List of mayors of Melville

This is a list of mayors, presidents and chairmen of the City of Melville in Perth, Western Australia, and its predecessors.

Melville was originally established on 14 December 1900 as the East Fremantle Road Board with a chairman and councillors under the Roads Boards Act 1871. It was renamed Melville six months later, and with the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road boards became Shires with a shire president and councillors effective 1 July 1961. The Shire of Melville was declared a town on 28 September 1962, at which point the president became a mayor.[1] Melville attained city status on 3 May 1968.[2]

Chairmen

Mayor Term
H. A. Corbet 1901–1904
J. McKimmie 1904–1905
M. N. Buzacott 1905–1905
L. Ellson 1905–1906
C. M. Purdie 1906–1907
William Murray 1907–1909
C. M. Purdie 1909–1909
William Murray 1909–1911
R. Gordon 1911–1913
M. H. Hillary 1913–1915
William Murray 1915–1919
R. Gordon 1919–1920
William Murray 1920–1925
J. T. Denney 1925–1926
V. G. C. Riseley 1926–1928
Herbert John Locke 1928–1932
P. S. Jane 1932–1932
Ethelbert Furney Edwardes 1932–1943
William Charles Reynolds 1943–1945
Alick Hammond Bracks 1945–1954
William Richard Brown 1954–1957
Alick Hammond Bracks 1957–1961
Ronald Francis Carroll 1961–1962

Mayors

Mayor Term
Ron Carroll 1962–1971
Ken Hurst 1971–1973
Jack Howson 1973–1989
June Barton 1989–1995
Katherine Jackson[1] 1995–2007
Russell Aubrey 2007–present
1 Known as Katie Mair until 2003.

References

  1. ↑ "Local Government Act, 1960. Declaration as a Town. Provisions Concerning Elections. (per L.G. 433/62)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 September 1962. p. 1962:2680-2681.
  2. ↑ "Local Government Act, 1960-1967. Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 3 May 1968. p. 1968:1245.