title: List of mayors of Fremantle
text: # List of mayors of Fremantle
  
  Fremantle, Western Australia was initially incorporated as a Town Trust with limited powers on 17 April 1848. The Municipal Institutions Act 1871 empanelled the Town Council with a Mayor, and it was made 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.
  
  ## Fremantle Town Trust
  
  Summary of Members of the Fremantle Town Trust, 1848-1871. Compiled from letters to the Colonial Secretary up to 1856, and thereafter from the Minutes of the Fremantle Town Trust.
  
  | Mayor | Term |
  | - | - |
  | Capt. Daniel Scott | 1848–1851 |
  | J.W. Davey | 1851–1852 |
  | Capt. Daniel Scott | 1853–1854 |
  | Thomas Carter | 1855 |
  | Capt. Daniel Scott | 1856–1858 |
  | Charles Alexander Manning | 1859–1867 |
  | Edward Newman | 1868–1869 |
  | William Silas Pearse | 1870–1871 |
  
  ## Town of Fremantle
  
  Summary of Office-bearers of the Fremantle Town Council. Compiled from the Minutes of the Fremantle Town Council which are intact from 1871-1873
  
  | Mayor | Term |
  | - | - |
  | William Silas Pearse | 1871–1872 |
  | J. Thomas | 1873 |
  | William Marmion | 1874 |
  | J. Thomas | 1875 |
  | Henry Maxwell Lefroy | 1876 |
  | James Manning | 1877 |
  | Edward Higham | 1878–1880 |
  | Elias Solomon | 1881 |
  | Edward Higham | 1882 |
  | Barrington Wood | 1883 |
  
  ## Municipality of Fremantle
  
  Summary of Members of the Fremantle Municipal Council 1883-1929. Compiled from the Minutes of the Fremantle Municipal Council.
  
  | Mayor | Term | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Barrington Clarke Wood | 1883–1885 | |
  | Daniel Keen Congdon | 1886–1888 | |
  | Elias Solomon | 1889–1891 | Also member for South Fremantle 1892–1901; Federal member for Fremantle (Free Trade Party) 1901–1903 |
  | William Frederick Samson | 1892–1893 | Uncle of Sir Frederick Samson |
  | Daniel Keen Congdon | 1894 | |
  | George Alfred Davies | 1895 | Brother of Edward William Davies (below) |
  | Elias Solomon | 1896–1898 | |
  | James McHenry Clark | 1899 | |
  | Elias Solomon | 1900–1901 | |
  | Edward William Davies | 1901 | Removed on the grounds of insanity; died 1904; brother of George Davies (above) |
  | Lawrence Alexander | 1901–1902 | |
  | Tom Smith | 1903 | |
  | Frank Cadd | 1904–1905 | |
  | Michael Samson | 1905–1907 | Father of Sir Frederick Samson; died in office. |
  | William Murphy | 1907–1909 | |
  | Edward Henry Fothergill | 1909–1910 | |
  | Joseph Holmes | 1911 | Elected but did not occupy the chair |
  | Frederick James McLaren | 1912–1914 | |
  | William Ernest Wray | 1914–1918 | |
  | William Montgomery | 1919 | |
  | Frank Gibson | 1919–1923 | |
  | John Cooke | 1924–1926 | |
  | Frank Gibson | 1927–1929 | |
  
  ## City of Fremantle
  
  Summary of Members of the Fremantle City Council, 1929–present.
  
  | Mayor | Term | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sir Frank Gibson | 1929–1951 | |
  | Sir Frederick Samson | 1951–1972 | Grandson of Lionel Samson, early settler |
  | Bill McKenzie | 1972–1984 | |
  | John Cattalini | 1984–1994 | |
  | Jenny Archibald | 1994–1996 | |
  | Richard Utting | 1997–2001 | |
  | Peter Tagliaferri | 2001–2009 | |
  | Brad Pettitt | 2009–2021 | Elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2021 Western Australian state election |
  | Hannah Fitzhardinge | 2021–present | |
  