The Municipality of Cessnock was a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
[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] 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.