John Stuart Tate

Who is John Stuart Tate?

John Tate is the former Lord Mayor of the City of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.

Tate has been a Councillor on the City of Newcastle since September 1980 and Lord Mayor since 1999.

Tate ran as an Independent candidate for the Electoral district of Newcastle in the 2007 state election but narrowly lost to Labor candidate and former NBN Television reporter Jodi McKay.

Tate recontested the Lord Mayoral position at the September 2008 New South Wales Local Government Elections as an Independent candidate outpolling his rivals with 32% compared to Independent Aaron Buman with 18.6% and Australian Labor Party candidate Marilyn Eade with 18.4%.

Tate was a candidate in the New South Wales state election, 2011 again for Newcastle. He came fourth with Tim Owen from the Liberal Party of Australia winning the seat.