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.
Fremantle Town Trust
editSummary 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 |
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Capt. Daniel Scott | 1848–1851 |
J.W. Davey | 1851–1852 |
Capt. Daniel Scott | 1853–1854 |
Thomas Carter | 1855 |
Capt. Daniel Scott | 1856–1858 |
Charles Alexander Manning | 1859–1867 |
Edward Newman | 1868–1869 |
William Silas Pearse | 1870–1871 |
Town of Fremantle
editSummary 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 |
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William Silas Pearse | 1871–1872 |
J. Thomas | 1873 |
William Marmion | 1874 |
J. Thomas | 1875 |
Henry Maxwell Lefroy | 1876 |
James Manning | 1877[1] |
Edward Higham | 1878–1880 |
Elias Solomon | 1881 |
Edward Higham | 1882 |
Barrington Wood | 1883 |
Municipality of Fremantle
editSummary of Members of the Fremantle Municipal Council 1883-1929. Compiled from the Minutes of the Fremantle Municipal Council.
Mayor | Term | Notes |
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Barrington Clarke Wood | 1883–1885 | |
Daniel Keen Congdon | 1886–1888 | |
Elias Solomon | 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 |
Daniel Keen Congdon | 1894 | |
George Alfred Davies | 1895 | Brother of Edward William Davies (below) |
Elias Solomon | 1896–1898 | |
James McHenry Clark | 1899 | |
Elias Solomon | 1900–1901 | |
Edward William Davies | 1901 | Removed on the grounds of insanity; died 1904; brother of George Davies (above) |
Lawrence Alexander | 1901–1902 | |
Tom Smith | 1903 | |
Frank Cadd | 1904–1905 | |
Michael Samson | 1905–1907 | Father of Sir Frederick Samson; died in office. |
William Murphy | 1907–1909 | |
Edward Henry Fothergill | 1909–1910 | |
Joseph Holmes | 1911 | Elected but did not occupy the chair |
Frederick James McLaren | 1912–1914 | |
William Ernest Wray | 1914–1918 | |
William Montgomery | 1919 | |
Frank Gibson | 1919–1923 | |
John Cooke | 1924–1926 | |
Frank Gibson | 1927–1929 |
City of Fremantle
editSummary of Members of the Fremantle City Council, 1929–present.
Mayor | Term | Notes |
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Sir Frank Gibson | 1929–1951 | |
Sir Frederick Samson | 1951–1972 | Grandson of Lionel Samson, early settler |
Bill McKenzie | 1972–1984 | |
John Cattalini | 1984–1994 | |
Jenny Archibald | 1994–1996 | |
Richard Utting | 1997–2001 | |
Peter Tagliaferri | 2001–2009 | |
Brad Pettitt | 2009–2021 | Elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2021 Western Australian state election |
Hannah Fitzhardinge[2][3] | 2021–present |
References
edit- ^ "FREMANTLE TOWN COUNCIL". The Western Australian Times. No. 257. Western Australia. 20 February 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 13 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Law, Peter (17 October 2021). "Council elections: Former Eagles coach Ron Alexander elected to City of Vincent council". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ de Kruijff, Peter (17 October 2021). "Local government elections: New era in Fremantle, a former Eagle rises and a recount in Perth". WAtoday. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- Ewers, J. K. (1971). The Western Gateway: A history of Fremantle. p. 213-217.
- Martyr, P; Janca, A (December 2011). "A mad mayor of Fremantle: the mysterious illness of Edward Davies". Australasian Psychiatry. 19 (6): 479–483. doi:10.3109/10398562.2011.620958.