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List of mayors of Albany, Western Australia

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The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It has been led by mayors including:

1885 William Finlay, the inaugural mayor of Albany[1][2]
1886 to 1888 William Grills Knight
1888 Lancel Victor de Hamel[3]
1889 to 1890 John Moir
1891 Robert Andrew Muir
1894 to 1897 John Moir
1897 to 1899 William Grills Knight[4][5]
1899 to 1907 Cuthbert McKenzie[6][7]
1908 to 1912 Harry Sims[8][9]
1913 to 1915 Herbert Robinson[10][11]
1916 E.G. McKenzie[12]
1917 A.F. Cuddihy[13]
1918 to 1921 W.J.Day[14][15][16]
1923 to 1926 Charles Wittenoom[17]
1926 to 1931 Charles Wittenoom[17]
1931 George William Stead[18]
1936 to 1939 Henry John Chadwick Hanrahan[18]
1940 to 1952 Charles Wittenoom[17]
1953 to 1955 Denis Robinson[18]
1985 June Hodgson[19]
1988 to 1998 Annette Knight[20]
1999 to 2007 Alison Goode[21]
2007 to 2011 Milton Evans[22][23]
2011 to 2023 Dennis Wellington[24]
2023 to present Greg Stocks[25]

References

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  1. ^ "William Finlay - Albany's First Mayor". Nabo. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Obituary late Mr. M U Green". Albany Advertiser. Vol. 5, no. 547. Western Australia. 14 January 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Garden, Donald (1981). "de Hamel, Lancel Victor (1849–1894)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. ^ "The late Mr. W. G. Knight". Great Southern Herald. Vol. 2, no. 75. Western Australia. 9 May 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 4 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Death of Mr. W. G. Knight, J.P." Albany Advertiser. Vol. XV, no. 2, 172. Western Australia. 6 May 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 4 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Country News". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Recognition of public service. The mayor entertained by citizens". Albany Advertiser. Vol. XX, no. 2574. Western Australia. 9 October 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "General news". Petersburg Times. Vol. XXII, no. 701. South Australia. 22 December 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Social Notes". Observer. Vol. LXIX, no. 5, 401. South Australia. 7 September 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Albany and its hinterland". Gnowangerup Times. Vol. 1, no. 15. Western Australia. 25 January 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Albany and its Trade Zone". The Southern Districts Advocate. Vol. 2, no. 150. Western Australia. 1 December 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Kojonup". Great Southern Herald. Vol. 14, no. 1, 296. Western Australia. 10 May 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Great Southern Inter-District conference". The West Australian. Vol. XXXIII, no. 4, 675. Western Australia. 27 March 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 26 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Advertising". The Albany Advertiser. Western Australia. 26 January 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2020 – via Trove.
  15. ^ "Advertising". The Albany Advertiser. Western Australia. 5 February 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2020 – via Trove.
  16. ^ "Local and General News". The Albany Advertiser. Western Australia. 16 April 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2020 – via Trove.
  17. ^ a b c "Charles Horne Wittenoom". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  18. ^ a b c Roy & Beatrice Little. "Biographical Summaries" (PDF). Albany History Collection. City of Albany.
  19. ^ "Desert Mounted Corps Memorial". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  20. ^ "Vale Annette Knight AM". City of Albany. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  21. ^ "Albany Mayor rejects call to resign". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  22. ^ "Re-count sees Evans elected as Albany Mayor". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  23. ^ "Albany to get new mayor". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  24. ^ "WA council elections: New mayors elected in Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder in regional WA". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  25. ^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Albany". www.elections.wa.gov.au. Western Australian Electoral Commission. 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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