Municipality of Cessnock

Municipality of Cessnock
New South Wales
Established1 November 1926
Abolished1 January 1957
Council seatCessnock
RegionHunter

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][2]

It amalgamated with Kearsley Shire (which had been renamed from Cessnock Shire) to form the Municipality of Greater Cessnock on 1 January 1957.[3]

Council

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The municipality was governed by Cessnock Municipal Council, which was composed of nine elected councillors.[4] 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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (137)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 22 October 1926. p. 4428. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "A history of our Council". Cessnock City Council.
  3. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (100)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 14 September 1957. p. 2664. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Tuesday Night's Meeting". Trove. Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder.
  5. ^ "Little Interest in Local Elections". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.