List of mayors of Claremont explained

The Town of Claremont is a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. Claremont was originally established on 17 June 1898 as the Municipality of Claremont with a mayor and councillors under the Municipal Institutions Act 1876. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, it became the Town of Claremont effective 1 July 1961.

Municipality of Claremont

Mayor Term
James King1898-1899
1899–1901
Sydney Stubbs[1] 1901–1903
H. M. Saunders 1903–1907
T. J. Briggs 1907–1909
Horace Elgar Mofflin 1909–1911
Walter St Clair Brockway 1911–1912
James L. B. Weir 1912–1915
George Philip Stevens 1915–1919
John Thomson 1919–1922
William James Rolfe 1922
Sidney Charles Marriott 1923–1924
John Hobbs 1924–1927
Gustav Ernst Mengler 1927–1939
Edward James Judge 1939–1940
1940–1953
Albert William Crooks 1953–1961

Town of Claremont

Mayor Term
Albert William Crooks 1961–1966
E. W. Harry Milner 1966–1972
R. E. Packington 1972–1978
B. H. Houston 1978–1985
Peter H. Weygers 1985–1997
Peter J. Olson 1997–2009
Jock Barker 2009–present

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sydney Stubbs . Parliament of Western Australia . 28 November 2021.