List of mayors of Cockburn
Introduction The City of Cockburn in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 12 February 1871 as the Fremantle Road Board with a chairman and councillors under the ''District Roads Act 1871''. It was renamed Cockburn on 21 January 1955, 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 Cockburn was declared a town on 24 January 1971, at which point the president became a mayor. Cockburn attained city status on 26 October 1979.
Chairmen  Chairman  Term  Edward Higham  1871–1876 Henry Maxwell Lefroy  1876–1879 William Silas Pearse  1879–1880 Walter Easton  1880–1881 Joshua Harwood  1881–1887 James Herbert  1887–1892 Walter Easton  1892–1894 Walter Powell  1895–1900 Robert Holmes  1900–1905 Arthur Davies  1905–1911 John Cooke  1911–1916 William Reason  1916–1917 Henry Dixon  1917–1919 John Cooke  1919–1921 William Reason  1921–1925 Edwin Follington  1925–1926 Angus McLeod  1926–1929 Alfred Newman  1929–1930 Edwin John Follington  1930–1932 Alfred Mayor  1932–1935 Walton Matthew Winfield  1935–1939 John Willis  1939–1944 Andrew Bailey  1944–1945 Alfred Isted  1945–1946 George Wells  1946–1947 Sydney Frank Jesse Hammond  1947–1949 Alfred Mayor  1949–1950 Edward James Smith  1950–1953 Joseph Henry Cooper  1953–1961: John Willis died on 19 September 1944.Andrew Bailey was elected by the other councillors to fill the remainder of his term, which expired on 21 April 1945.
Mayors  Mayor  Term  Joseph Cooper  1961–1972 Alan Thomas  1972–1979 Don de san Miguel (OAM)  1979–1993 Ray Lees  1993–1997 John Grljusich  1997–2000 Stephen Lee  2000–2009 Logan Howlett  2009–present
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