List of mayors of Belmont

The City of Belmont in Perth, Western Australia, was originally established on 2 December 1898 as a road board with a chairman and councillors under the District Roads Act 1871. It was renamed "Belmont Park Road District" on 4 October 1907. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road districts became Shires, with a president and councillors, effective 1 July 1961. On 17 February 1979, the Shire of Belmont became a City, with a mayor and councillors.^[1]^[2] Since 2023, the mayor of the City of Belmont has been popularly elected. Before that, the mayor was elected by the councillors.^[3]

Belmont Park Road District

Chairman	Term
John Handron-Smith	1899–1900
H. G. Duncan^[4]^: 4	1900–1906
R. C. Plant^[4]^: 30	1906–1908
E. J. Hayes^[4]^: 39	1908–1909
J. O. Fisher^[4]^: 18	1909–1910
H. G. Duncan^[4]^: 4	1910–1911
Albert Ernest Rowe	1911-1912
J. O. Fisher^[4]^: 18	1912–1916
E. C. Standing	1916
P. D. Mulligan^[4]^: 27	1916–1917
J. J. Austin^[4]^: 38	1917–1918
Thomas Lawrence Garvey^[4]^: 19, 95	1918–1919
Albert Ernest Rowe^[4]^: 32	1919–1921
M. S. Wake^[4]^: 36	1921–1923
Donald McLachlan^[4]^: 27	1923–1927
Albert Ernest Rowe^[4]^: 32	1927–1929
F. Piercey^[4]^: 30	1929–1930
Albert Ernest Rowe^[4]^: 32	1930–1938
Donald McLachlan^[4]^: 27	1938–1942
W. A. Walsh^[4]^: 36	1942–1943
Albert Ernest Rowe^[4]^: 32	1943–1944
Clive M. Forster^[4]^: 94	1944–1946
Francis David Wilson^[4]^{: 37, 101}	1946–1951
Robert Henry Selby^[4]^: 99	1951–1955
Francis David Wilson^[4]^: 37	c. 1956–1957
Robert Henry Selby^[4]^: 99	1957–1958
Patrick John Faulkner^[4]^: 94	1958–1960
Ronald F. W. Cracknell^[4]^: 93	1960–1961
Patrick John Faulkner^[4]^: 94	1961

Shire of Belmont

President	Term
Patrick John Faulkner^[4]^: 94	1961–1962
Bart A. M. Clayden	1962–1964
J. G. Sissons^[4]^: 33	1964–1966
Ronald F. W. Cracknell^[4]^: 93	1966–1967
Francis David Wilson^[4]^: 37	1967–1968
Edwin Jack Miles^[4]^: 97	1968–1969
Reginald E. Ellery^[4]^: 4	1969–1971
Bart A. M. Clayden	1971–1973
Harold J. Wheatley^[4]^: 36	1973–1975
Thomas H. Henderson^[4]^: 5	1975–1977
Fred W. Rae^[4]^: 99	1977–1979

City of Belmont

Mayor	Term
Fred Rae^[4]^: 99	1979–1987
Peggy P. Parkin^[4]^: 7	1987–1994
Peter R. Passeri^[4]^: 8	1994–2005
Glenys Godfrey^[5]	2005–2011
Phil Marks^[6]^[7]^[8]	2011–2023
Robert Rossi^[3]	2023–present

References

^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.
^ "Local Government Act 1960-1978 - Order in Council (per LG. BL-1-10)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 22 December 1978. p. 1978:4778.
^ ^a ^b Dietsch, Jake (23 October 2023). "Local elections: Geraldton Mayor out for the count but Liberal candidate wins a spot in Rockingham". The West Australian. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al "List of Names of Streets/Roads, Suburbs, Parks, Perth Airport Roads and Schools". City of Belmont.
^ "Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia – Mrs Glenys Jenolan Godfrey". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ "Meet your Mayor and Councillors". City of Belmont. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ Dietsch, Jake (21 October 2021). "Bayswater council elects first female mayor". Perth Now. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ Rifici, Victoria (30 April 2023). "Mayors reveal whether they will recontest for their role or hang up their boots". PerthNow. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

Laurie, Maxine (1999). Ever flowing forward : the story of Belmont. City of Belmont. pp. 438–439. ISBN 0-646-37227-0.

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Perth

Cities	Armadale Bayswater Belmont Canning Cockburn Fremantle Gosnells Joondalup Kalamunda Kwinana Melville Nedlands Perth Rockingham South Perth Stirling Subiaco Swan Vincent Wanneroo
Towns	Bassendean Cambridge Claremont Cottesloe East Fremantle Mosman Park Victoria Park
Shires	Mundaring Peppermint Grove Serpentine-Jarrahdale