Governor of Western Australia

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Governor of Western Australia
Viceroy
Provincial/State

Badge of the Governor
Incumbent:
Ken Michael
Style:
 His Excellency
Appointed by:
 Elizabeth II
as Queen of Australia
First viceroy:
 Captain James Stirling
Formation:
 February 6, 1832
Flag of the Governor of Western Australia
Flag of the Governor of Western Australia

The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia's Monarch Queen Elizabeth II. The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:

Furthermore, all Bills passed by the Parliament of Western Australia require the Governor’s signature before they become law (i.e. an Act).

The Governor of Western Australia is presently Ken Michael.

For further information on the office of Governor, see Governors of the Australian states.

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[edit] List of Governors of Western Australia

Government House, the residence of the Governor of Western Australia.
Government House, the residence of the Governor of Western Australia.

This is a list of Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Western Australia.

[edit] Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony

  • Captain James Stirling, 1828-1832
    • Stirling was in fact only commissioned as Governor of Western Australia from 4 March 1831, rectifying the absence of a legal instrument providing the authority detailed in Stirling's Instructions of 30 December 1828.Stirling had said

      I believe I am the first Governor who ever formed a settlement without Commission, Laws, Instructions and Salary.[1]

[edit] Governors and acting Governors of Western Australia as a Crown Colony

[edit] Governors of Western Australia as a self-governing colony

[edit] Governors of Western Australia as an Australian State

(The post of Governor was not filled between 1931 and 1948. Sir James Mitchell held the posts of Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator 1933-1948.)

[edit] Living former governors

As of November 2007, two former governors are alive, the oldest being Michael Jeffery (1993–2000, born 1937). The most recent governor to die was Sir Francis Burt (1990–93), in 2004.

Name Term as governor Date of birth
Michael Jeffery 1993–2000 December 12, 1937
John Sanderson 2000–2005 1940

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Commission appointing Stirling Governor and Commander-in-Chief 4 March 1831 (UK). Documenting a Democracy. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved on 2008-03-05. - see also Scan of 1st page of parchment original and Bathurst (1831). Transcription of Commission appointing Stirling Governor and Commander-in-Chief 4 March 1831 (UK) (pdf (5 pages)). Founding documents: 110 key documents that are the foundation of our nation. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.

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