The Town of Cottesloe in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 4 October 1895 as a road board with a chairman and councillors under the District Roads Act 1871. On 20 September 1907, it was proclaimed a municipality, with a mayor and councillors, under the Municipal Corporations Act 1906. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all municipalities became Towns effective 1 July 1961.
| Chairman | Term |
|---|---|
| John Foulkes | 1895–1898 |
| Octavius Lionel Haines | 1898–1905 |
| Thomas Ockerby | 1905–1906 |
| Frederic North | 1906–1907 |
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| John Stuart | 1907–1908 |
| Evan Wisdom | 1908–1911 |
| Frederic Dudley North | 1911–1916 |
| Thomas Ockerby | 1916–1918 |
| Thomas Henry Davey | 1918–1921 |
| Charles Melville Gibbons | 1921–1923 |
| Charles Frederic North | 1923–1924 |
| Aidan Hugh Bryan | 1924–1928 |
| Robert Wilkes | 1928–1931 |
| William Henry Ackland | 1931–1932 |
| John Black | 1932–1945 |
| Sir Laurence Percival Gadsdon | 1945–1961 |
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Cecil Leonard Harvey | 1961–1974 |
| Lt. Col. James Anderson | 1974–1987 |
| Dr. Charles Murphy | 1987–1994 |
| Julian Donaldson | 1994–1997 |
| John Hammond | 1997–2003 |
| Robert Rowell | 2003–2005 |
| Kevin Morgan | 2005–2013 |
| Jo Dawkins | 2013–2017 |
| Philip Angers | 2017–2021 Lorraine Young 2021 to present [inserted 2025] |