The City of Belmont in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 2 December 1898 as a road board with a chairman and councillors under the District Roads Act 1871. It was renamed "Belmont Park Road District" on 4 October 1907. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road districts became Shires, with a president and councillors, effective 1 July 1961. On 17 February 1979, the Shire of Belmont became a City, with a mayor and councillors. [1] [2]
Chairman | Term |
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John Handron-Smith | 1899–1900 |
H. G. Duncan [3] : 4 | 1900–1906 |
R. C. Plant [3] : 30 | 1906–1908 |
E. J. Hayes [3] : 39 | 1908–1909 |
J. O. Fisher [3] : 18 | 1909–1910 |
H. G. Duncan [3] : 4 | 1910–1911 |
Albert Ernest Rowe | 1911-1912 |
J. O. Fisher [3] : 18 | 1912–1916 |
E. C. Standing | 1916 |
P. D. Mulligan [3] : 27 | 1916–1917 |
J. J. Austin [3] : 38 | 1917–1918 |
Thomas Lawrence Garvey [3] : 19, 95 | 1918–1919 |
Albert Ernest Rowe [3] : 32 | 1919–1921 |
M. S. Wake [3] : 36 | 1921–1923 |
Donald McLachlan [3] : 27 | 1923–1927 |
Albert Ernest Rowe [3] : 32 | 1927–1929 |
F. Piercey [3] : 30 | 1929–1930 |
Albert Ernest Rowe [3] : 32 | 1930–1938 |
Donald McLachlan [3] : 27 | 1938–1942 |
W. A. Walsh [3] : 36 | 1942–1943 |
Albert Ernest Rowe [3] : 32 | 1943–1944 |
Clive M. Forster [3] : 94 | 1944–1946 |
Francis David Wilson [3] : 37, 101 | 1946–1951 |
Robert Henry Selby [3] : 99 | 1951–1955 |
Francis David Wilson [3] : 37 | c. 1956–1957 |
Robert Henry Selby [3] : 99 | 1957–1958 |
Patrick John Faulkner [3] : 94 | 1958–1960 |
Ronald F. W. Cracknell [3] : 93 | 1960–1961 |
Patrick John Faulkner [3] : 94 | 1961 |
President | Term |
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Patrick John Faulkner [3] : 94 | 1961–1962 |
Bart A. M. Clayden | 1962–1964 |
J. G. Sissons [3] : 33 | 1964–1966 |
Ronald F. W. Cracknell [3] : 93 | 1966–1967 |
Francis David Wilson [3] : 37 | 1967–1968 |
Edwin Jack Miles [3] : 97 | 1968–1969 |
Reginald E. Ellery [3] : 4 | 1969–1971 |
Bart A. M. Clayden | 1971–1973 |
Harold J. Wheatley [3] : 36 | 1973–1975 |
Thomas H. Henderson [3] : 5 | 1975–1977 |
Fred W. Rae [3] : 99 | 1977–1979 |
Mayor | Term |
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Fred Rae [3] : 99 | 1979–1987 |
Peggy P. Parkin [3] : 7 | 1987–1994 |
Peter R. Passeri [3] : 8 | 1994–2005 |
Glenys Godfrey [4] | 2005–2011 |
Phil Marks [5] [6] | 2011–present |
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