The City of Gosnells in Perth, Western Australia was originally established as the Gosnells Road District, with a chairman and councillors, on 26 April 1907 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1906. Its land area had formerly been part of the Canning Road District, which was abolished due to squabbling between its rural and urban sections. The first elections were held on 1 June 1907. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road districts became Shires, with a president and councillors, effective 1 July 1961. On 1 July 1973, the Shire of Gosnells became the Town of Gosnells, with a mayor and councillors, and on 1 July 1977 it became a City.WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.
Gosnells Road District
Chairman Term W. W. (Walter) Alcock 1907–1911 R. B. Bradley 1911–1913 James Ross McKenzie 1913–1915 R. McL. Dickie 1915–1917 W. J. Lambert 1917–1919 W. J. Griffiths 1919–1920 Robert Cowen 1920–1922 R. E. Francis 1922–1924 R. Palin 1924–1926 A. A. Lewis 1926–1927 William Richard (Billy) Orr 1927–1936 Ernest Phillips 1936–1946 William Henry Langford 1946–1950 E. V. (Vic) Martin 1950–1952 Arthur A. Mills 1952–1961
Shire of Gosnells President Term Arthur A. Mills 1961–1973
Town of Gosnells Mayor Term Arthur A. Mills 1973–1977
City of Gosnells Mayor Term Arthur A. Mills 1977–1979 Ray Harris 1979–1983 Lyal Richardson 1983–1989 Patricia Morris 1989–1993 Olwen Searle 1993–1996 N. J. Smith 1996–1999 Patricia Morris 1999–2007 Olwen Searle 2007–2011 Dave Griffiths 2011–2015 Olwen Searle 2015–2017 Glenn Dewhurst 2017–2019 David Goode 2019–2021 Terresa Lynes 2021–present
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