Ross Kenneth Kerridge (born 31 May 1956) is an Australian anaesthetist and politician who has served as the Lord Mayor of Newcastle since 2024.
[citation needed] Kerridge is employed at John Hunter Hospital as a Senior Staff Specialist as well as a Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle in the School of Medicine and Public Health.
He was present at Blacktown when prime minister Gough Whitlam launched the 1974 election campaign and at the Sydney Opera House in 1987 when Bob Hawke committed that no child should live in poverty.
[5] In February 2024, Kerridge nominated and narrowly lost Labor preselection for the position of Lord Mayor to the incumbent, Nuatali Nelmes.
[7] At the 2024 New South Wales local elections, Nelmes and Labor suffered a substantial primary vote drop for the position of Lord Mayor as well as losing their voting bloc majority in the council chamber.