- List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Perth
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Photographs of all Mayors and Lord Mayors start from George Shenton on the stair case of the Perth Town Hall
This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Perth, a Local Government Area of Western Australia.
The office of head of the municipality of Perth is defined over three distinct periods:
- From 1829 to 1838 — controlled by the Governor of Western Australia
- From 1838 to 1858 — controlled by the Perth Town Trust
- From 1858 to present — controlled by the Perth City Council, later renamed City of Perth
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 The act was repealed in September 1842 and authority was conferred on elected representatives.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:
- Walter Boyd Andrews (Chairman)
- George Leake, James Purkis, Peter Broun, W. H. Drake, Richard Jones (committee members)
- James Purkis was appointed treasurer
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".
Contents
George Shenton (Jr.) in his mayoral robes. Chairman of Perth City Council from 1876-77; and Mayor in 1880-84 and 1886-88. He became Sir George Shenton in 1893.[2]Chairman, Perth Town Trust (1838-1858)
Incumbent Term of Office George Leake 1838–1840 Richard Hinds 1841 Walter Boyd Andrews 1842 Thomas Helms 1843–1845 James Purkis 1846–1848 Thomas Helms; Capt. Daniel Scott 1849 Henry Laroche Cole 1853 George Shenton Sr 1854–1855 George Shenton Sr; Sir Luke Leake[3] 1856 George Shenton Sr 1857–1858 Chairman, Perth City Council (1858-1879)
Henry Laroche Cole 1858–1860 Julian Carr 1861–1863 Julian Carr; Alfred Hillman; George Haysom 1864 Julian Carr 1865–1868 Julian Carr; George Glyde 1869 George Glyde 1870–1873 George Randell 1874–1875 George Shenton 1876–1877 Sir Stephen Henry Parker 1877–1879 Mayor, Perth City Council (1880-1929)
Stephen Henry Parker who had four separate terms of officeGeorge Shenton 1880 Stephen Henry Parker; George Shenton 1881 George Shenton 1882–1884 George Randell 1885 George Shenton 1886–1888 Dr Edward Scott 1889–1891 Edward Keane[4] 1891–1892 Sir Stephen Henry Parker 1892 Alexander Forrest 1893–1900 William Brookman[5] 1901 Sir Stephen Henry Parker 1901 William Loton 1901–1902 Harry Brown 1903–1905 Sydney Stubbs 1906–1907 Thomas Molloy 1908–1909 Richard Paul Vincent 1909–1911 Thomas Molloy 1911–1912 John Prowse 1913–1914 Charles Nathan[6] 1914 John Nicholson 1915 Frank R Rea 1916–1917 Sir William Lathlain 1918–1923 James T Franklin 1923–1929 Lord Mayor, Perth City Council (since 1929)
Hon. James T Franklin 1929–1930 Hon. Sir William Lathlain 1930–1932 Hon. James T Franklin 1932–1934 Joseph J. Poynton 1934–1937 Charles Harper 1937–1939 Sir Thomas Meagher 1940–1945 Sir Joseph Totterdell 1946–1953 James Murray 1953–1955 Sir Henry ("Harry") R. Howard[7] 1955–1964 Charles J. B. Veryard 1964–1967 Sir Thomas Wardle 1967–1972 Sir Ernest Henry Lee-Steere 1972–1978 Sir Fred Chaney 1978–1982 Mick Michael 1982–1988 Charles Hopkins 1988–1991 Rt Hon. Reg Withers 1991–1994 Dr Peter Nattrass 1995–2007 Lisa Scaffidi 2007–Present Notes
- ^ "FROM VILLAGE TO CITY.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885-1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia): p. 14. 31 August 1939. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38408575. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ Kimberly, W.B. (compiler) (1897). History of West Australia. A Narrative of her Past. Together With Biographies of Her Leading Men. Melbourne: F.W. Niven. p.11
- ^ Leake, Sir Luke Samuel (1828 - 1886) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- ^ Keane, Edward Vivien Harvey (1844 - 1904) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- ^ Brookman, William Gordon (1859 - 1910) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- ^ Nathan, Sir Charles Samuel (1870 - 1936) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- ^ Howard, Sir Henry Rudolph (Harry) (1890 - 1970) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
References
- W.E. Bold, (Town Clerk) (October 1939). "The Story of the Municipal Development Of Our City". Early Days II: 29–41.
- Perry, Philippa (25 June 2007). "Perth "lost" history found in old safe". The West Australian: pp. 11.
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