City of Newcastle three wards - City, Macquarie, and Honeysuckle. Eight years later, the "Municipalities Act 1867" classifed the Newcastle Municipality as a "Borough". The "Greater Newcastle Act 1937" merged the City of Newcastle with 10 of its suburban municipalities to form the City of Greater Newcastle. The Act also transferred parts of the Lake Macquarie Shire and Tarro Shire to the new city. The amalgamations and transfers took effect from 2 April 1938. The newly created City of Greater Newcastle was subsequently renamed to City of Newcastle on 23 March 1949. After a 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW
Candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election This is a list of candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election. There had also been two resignations in the months leading up to the election which had remained unfilled. Sturt National MP Thomas Ryan had resigned on 16 November 1917 following his election to the Parliament of Victoria at the 1917 Victorian election, while Liberal Midland District MLC Edward Lucas had resigned on 1 February 1918 following his appointment as Agent-General for South Australia. In addition, Newcastle Labor MP Andrew Kirkpatrick shifted houses, contesting the Legislative Council in Central District