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 du Boulay |
1877–1878 |
| George Baston Sen. |
1879–1880 |
| Charles Crowther |
1881 |
| George Baston Sen. |
1882 |
| Edward Shenton |
1883 |
| William Henry 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 Davis |
1905 |
| Francis Armstrong |
1905–1907 |
| John G. Smith |
1908 |
| William Jose |
1909 |
| John Urch |
1910–1911 |
| Benjamin Fuller |
1912 |
| L. M. T. 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 |
| five commissioners |
2011–present |
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