Fremantle City Council membership after the 2023 elections. From left: Frank Mofflin, Ben Lawver, Ingrid van Dorssen, Geoff Graham, Doug Thompson, mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge, Adin Lang, Fedele Camarda, Andrew Sullivan, deputy mayor Jenny Archibald, Jemima Williamson-Wood.
- Fremantle Council elections:
2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021| 2023
Fremantle Town Trust (1848–71)
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Daniel Scott | 1848–1851 |
| J.W. Davey | 1851–1852 |
| Daniel Scott | 1853–1854 |
| Thomas Carter | 1855 |
| Daniel Scott | 1856–1858 |
| Charles Alexander Manning | 1859–1867 |
| Edward Newman | 1868–1869 |
| William Silas Pearse | 1870–1871 |
Town of Fremantle 1871–83
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| 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 1883–1929
| Mayor | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (1929–present)
| Mayor | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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] | 2021–2025 | |
| Ben Lawver[4] | 2025–present |
Elections: 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | wards | precincts
Fremantle Council History
Note that Wikipedia leaves out the Municipal Council, 1883-1929.
Note also that [[../eastfremantle/index.html|East Fremantle]] has not been a part of Fremantle since 1897.
First City Council
Here is the list of mayors since 1929. And here is an (incomplete) list of councillors.
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Proclamation of the City, 3 June 1929. Fremantle Library image #426, photograph by [[../people/orloff.html|Izzy Orloff]].
The first City Council, 1929. Fremantle Library photo #3100 and text:
Members and officers of the Fremantle City Council on 3rd June 1929 when Fremantle was declared a city. Standing: from left: Dr C R Dunkley (Medical Officer of Health); Cr E M Davies; James Shepherd (Town Clerk); Cr Richard Rennie; Cr Fred Hollis; T J Smith (Chief Health Inspector); W Joslin (Works Supervisor). Seated: Cr F W Martin; Cr C D Kerr; Cr George Shepherd; Cr J Stevens; Mayor F E Gibson; Cr W J Sumpton; Cr J E Wilson; Cr A Grigg. Inset: Cr J M Farrell, left; Cr B T Daly, right. Taken 3 June 1929.
Fremantle City Council, 1976. Front row (left to right): Gerard McGill; June Boddy; Les Lauder; Sadie Stone; Mayor Bill McKenzie; Amelie Whittington; Jack Sowden; Esme Fletcher; Oscar Stack. Back row: Frank del Rosso; Kevin Gleeson; Bob Higham; Mark Staniford; Peter Newman; Dick Cotton; John Cattalini; Don Whittington; Joe Minervini; Ron Warren. [source: City of Fremantle Library]
References
[[../books/battye1924.html|Battye]], J.S. 1924, Western Australia: A History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Ewers, John K. 1971, The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle, Fremantle City Council, with UWAP, rev. ed. [1st ed. 1948].
Hitchcock, J.K. 1929, [[../hitchcock.html|The History of Fremantle]], The Front Gate of Australia 1829-1929, Fremantle City Council.
FCC website, including a large-size ward map.[[../timeline/timeline.html|
]]Wikipedia List of Governors of Western Australia
Wikipedia List of Mayors of Fremantle
Wikipedia List of Mayors of East Fremantle
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 28 September, 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/council/index.html (it was last updated on 2 November, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.
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 30 September, 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/council/fcc.html (it was last updated on 13 March, 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.