List of mayors of Rockingham

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The Rockingham council chambers, seat of the mayor of Rockingham

The City of Rockingham in Perth, Western Australia, was gazetted on 4 February 1897 as the Rockingham Road Board with a chairman and councillors under the Roads Boards Act 1871. 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 Rockingham Road Board thereby becoming Shire of Rockingham. Rockingham attained city status on 12 November 1988, at which point the president became a mayor. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Rockingham's current mayor, Deb Hamblin was elected on 16 October 2021 and thereby became the first female to hold this office. [5] Her predecessor, Barry Sammels, at the time of the announcement of his retirement in August 2021 had been the longest-serving active mayor in Western Australia, having first been elected mayor of Rockingham in 2003. [6] [7]

Previous to the 2021 elections, the mayor of Rockingham had historically been elected by the councillors. After an eight year debate, the council voted in September 2020 to change to a publicly-elected mayor. [8]

Chairmen

The chairman of the Rockingham Road Board: [2]

ChairmanTerm
C. Parkin1897–1902
E. Thorpe1903–1908
C. G. Meade1909–1912
S. Dvoretsky1913–1916
D. Mitchinson1917–1919
S. Dvoretsky1920–1928
G. E. Grigg1925–1938
S. Dvoretsky1931–1932
T. H. Purdy1939
F. W. Churcher1940–1943
G. E. Grigg1940–1947
H. E. France1944
H. M. Growden1947
W. L. Hughes1948–1949
F. W. Churcher1950
C. G. Lynch1951–1953
N. H. France1954–1956
Alf Powell1957–1961

Shire presidents

The shire presidents of the Shire of Rockingham: [3]

PresidentTerm
Alf Powell1962–1981
W. D. A. Mays1982–1986
Laurie E. Smith1986–1988 [9]
Richard R. Smith1988

Mayors

The mayors of the City of Rockingham: [4]

MayorTerm
Richard R. Smith1988–1991 [10]
Laurie E. Smith1991–1994 [9]
F. W. Gardiner1994–1997
Chris S. Elliott1997–2003 [11]
Barry William Sammels2003–2021 [12]
Deb A. Hamblin2021–present [5] [13]

Election results

The election results since switching to a publicly-elected mayor:

2021

2021 Ordinary Election - Rockingham [14]
CandidateVotes%
Deb Hamblin6,38625.79
Lornan Buchan5,48922.17
Mark Jones4,41117.81
Craig Buchanan4,20316.97
Cullum Ashton2,57310.39
Jack Pleiter1,6996.86
Total formal votes5,51993.32
Informal votes3956.68
Turnout 5,9146.72

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