List of mayors of Geraldton

The City of Greater Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia was originally established as a Municipality with a mayor and councillors under the Municipal Institutions Act in 1871. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all municipalities became Towns effective 1 July 1961. On 22 April 1988, Geraldton was declared a City. In July 2007, it merged with the surrounding Shire of Greenough to form the City of Geraldton-Greenough.

In July 2011, the City merged with the Shire of Mullewa to form the City of Greater Geraldton.

Municipality of Geraldton

Mayor Term
Capt. Daniel Scott 1871–1874
Charles Crowther 1875–1876
Arthur Houssemayne du Boulay 1877–1878
George Baston Sen. 1879–1880
Charles Crowther 1881
George Baston Sen. 1882
Edward Shenton 1883
William Hepburn Gale 1884
George Baston Sen. 1885–1886
William Jose 1887–1888
Edward Shenton 1889–1891
Henry Spalding 1892
William Jose 1893
Charles Watson Gray 1894
Charles Reilly 1895
Harry Ainsworth 1896
Henry Spalding 1897
Robert Hutchinson 1898–1900
Edward Pope 1901
William Jose 1902–1904
Frank E. Davis 1905
Francis Gow Armstrong 1905–1907
John Greenwood Smith 1908
William Jose 1909
John Urch 1910–1911
Benjamin M. Fuller 1912
Launcelot Machell Hungerford 1913
George Adam Kempton 1913–1915
William Bower Fallowfield 1915–1917
Frank Green 1917–1919
George Adam Kempton 1919–1921
George Ernest Sewell 1921–1922
George Adam Kempton 1922–1923
Frank Green 1923–1925
George Ernest Sewell 1925–1929
George Alexander Houston 1929–1930
John McCabe 1930–1931
George Lester 1931–1936
Richard Carson 1936–1945
Dr James McAleer 1945–1957
Charles Stewart Eadon-Clarke 1957–1961

Town of Geraldton

Mayor Term
Charles Eadon-Clarke 1961–1968
Vic Askew 1968–1972
Harry Assad 1972–1977
Lyle James Harris 1977–1982
Phil Cooper 1982–1988
Mayor Term
Faye Simpson 1988–1991
Edward Whelan 1991–1994
Phil Cooper 1994–2001
Vickie Petersen 2001–2007
Mayor Term
Ian Carpenter 2007–2011
Mayor Term
Ian Carpenter 2011–2015
Shane Van Styn 2015-2023
Jerry Clune 2023-present

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