James McInherney | 24 May 1887 – 10 February 1890 |
  | Frederick Hayward | 10 February 1890 – 16 February 1893 |
  | James Butler | 16 February 1893 – 15 February 1894 |
  | Frederick Hayward | 15 February 1894 – 11 February 1898 |
  | William Andrew Spence | 11 February 1898 – 12 January 1899 |
  | Frederick Hayward | 16 January 1899 – 15 February 1901 |
  | Richard Woodlands | 15 February 1901 – 14 February 1902 |
  | William Andrew Spence | 14 February 1902 – 13 February 1903 |
  | Richard Arthur Ayres | 13 February 1903 – 15 February 1904 |
  | Frederick Hayward | 15 February 1904 – 19 January 1906 |
  | George Evan Bennett | 23 January 1906 – 3 April 1906 |
  | William Rosenbaum | 3 April 1906 – February 1910 |
  | Duncan Stewart | February 1910 – 8 February 1916 |
  | John Hooke Hill | 8 February 1916 – 20 December 1921 |
  | Albert Denham | 20 December 1921 – 11 June 1924 |
  | John Bransdon | 11 June 1924 – June 1925 |
  | Alban Charles Elliot | 25 June 1925 – 2 March 1936 |
  | Ernest Aubrey Mowle | 9 April 1936 – December 1941 |
  | Charles George Orr | December 1941 – December 1944 |
  | Charlie Allan Ryan | December 1944 – December 1947 |
  | Noel William Walter Joscelyne | December 1947 – December 1948 |
  | Charlie Allan Ryan | December 1948 – December 1949 |
  | Alfred Leslie Crisp | December 1949 – June 1952 |
  | Edmond Francis Brownlow | June 1952 – December 1954 |
  | Duncan Stewart Kennedy | December 1954 – December 1956 |
  | Alfred Leslie Crisp | December 1956 – December 1960 |
  | Duncan Stewart Kennedy | December 1960 – December 1961 |
  | Alfred Leslie Crisp | December 1961 – December 1963 |
  | Duncan Stewart Kennedy | December 1963 – December 1965 |
  | Alfred Leslie Crisp MBE | December 1965 – December 1966 |
  | Cyril Charles Adams | December 1966 – September 1970 |
  | Duncan Stewart Kennedy | September 1970 – September 1971 |
  | Cyril Charles Adams OAM MBE | September 1971 – September 1974 |
  | Norm Matesich | September 1974 – September 1976 |
  | Keith Stevenson | September 1976 – 4 September 1978 |
  | Jim Boardman | 4 September 1978 – 16 December 1980 |
  
  ### Hastings Shire, 1906–1980
  
  | Shire President | Period |
  | - | - |
  | Patrick Joseph O'Neill | 18 December 1906 – February 1908 |
  | Thomas Toms | February 1908 – 21 August 1908 |
  | James Gamack | 8 September 1908 – February 1909 |
  | Robert Longworth | February 1909 – February 1910 |
  | John Hooke Hill | February 1910 – February 1911 |
  | James Gamack | February 1911 – February 1912 |
  | Jacob Decan Healey | February 1912 – February 1914 |
  | Albert Edward Rose | February 1914 – February 1915 |
  | John Downes Jnr. | February 1915 – February 1916 |
  | Albert Edward Rose | February 1916 – February 1917 |
  | John Downes Jnr. | February 1917 – February 1918 |
  | William Campbell Lindsay | February 1918 – February 1919 |
  | John Downes Jnr. | February 1919 – February 1920 |
  | Robert Longworth | February 1920 – December 1920 |
  | Henry Warlters Snr. | December 1920 – December 1921 |
  | John James Warrall | December 1921 – December 1925 |
  | Edwin Suters | December 1925 – December 1926 |
  | James Gamack | December 1926 – December 1927 |
  | Thomas Miles Breckenridge | December 1927 – December 1928 |
  | Patrick Henry Secombe | December 1928 – December 1929 |
  | John Downes Jnr. | December 1929 – December 1930 |
  | Albert Edward Rose | December 1930 – December 1931 |
  | William Hastings Blythe | December 1931 – December 1932 |
  | John Downes Jnr. | December 1932 – December 1933 |
  | John James Warrall | December 1933 – December 1934 |
  | Radford Gamack | December 1934 – December 1935 |
  | Robert Barrie Walsh | December 1935 – December 1936 |
  | Albert Edward Rose | December 1936 – December 1937 |
  | John Downes Jnr. | December 1937 – December 1938 |
  | Harold Austin Waller Rose | December 1938 – December 1939 |
  | John James Warrall | December 1939 – December 1940 |
  | Harrie Stewart Bransdon | December 1940 – December 1941 |
  | George Hollis | December 1941 – December 1942 |
  | Charles Perrott | December 1942 – December 1943 |
  | Radford Gamack | December 1943 – December 1944 |
  | Harold Austin Waller Rose | December 1944 – December 1947 |
  | Harrie Stewart Bransdon | December 1947 – December 1955 |
  | George Hollis | December 1955 – December 1956 |
  | Harrie Stewart Bransdon | December 1956 – December 1960 |
  | Harry Warlters | December 1960 – December 1964 |
  | Joseph Robert Andrews | December 1964 – September 1970 |
  | John Abi-Saab | September 1970 – September 1976 |
  | John Joseph Steinmetz | September 1976 – September 1977 |
  | John Abi-Saab | September 1977 – September 1978 |
  | William Poole | September 1978 – 16 December 1980 |
  
  ### Hastings/Port Macquarie-Hastings, 1980–date
  
  Hastings Municipal Council/Hastings Council :
  
  | Mayor | Party | Period |
  | - | - | - |
  | Norm Matesich OAM | Independent | 16 December 1980 – September 1983 |
  | John Sterndale | Independent | September 1983 – September 1985 |
  | Bob Woodlands | Independent | September 1985 – September 1991 |
  | John Barrett | Independent | September 1991 – September 1992 |
  | Leonard Cooper | Independent | September 1992 – September 1995 |
  | Frank Harrison | Independent | September 1995 – September 1998 |
  | Wayne Richards | Independent | September 1998 – September 2003 |
  | Rob Drew | Independent | September 2003 – 13 July 2005 |
  | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council |||||
  | Rob Drew | Independent | 13 July 2005 – 27 February 2008 |
  | Dick Persson AM (Administrator) | Independent | 27 February 2008 – 31 January 2009 |
  | Garry Payne (Administrator) | Independent | 31 January 2009 – 29 April 2011 |
  | Neil Porter (Administrator) | Independent | 29 April 2011 – 8 September 2012 |
  | Peter Besseling | Independent | 8 September 2012 – 8 May 2017 |
  | Lisa Intemann (acting) | Independent | 8 May 2017 – 4 August 2017 |
  | Peta Pinson | Independent | 4 August 2017 – date |
  | Peta Pinson | National | 4 August 2017 – date |
  
  ### General Managers
  
  | General Manager | Period |
  | - | - |
  | Bernard Smith | 2000 – 31 March 2008 |
  | David Mead (acting) | 1 April 2008 – 25 August 2008 |
  | Andrew Roach | 25 August 2008 – 16 February 2011 |
  | Jeffery Sharp (acting) | 16 February 2011 – 18 July 2011 |
  | Tony Hayward | 18 July 2011 – 10 February 2014 |
  | Craig Swift-McNair | 26 June 2014 – date |
  