# List of mayors and lord mayors of Perth

The history of the City of Perth, a local government area of Western Australia is defined over three distinct periods:
* From 1829 to 1838 — controlled by the Governor of Western Australia
* From 1838 to 1858 — controlled by the Perth Town Trust
* From 1858 to present — controlled by the Perth City Council, later renamed City of Perth

## Origins

On 15 June 1837, an Act was proclaimed to ..provide for the management of roads, streets and other internal communications within the settlement of Western Australia. The management and control was vested in a body of trustees consisting of the Justices of the Peace resident in the town; and the proprietors of allotments held in fee simple. The act was repealed in September 1842 and authority was conferred on elected representatives. The first elected Chairman and committee took office on 8 February 1842 and comprised:
* Walter Boyd Andrews (Chairman)
* George Leake, James Purkis, Peter Broun, W. H. Drake, Richard Jones (committee members)
* James Purkis was appointed treasurer
On 23 February 1856 (two years before the dissolution of the Trust), Perth was constituted a city upon the foundation of the Bishopric of Perth through the consecration of the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Matthew Blagden Hale.
From 1858 to 1880, the President of the Council was styled "Chairman", from 1880 until 1929, the Chairman was termed the "Mayor" and from 1929 the mayor was elevated to the title of "Lord Mayor".

## Chairman, Perth Town Trust (1838–1858)

| Officeholder | Term |
| George Leake | 1838–1840 |
| Richard Hinds | 1841 |
| Walter Boyd Andrews | 1842 |
| Thomas Helms | 1843–1845 |
| James Purkis | 1846–1848 |
| Thomas Helms | 1849 |
| Henry Laroche Cole | 1853 |
| George Shenton Sr | 1854–1855 |
| George Shenton Sr; Sir Luke Leake | 1856 |
| George Shenton Sr | 1857–1858 |

## Chairman, Perth City Council (1858–1879)

| Officeholder | Term |
| Henry Laroche Cole | 1858–1860 |
| Julian Carr | 1861–1863 |
| Julian Carr; Alfred Hillman; George Haysom | 1864 |
| Julian Carr | 1865–1868 |
| Julian Carr; George Glyde | 1869 |
| George Glyde | 1870–1873 |
| George Randell | 1874–1875 |
| George Shenton | 1876–1877 |
| Sir Stephen Henry Parker | 1877–1879 |

## Mayor, Perth City Council (1880–1929)

| Officeholder | Term |
| George Shenton | 1880 |
| Stephen Henry Parker; George Shenton | 1881 |
| George Shenton | 1882–1884 |
| George Randell | 1885 |
| George Shenton | 1886–1888 |
| Dr Edward Scott | 1889–1891 |
| Edward Keane | 1891–1892 |
| Sir Stephen Henry Parker | 1892 |
| Alexander Forrest | 1893–1895 |
| Henry Saunders | 1895–1898 |
| Alexander Forrest | 1898–1900 |
| William Brookman | 1900–1901 |
| Sir Stephen Henry Parker | 1901 |
| William Loton | 1901–1902 |
| Harry Brown | 1902–1905 |
| Sydney Stubbs | 1905–1907 |
| Thomas Molloy | 1908–1909 |
| Richard Paul Vincent | 1909–1911 |
| Thomas Molloy | 1911–1912 |
| John Prowse | 1913–1914 |
| John Nicholson | 1914–1915 |
| Frank Rea | 1916–1917 |
| Sir William Lathlain | 1918–1923 |
| James Franklin | 1923–1929 |

## Lord Mayor, Perth City Council (since 1929)

| Officeholder | Term |
| Hon James T Franklin | 1929–1930 |
| Hon Sir William Lathlain | 1930–1932 |
| Hon James T Franklin | 1932–1934 |
| Joseph J. Poynton | 1934–1937 |
| Charles Harper | 1937–1939 |
| Sir Thomas William Meagher | 1940–1945 |
| Sir Joseph Totterdell | 1946–1953 |
| James Murray | 1953–1955 |
| Sir Harry Howard | 1955–1964 |
| Charles J. B. Veryard | 1964–1967 |
| Sir Thomas Wardle | 1967–1972 |
| Ernest Henry Lee-Steere | 1972–1978 |
| Sir Fred Chaney | 1978–1982 |
| Mick Michael | 1982–1988 |
| Chas Hopkins | 1988–1991 |
| Rt Hon Reg Withers | 1991–1994 |
| Dr Peter Nattrass | 1995–2007 |
| Lisa Scaffidi | 20 October 2007 – 2 March 2018 |
| None | 2 March 2018 – 18 October 2020 |
| Basil Zempilas | 19 October 2020 – present |

## Electoral results
### 2023

2023 Western Australian mayoral elections: Perth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Basil Zempilas | 3,264 | 56.50 | +27.06 |
| | Independent | Sandy Anghie | 2,108 | 36.49 | +26.92 |
| | Independent | Will Leyland | 405 | 7.01 | +7.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,777 | 99.26 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 43 | 0.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,820 | 34.51 | −6.78 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | +27.06 | |