Lord Mayor of Perth | |
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Style | The Right Honourable Lord Mayor |
Appointer | City of Perth |
Inaugural holder | James T. Franklin [lower-alpha 1] |
Formation | 1929 [lower-alpha 2] |
The history of the City of Perth, a local government area of Western Australia is defined over three distinct periods:
On 15 June 1837, an Act was proclaimed to ..provide for the management of roads, streets and other internal communications within the settlement of Western Australia. [1] The management and control was vested in a body of trustees consisting of the Justices of the Peace resident in the town; and the proprietors of allotments held in fee simple. The act was repealed in September 1842 and authority was conferred on elected representatives. The first elected Chairman and committee took office on 8 February 1842 and comprised:
On 23 February 1856 (two years before the dissolution of the Trust), Perth was constituted a city upon the foundation of the Bishopric of Perth through the consecration of the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Matthew Blagden Hale.
From 1858 to 1880, the President of the Council was styled "Chairman", from 1880 until 1929, the Chairman was termed the "Mayor" and from 1929 the mayor was elevated to the title of "Lord Mayor".
Officeholder | Term |
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George Leake | 1838–1840 |
Richard Hinds | 1841 |
Walter Boyd Andrews | 1842 |
Thomas Helms | 1843–1845 |
James Purkis | 1846–1848 |
Thomas Helms [3] | 1849 |
Henry Laroche Cole | 1853 |
George Shenton Sr | 1854–1855 |
George Shenton Sr; Sir Luke Leake [4] | 1856 |
George Shenton Sr | 1857–1858 |
Officeholder | Term |
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Henry Laroche Cole | 1858–1860 |
Julian Carr | 1861–1863 |
Julian Carr; Alfred Hillman; George Haysom | 1864 |
Julian Carr | 1865–1868 |
Julian Carr; George Glyde | 1869 |
George Glyde | 1870–1873 |
George Randell | 1874–1875 |
George Shenton | 1876–1877 |
Sir Stephen Henry Parker | 1877–1879 |
Officeholder | Term |
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George Shenton | 1880 |
Stephen Henry Parker; George Shenton | 1881 |
George Shenton | 1882–1884 |
George Randell | 1885 |
George Shenton | 1886–1888 |
Dr Edward Scott | 1889–1891 |
Edward Keane [5] | 1891–1892 |
Sir Stephen Henry Parker | 1892 |
Alexander Forrest [6] | 1893–1895 |
Henry Saunders [7] | 1895–1898 |
Alexander Forrest | 1898–1900 |
William Brookman [8] | 1900–1901 |
Sir Stephen Henry Parker | 1901 |
William Loton | 1901–1902 |
Harry Brown [9] | 1902–1905 |
Sydney Stubbs | 1905–1907 |
Thomas Molloy | 1908–1909 |
Richard Paul Vincent [10] | 1909–1911 |
Thomas Molloy | 1911–1912 |
John Prowse [lower-alpha 3] | 1913–1914 |
John Nicholson [lower-alpha 3] | 1914–1915 |
Frank Rea | 1916–1917 |
Sir William Lathlain | 1918–1923 |
James Franklin | 1923–1929 |
Officeholder | Term |
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Hon James T Franklin | 1929–1930 |
Hon Sir William Lathlain | 1930–1932 |
Hon James T Franklin | 1932–1934 |
Joseph J. Poynton | 1934–1937 |
Charles Harper | 1937–1939 |
Sir Thomas William Meagher | 1940–1945 |
Sir Joseph Totterdell | 1946–1953 |
James Murray | 1953–1955 |
Sir Harry Howard | 1955–1964 |
Charles J. B. Veryard | 1964–1967 |
Sir Thomas Wardle | 1967–1972 |
Ernest Henry Lee-Steere | 1972–1978 |
Sir Fred Chaney | 1978–1982 |
Mick Michael | 1982–1988 |
Chas Hopkins | 1988–1991 |
Rt Hon Reg Withers | 1991–1994 |
Dr Peter Nattrass | 1995–2007 |
Lisa Scaffidi | 20 October 2007 – 2 March 2018 |
Eric Lumsden (Chair Commissioner) | 2 March 2018 – 9 August 2019 [13] |
Gaye McMath (Deputy Chair Commissioner) | 2 March 2018 – 9 August 2019 [13] |
Andrew Hammond (Commissioner) | 2 March 2018 – 9 August 2019 [13] |
Andrew Hammond (Chair Commissioner) | 9 August 2019 – 18 October 2020 [14] |
Gaye McMath (Deputy Chair Commissioner) | 9 August 2019 – 18 October 2020 [14] |
Len Kosova (Commissioner) | 9 August 2019 – 18 October 2020 [14] |
Basil Zempilas | 19 October 2020 – present [15] |
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