Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of the Swan River Colony, and the State of Western Australia:
- James Stirling, Lieutenant-Governor 1828-1832, Governor 1832-1839
- John Hutt, 1839-1846
- Andrew Clarke, 1846-1847
- Frederick Irwin (acting), 1847-1848
- Charles Fitzgerald, 1848-1855
- Arthur Kennedy, 1855-1862
- John Hampton, 1862-1868
- Benjamin Pine, 1868-1869
- Frederick A. Weld, 1869-1875
- William Robinson, 1875-1877
- Harry Ord, 1877-1880
- William Robinson, 1880-1883
- Frederick Napier Broome, 1883-1890
- William Robinson, 1890-1895
- Gerard Smith, 1895-1901
- Arthur Lawley, 1901-1903
- Frederick Bedford, 1903-1909
- Gerald Strickland, 19909-1913
- Harry Barron, 1913-1917
- William Ellison-Macartney, 1917-1920
- Francis Newdegate, 1920-1924
- William Campion, 1924-1931
- n/a, 1931-1948
- James Mitchell, 1948-1951
- Charles Gairdner, 1951-1963
- Douglas Kendrew, 1963-1974
- Hughie Edwards, 1974-1975
- Wallace Kyle, 1975-1980
- Richard Trowbridge, 1980-1983
- Gordon Reid, 1984-1989
- Francis Burt, 1990-1993
- Michael Jeffery, 1993-2000
- John Sanderson 2000-2005
- Ken Michael, 2006-2011
- Malcolm McCusker, 2011-2014
- Kerry Sanderson , 2014-2018
- Kim Beazley, 2018–2022
- Chris Dawson, 2022–present
The post of Governor was not filled between 1931 and 1948. Sir John Northmore was administrator until 29 June 1932. He was Lieutenant-Governor until 10 July 1933, and was succeeded as Lieutenant-Governor by Sir James Mitchell until 4 October 1948. Mitchell was appointed Governor from 5 October 1948.
References and Links
Government House page for former governors - much better than this one.
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 29 June, 2021 and hosted at freotopia.org/governors.html (it was last updated on 26 July, 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.