The City of Cockburn in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 12 February 1871 as the Fremantle Road Board with a chairman and councillors under the District Roads Act 1871. It was renamed Cockburn on 21 January 1955, [1] and with the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road boards became Shires with a shire president and councillors effective 1 July 1961. The Shire of Cockburn was declared a town on 24 January 1971, at which point the president became a mayor. [2] Cockburn attained city status on 26 October 1979. [3]
| Chairman | Term |
|---|---|
| Edward Higham | 1871–1876 |
| Henry Maxwell Lefroy | 1876–1879 |
| William Silas Pearse | 1879–1880 |
| Walter Easton | 1880–1881 |
| Joshua Harwood | 1881–1887 |
| James Herbert | 1887–1892 |
| Walter Easton | 1892–1894 |
| Walter Powell | 1895–1900 |
| Robert Holmes | 1900–1905 |
| Arthur Davies | 1905–1911 |
| John Cooke | 1911–1916 |
| William Reason | 1916–1917 |
| Henry Dixon | 1917–1919 |
| John Cooke | 1919–1921 |
| William Reason | 1921–1925 |
| Edwin Follington | 1925–1926 |
| Angus McLeod | 1926–1929 |
| Alfred Newman | 1929–1930 |
| Edwin John Follington | 1930–1932 |
| Alfred Mayor | 1932–1935 |
| Walton Matthew Winfield | 1935–1939 |
| John Willis [1] | 1939–1944 |
| Andrew Bailey | 1944–1945 |
| Alfred Isted | 1945–1946 |
| George Wells | 1946–1947 |
| Sydney Frank Jesse Hammond | 1947–1949 |
| Alfred Mayor | 1949–1950 |
| Edward James Smith | 1950–1953 |
| Joseph Henry Cooper | 1953–1961 |
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Joseph Cooper | 1961–1972 |
| Alan Thomas | 1972–1979 |
| Don de san Miguel (OAM) | 1979–1993 |
| Ray Lees | 1993–1997 |
| John Grljusich | 1997–2000 |
| Stephen Lee | 2000–2009 |
| Logan Howlett | 2009–present |