This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Fremantle in Fremantle, the port city of Perth, Western Australia, and its predecessors.

Fremantle was initially incorporated as a Town Trust with limited powers on 17 April 1848. The Municipal Institutions Act 1871 empanelled a Town Council with a Mayor, which became a Municipal Council in 1883. On 3 June 1929, Fremantle was declared a city — Western Australia's second after Perth, which was declared in 1856.

Contents 1 City of Fremantle 2 Municipality of Fremantle 3 Town of Fremantle 4 Fremantle Town Trust

[edit] City of Fremantle

Mayor	Term	Notes
Brad Pettitt	2009–present
Peter Tagliaferri	2001–2009
Richard Utting	1997–2001
Jenny Archibald	1994–1996
John Cattalini	1984–1994
Bill McKenzie	1972–1984
Sir Frederick Samson	1951–1972	Grandson of Lionel Samson, early settler
Frank Gibson	1929–1951

[edit] Municipality of Fremantle

Mayor	Term	Notes
Frank Gibson	1927–1929
John Cooke	1924–1926
Frank Gibson	1919–1923
William Montgomery	1919
William Ernest Wray	1914–1918
Frederick James McLaren	1912–1914
Joseph Holmes	1911	Elected but did not occupy the chair
Edward Henry Fothergill	1909–1910
William Murphy	1907–1909
Michael Samson	1905–1907	Father of Frederick Samson, died in office.
Frank Cadd	1904–1905
Tom Smith	1903
Lawrence Alexander	1901–1902
Edward William Davies	1901
Elias Solomon	1900–1901
James McHenry Clark	1899
Elias Solomon	1896–1898
G.A. Davies	1895
Daniel Congdon	1893–1894
William Frederick Samson	1892–1893	Uncle of Sir Frederick Samson
Elias Solomon	1889–1891	Also member for South Fremantle 1892–1901; Fed member for Fremantle (Free Trade) 1901–1903
Daniel Congdon	1886–1888
Barrington Wood	1883–1885

[edit] Town of Fremantle

Mayor	Term
Barrington Wood	1883
Edward Higham	1882
Elias Solomon	1881
Edward Higham	1878–1880
John Daniel Manning	1877
Henry Maxwell Lefroy	1876
J. Thomas	1875
William Marmion	1874
J. Thomas	1873
William Silas Pearse	1871–1872

[edit] Fremantle Town Trust

Mayor	Term
William Silas Pearse	1870–1871
Edward Newman	1868–1869
Charles Alexander Manning	1859–1867
Capt. Daniel Scott	1856–1858
Thomas Carter	1855
Capt. Daniel Scott	1853–1854
J.W. Davey	1851–1852
Capt. Daniel Scott	1848–1851