The Town of Bassendean in Perth, Western Australia was established as the West Guildford Road District, with a chairman and councillors, on 10 May 1901 under the District Roads Act 1871. It was renamed Bassendean on 7 July 1922. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road districts became Shires, with a president and councillors, effective 1 July 1961. On 1 July 1975, the Shire of Bassendean became the Town of Bassendean, with a mayor and councillors.[1][2][3]: 38
The female mayor was Vicki Philipoff, who was elected in 1995, and served two years.[4]
Chairman | Term |
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Cyril Jackson[5] | 1901–1903 |
J. T. Short | 1903–1905 |
Charles Rickwood Wicks | 1907–1908 |
Percy J. Atkins[5] | 1908–1909 |
P. J. Huelin | 1909–1910 |
Charles Rickwood Wicks | 1910–1913 |
J. Pickering | 1913–1914 |
A. Y. Garnsworthy | 1914–1915 |
H. C. Barnard | 1915–1917 |
Charles Rickwood Wicks | 1917–1920 |
Edward James Clay[5] | 1920–1921 |
Commissioner (9 February–9 April 1921) | 1921 |
John Pickering | 1921–1922 |
Chairman | Term |
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John Pickering | 1922–1923 |
John Milne Steele | 1923–1928 |
Joseph Gallagher[5] | 1928–1929 |
Richard Alexander McDonald[3] | 1929–1938 |
Edward Ernest Ireland | 1938–1939 |
Richard Alexander McDonald[3] | 1939–1947 |
John Henry Smallman[5] | 1947–1952 |
Charles Otto Freiberg | 1952–1955 |
Samuel James Faithful | 1955–1957 |
Charles Otto Freiberg | 1957–1958 |
Alfred Charles Faulkner | 1958–1960 |
Richard Alexander McDonald | 1960–1961 |
President | Term |
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Richard Alexander McDonald[3] | 1961–1962 |
Alfred Charles Faulkner[3] | 1962–1970 |
Dr John George Paterson[3] | 1970–1975 |
Mayor | Term |
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Dr John Paterson[3]: 28–29 | 1975–1984 |
John Bernard Cox[3]: 29 | 1984–1988 |
Paul Bridges[3]: 29 | 1988–1990 |
John Bernard Cox[3]: 29 | 1990–1995 |
Vicki Philipoff[4] | 1995–1997 |
Lindsay Fisher | 1997–1997 |
Bevan Carter | 1997–2001 |
Greg Peterson | 2001–2003 |
Tina Klein[4][6][7] | 2003–2009 |
John Gangell[8][9] | 2009–2017 |
Renee McLennan[10] | 2017–2021 |
Kath Hamilton[10] | 2021–present |