List of mayors and lord mayors of Perth explained

Post:Lord Mayor
Body:Perth
Insigniasize:100px
Incumbent:Basil Zempilas
Incumbentsince:19 October 2020
Style:The Right Honourable Lord Mayor
Appointer:City of Perth
Formation:1929
Inaugural:James T. Franklin

__TOC__The history of the City of Perth, a local government area of Western Australia is defined over three distinct periods:

Origins

On 15 June 1837, an Act was proclaimed to ..provide for the management of roads, streets and other internal communications within the settlement of Western Australia.[1] The management and control was vested in a body of trustees consisting of the Justices of the Peace resident in the town; and the proprietors of allotments held in fee simple. The act was repealed in September 1842 and authority was conferred on elected representatives. The first elected Chairman and committee took office on 8 February 1842 and comprised:

On 23 February 1856 (two years before the dissolution of the Trust), Perth was constituted a city upon the foundation of the Bishopric of Perth through the consecration of the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Matthew Blagden Hale.

From 1858 to 1880, the President of the Council was styled "Chairman", from 1880 until 1929, the Chairman was termed the "Mayor" and from 1929 the mayor was elevated to the title of "Lord Mayor".

Chairman, Perth Town Trust (1838–1858)

OfficeholderTerm
George Leake1838–1840
Richard Hinds1841
Walter Boyd Andrews1842
Thomas Helms1843–1845
James Purkis1846–1848
Thomas Helms[2] 1849
Henry Laroche Cole1853
George Shenton Sr1854–1855
George Shenton Sr; Sir Luke Leake[3] 1856
George Shenton Sr1857–1858

Chairman, Perth City Council (1858–1879)

OfficeholderTerm
Henry Laroche Cole1858–1860
Julian Carr1861–1863
Julian Carr; Alfred Hillman; George Haysom1864
Julian Carr1865–1868
Julian Carr; George Glyde1869
George Glyde1870–1873
George Randell1874–1875
George Shenton1876–1877
Sir Stephen Henry Parker1877–1879

Mayor, Perth City Council (1880–1929)

OfficeholderTerm
George Shenton1880
Stephen Henry Parker; George Shenton1881
George Shenton1882–1884
George Randell1885
George Shenton1886–1888
Dr Edward Scott1889–1891
Edward Keane[4] 1891–1892
Sir Stephen Henry Parker1892
Alexander Forrest[5] 1893–1895
Henry Saunders[6] 1895–1898
Alexander Forrest1898–1900
William Brookman[7] 1900–1901
Sir Stephen Henry Parker1901
William Loton1901–1902
Harry Brown[8] 1902–1905
Sydney Stubbs1905–1907
Thomas Molloy1908–1909
Richard Paul Vincent[9] 1909–1911
Thomas Molloy1911–1912
John Prowse1913–1914
John Nicholson1914–1915
Frank Rea1916–1917
Sir William Lathlain1918–1923
James Franklin1923–1929

Lord Mayor, Perth City Council (since 1929)

OfficeholderTerm
Hon James T Franklin1929–1930
Hon Sir William Lathlain1930–1932
Hon James T Franklin1932–1934
Joseph J. Poynton1934–1937
Charles Harper1937–1939
Sir Thomas William Meagher1940–1945
Sir Joseph Totterdell1946–1953
James Murray1953–1955
Sir Harry Howard1955–1964
Charles J. B. Veryard1964–1967
Sir Thomas Wardle1967–1972
Ernest Henry Lee-Steere1972–1978
Sir Fred Chaney1978–1982
Mick Michael1982–1988
Chas Hopkins1988–1991
Rt Hon Reg Withers1991–1994
Dr Peter Nattrass1995–2007
Lisa Scaffidi20 October 2007 – 2 March 2018
None2 March 2018 – 18 October 2020
Basil Zempilas19 October 2020 – present[10]

Electoral results

2023

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Notes and References

  1. News: From Village to City . . Perth, WA . 31 August 1939 . 22 November 2010 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Data supplied by City of Perth indicated D. Scott (assumed to be Captain Daniel Scott) was joint Chairman from 1849. This however, is unlikely as Capt. Scott was based in and had significant responsibilities in Fremantle as harbour-master. In addition, he was mayor of Fremantle Town Trust from 1848 to 1851 as well as 1853–1854 and 1856–1858.
  3. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050521b.htm Leake, Sir Luke Samuel (1828 - 1886) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  4. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050006b.htm Keane, Edward Vivien Harvey (1844 - 1904) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  5. Web site: Forrest, Alexander (1849 - 1901) . 2013-09-23 . G. C. Bolton . Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8 . . 1981 . 540–543.
  6. Henry John Saunders . History of West Australia . History of West Australia . 1897 . 42.
  7. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070436b.htm Brookman, William Gordon (1859 - 1910) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  8. News: 22 November 1902 . Annual municipal elections: Perth . 18 . . Trove . 25 July 2022.
  9. News: DEATH OF R. P. VINCENT. . . Perth, WA . 17 July 1921 . 24 September 2013 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  10. Web site: Warriner. Jessica. 2020-10-17. Radio and TV host Basil Zempilas elected new Perth Lord Mayor. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029121748/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-18/basil-zempilas-elected-new-perth-lord-mayor/12778660. 2020-10-29. 2020-11-01. www.abc.net.au.