- Peter Tagliaferri
Peter Tagliaferri is the current
Mayor of theCity of Fremantle inWestern Australia . He was born inEast Fremantle in 1960 and has lived, gone to school and worked for the major part of his life in Fremantle.Tagliaferri was educated at Lady of Fatima in Palmyra, then St Brendan's in Beaconsfield and graduated at Christian Brothers College. His background is retailing, manufacturing and farming in York.
He was first elected to council in 1983; representing the East Ward, at the time becoming the youngest person ever elected to local government in Western Australia. [STM, Sunday Times, 2008] He was elected mayor in 2001 and re-elected in 2005 — the first Mayor to be re-elected since
John Cattalini , who served from 1984-1994.In 2003, he was awarded the
Centenary Medal and in 2004 was awarded the Champion for the Year of the Built Environment. He received the Heart Foundation President’s Award in 2007 in recognition of work to ensure a smoke-free environment in Fremantle and is patron of The One World Project,as well as being a Mayor for Peace.References
* "Mayors for Peace appeal". Fremantle Gazette (Perth, WA), August 5, 2008, p.7
* Cacetta, Wendy. "Mayor Mortal". STM, Sunday Times (Perth, WA), March 2, 2008, p.14
* Harvey, Clare & Kelly, Jim. "Freo voters back reform". Sunday Times (Perth, WA), May 8, 2005, p.10
* Casella, Nicolette. "Utting ousted as Freo's mayor". Sunday Times (Perth, WA), May 6, 2001, p.6External links
* [http://www.petertagliaferri.com Home page]
* [http://www.freofocus.com.au Official City of Fremantle website]
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