The Town of Claremont is a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. Claremont was originally established on 17 June 1898 as the Municipality of Claremont with a mayor and councillors under the Municipal Institutions' Act 1876. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, it became the Town of Claremont effective 1 July 1961.
Municipality of Claremont Mayor TermJames King1898-1899 Joseph Langsford 1899–1901 Sydney Stubbs 1901–1903 H. M. Saunders 1903–1907 T. J. Briggs 1907–1909 Horace Elgar Mofflin 1909–1911 Walter St Clair Brockway 1911–1912 James L. B. Weir 1912–1915 George Philip Stevens 1915–1919 John Thomson 1919–1922 William James Rolfe 1922 Sidney Charles Marriott 1923–1924 John Hobbs 1924–1927 Gustav Ernst Mengler 1927–1939 Edward James Judge 1939–1940 Eric William Gillett 1940–1953 Albert William Crooks 1953–1961
Town of Claremont Mayor Term Albert William Crooks 1961–1966 E. W. Harry Milner 1966–1972 R. E. Packington 1972–1978 B. H. Houston 1978–1985 Peter H. Weygers 1985–1997 Peter J. Olson 1997–2009 Jock Barker 2009–2025 Peter Telford 2025–present
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