| Sir Joseph Totterdell | |
| Office: | Lord Mayor of Perth |
| Term Start: | 24 November 1945 |
| Term End: | 30 November 1953 |
| Predecessor: | Sir Thomas Meagher |
| Successor: | James Murray |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
| Constituency2: | West Perth |
| Term Start2: | 25 March 1950 |
| Term End2: | 14 February 1953 |
| Predecessor2: | Ross McDonald |
| Successor2: | Stanley Heal |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Marple, Cheshire, England |
| Death Place: | Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Party: | Liberal |
Sir Joseph Totterdell (4 August 1885 – 26 December 1959) was an Australian politician who was the Lord Mayor of Perth from 1945 to 1953. He was also a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1950 to 1953, representing the seat of West Perth.
Totterdell was born in Marple, Cheshire, England. Apprenticed to a bricklayer after leaving school, he emigrated to Australia in 1903, eventually opening a building firm with his brothers. Totterdell was elected to the City of Perth council in 1931, and served as a councillor until 1945, when he was elected lord mayor.[1] At the 1950 state election, while still remaining lord mayor, he successfully contested the seat of West Perth for the Liberal Party, replacing a former leader of the party, Robert Ross McDonald. However, Totterdell would serve only a single term in parliament, as at the 1953 election he was defeated by the high-profile Labor candidate, Stan Heal (a former Australian rules footballer).[2] He retired as lord mayor at the end of the same year,[1] having been knighted in the 1953 New Year Honours.
. David Black (historian). Prescott. Valerie. Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. 1997. Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. Perth, [W.A.]. 0730984095.