List of mayors of Albany, Western Australia

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 present (until 2021) Dennis Wellington^[24]

References

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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. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. 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. "Charles Horne Wittenoom". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
18. 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.