List of mayors of Geraldton
This is a list of mayors of the City of Greater Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia, and its predecessors.
Geraldton was originally established as a Municipality with a mayor and councillors under the Municipal Institutions Act in 1871. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all municipalities became Towns effective 1 July 1961. On 22 April 1988, Geraldton was declared a City. In July 2007, it merged with the surrounding Shire of Greenough to form the City of Geraldton-Greenough.
In July 2011, the City merged with the Shire of Mullewa to form the City of Greater Geraldton.
Municipality of Geraldton
Mayor | Term |
Capt. Daniel Scott | 1871–1874 |
Charles Crowther | 1875–1876 |
Arthur Houssemayne du Boulay | 1877–1878 |
George Baston Sen. | 1879–1880 |
Charles Crowther | 1881 |
George Baston Sen. | 1882 |
Edward Shenton | 1883 |
William Hepburn Gale | 1884 |
George Baston Sen. | 1885–1886 |
William Jose | 1887–1888 |
Edward Shenton | 1889–1891 |
Henry Spalding | 1892 |
William Jose | 1893 |
Charles Watson Gray | 1894 |
Charles Reilly | 1895 |
Harry Ainsworth | 1896 |
Henry Spalding | 1897 |
Robert Hutchinson | 1898–1900 |
Edward Pope | 1901 |
William Jose | 1902–1904 |
Frank E. Davis | 1905 |
Francis Gow Armstrong | 1905–1907 |
John Greenwood Smith | 1908 |
William Jose | 1909 |
John Urch | 1910–1911 |
Benjamin M. Fuller | 1912 |
Launcelot Machell Hungerford | 1913 |
George Adam Kempton | 1913–1915 |
William Bower Fallowfield | 1915–1917 |
Frank Green | 1917–1919 |
George Adam Kempton | 1919–1921 |
George Ernest Sewell | 1921–1922 |
George Adam Kempton | 1922–1923 |
Frank Green | 1923–1925 |
George Ernest Sewell | 1925–1929 |
George Alexander Houston | 1929–1930 |
John McCabe | 1930–1931 |
George Lester | 1931–1936 |
Richard Carson | 1936–1945 |
Dr James McAleer | 1945–1957 |
Charles Stewart Eadon-Clarke | 1957–1961 |
Town of Geraldton
Mayor | Term |
Charles Eadon-Clarke | 1961–1968 |
Vic Askew | 1968–1972 |
Charles Mildwaters | 1972–1977 |
Lyle James Harris | 1977–1982 |
Phil Cooper | 1982–1988 |
Mayor | Term |
Faye Simpson | 1988–1991 |
Edward Whelan | 1991–1994 |
Phil Cooper | 1994–2001 |
Vickie Petersen | 2001–2007 |
Mayor | Term |
Ian Carpenter | 2007–2011 |
Mayor | Term |
Ian Carpenter | 2011–2015 |
Shane Van Styn | 2015–present |
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