Fremantle, Western Australia was initially incorporated as a Town Trust with limited powers on 17 April 1848. The Municipal Institutions Act 1871 empanelled the Town Council with a Mayor, and it was made a Municipal Council in 1883. On 3 June 1929, Fremantle was declared a city — Western Australia's second after Perth, which was declared in 1856.
Summary of Members of the Fremantle Town Trust, 1848-1871.Compiled from letters to the Colonial Secretary up to 1856, and thereafter from the Minutes of the Fremantle Town Trust.
| Mayor | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| 1848–1851 | ||
| J.W. Davey | 1851–1852 | |
| 1853–1854 | ||
| Thomas Carter | 1855 | |
| 1856–1858 | ||
| Charles Alexander Manning | 1859–1867 | |
| 1868–1869 | ||
| 1870–1871 |
Summary of Office-bearers of the Fremantle Town Council.Compiled from the Minutes of the Fremantle Town Council which are intact from 1871-1873
| Mayor | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| 1871–1872 | ||
| J. Thomas | 1873 | |
| 1874 | ||
| J. Thomas | 1875 | |
| 1876 | ||
| James Manning | 1877[1] | |
| 1878–1880 | ||
| 1881 | ||
| 1882 | ||
| 1883 |
Summary of Members of the Fremantle Municipal Council 1883-1929.Compiled from the Minutes of the Fremantle Municipal Council.
| Mayor | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1883–1885 | |||
| 1886–1888 | |||
| 1889–1891 | Also member for South Fremantle 1892–1901; Federal member for Fremantle (Free Trade Party) 1901–1903 | ||
| William Frederick Samson | 1892–1893 | Uncle of Sir Frederick Samson | |
| 1894 | |||
| 1895 | Brother of Edward William Davies (below) | ||
| 1896–1898 | |||
| James McHenry Clark | 1899 | ||
| 1900–1901 | |||
| 1901 | Removed on the grounds of insanity; died 1904; brother of George Davies (above) | ||
| 1901–1902 | |||
| 1903 | |||
| 1904–1905 | |||
| 1905–1907 | Father of Sir Frederick Samson; died in office. | ||
| 1907–1909 | |||
| 1909–1910 | |||
| 1911 | Elected but did not occupy the chair | ||
| Frederick James McLaren | 1912–1914 | ||
| 1914–1918 | |||
| William Montgomery | 1919 | ||
| 1919–1923 | |||
| John Cooke | 1924–1926 | ||
| 1927–1929 |
Summary of Members of the Fremantle City Council, 1929–present.
| Mayor | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929–1951 | |||
| 1951–1972 | Grandson of Lionel Samson, early settler | ||
| 1972–1984 | |||
| 1984–1994 | |||
| 1994–1996 | |||
| 1997–2001 | |||
| 2001–2009 | |||
| 2009–2021 | Elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2021 Western Australian state election | ||
| Hannah Fitzhardinge[2] [3] | 2021–present |