Martin Rush will serve a second term as the Mayor of Muswellbrook.
At an extraordinary meeting of the newly elected council on Tuesday night Martin Rush was re-elected unopposed.
Councillor Malcolm Ogg was also elected unopposed as his deputy.
The make-up of the council is as follows.
Stephen Ward
Karen Portolan
Brett Woodruff
Martin Rush
Malcolm Ogg
Rod Scholes
Christine Phelps
Janelle Risby
Jennifer Leckie
Gary Serhan
Raymond Butchard
Graeme McNeill
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