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, 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.[1] Cockburn attained city status on 26 October 1979.[2]
| Chairman | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| 1871–1876 | ||
| 1876–1879 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 |
John Willis died on 19 September 1944.[3] Andrew Bailey was elected by the other councillors to fill the remainder of his term, which expired on 21 April 1945.
| 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 | |
| 2009–present |