Fremantle East Ward until 1923

There were six wards in the local government area called the 'City' of Fremantle until 2023. There is no longer an East Ward — which within High, Carrington, South and Solomon Streets plus a couple of extra bits. In it were the suburb of White Gum Valley, Boo Park, and some bits of Fremantle suburb including one bit that borders East Fremantle. That's the bit that contains Gibson Park.

East Ward contained Booyeembarra Park, one former church (Assembly of God), one school (WGV Primary), one huge netball space (Frank Gibson Park), no handy shops except in Minilya Avenue and on its perimeter (one is a Liquor Barons outlet), some crafts studios (Stackwood and the Fibonacci Centre, more to come), three or four coffee shops/lunch joints, and an alarmingly increasing number of medium-density dwellings (the former Beazley School site and the 'Knutsford' and 'East Village' estates), with lots more to come. Not to mention two! golf courses - one 'public' and one 'private', and part of a very busy highway/truck route which is now twice the size it was.
I put 'public' and 'private' in quotation marks, because the public is not allowed to walk on the public golf course unless playing golf. I got escorted off it once by a Basil-Fawlty-like managerial type. And because I believe that the land of which the Royal Fremantle Golf Course enjoys the use is actually Crown land vested in the City Council. Paradoxically, no-one at 'private' RFGC seems to mind walkers.

Former councillors include Ingrid Waltham (also former Deputy Mayor) 2011-2019, and Jenny Archibald 2017-2021. Waltham did not stand again in 2019. Dave Coggin was a Councillor from 2009 until he resigned in 2017, creating a temporary vacancy, which was filled by former councillor and mayor Jenny Archibald (who is also a past president of the Fremantle Society).

The only candidate in the 2021 election is the incumbent Jenny Archibald.

I don't have an official nor complete list to work from, but I can mention for your interest some previous councillors who have represented this ward. I'm assuming the year stated indicates the period January-October, as elections are usually held in the latter month, close to the end of the calendar year. This list may contain errors and does contain omissions.

2022: Jenny Archibald, Sue Groome
2021: Jenny Archibald, Sue Groome
2020: Jenny Archibald, Sue Groome
2019: Ingrid Waltham, Jenny Archibald
2018: Ingrid Waltham, Jenny Archibald
2017: Ingrid Waltham, Dave Coggin
2007: Brad Pettitt, John Dowson (Deputy Mayor)
2006: Brad Pettitt, John Dowson (Deputy Mayor)
2005: Brad Pettitt, John Dowson (Deputy Mayor)
2001: Rose Pinter, Kathy Anketell
2000: Nicola Cinquina, Rose Pinter
1999: Nicola Cinquina, Rose Pinter
1998: Nick Cinquina, Ian Thomson
1997: Nicola Cinquina, Ian Thomson, John Dowson
1996: Ian Thomson, John Hedges, Cheryl Song Loong/John Dowson
1995: John Dowson, Ian Thomson, John Hedges
1994: John Hedges, Ian Thomson, Tony Macri/Cheryl Song Loong
1993: John Hedges, Jenny Archibald/Ian Thomson, Tony Macri
1990: HM Smedley, JK Archibald, F Del Rosso
1989: WS Latter, AD Graham, F Del Rosso
1988: WS Latter, AD Graham, F Del Rosso
1987: WS Latter, AD Graham, P Tagliaferri
1986: WS Latter, AD Graham, P Tagliaferri
1985: WS Latter, AD Graham, P Tagliaferri
1983: WS Latter, F Del Rosso, KJ Gleeson

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References and Links

My list of councillors from which the above data are abstracted.

My version of the results of the last two elections, 2017 and 2015.

Suburb of White Gum Valley.

FCC website, including an A2-size ward map of which the map above is part.

Freotopia

This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 22 July, 2019 and hosted at freotopia.org/council/eastward.html (it was last updated on 16 April, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.