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 Summary 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 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

Summary 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 William Silas Pearse 1871–1872 J. Thomas 1873 William Marmion 1874 J. Thomas 1875 Henry Maxwell Lefroy 1876 James Manning 1877 Edward Higham 1878–1880 Elias Solomon 1881 Edward Higham 1882 Barrington Wood 1883

Municipality of Fremantle

Summary of Members of the Fremantle Municipal Council 1883-1929. Compiled from the Minutes of the Fremantle Municipal Council.

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

Summary of Members of the Fremantle City Council, 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 1994–1997 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 2021–2025 Ben Lawver 2025–present

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