The Town of Cottesloe in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 4 October 1895 as a road board with a chairman and councillors under the District Roads Act 1871. On 20 September 1907, it was proclaimed a municipality, with a mayor and councillors, under the Municipal Corporations Act 1906. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all municipalities became Towns effective 1 July 1961.
Cottesloe Road District Chairman Term John Foulkes 1895–1898 Octavius Lionel Haines 1898–1905 Thomas Ockerby 1905–1906 Frederic North 1906–1907
Municipality of Cottesloe Mayor Term John Stuart 1907–1908 Evan Wisdom 1908–1911 Frederic Dudley North 1911–1916 Thomas Ockerby 1916–1918 Thomas Henry Davey 1918–1921 Charles Melville Gibbons 1921–1923 Charles Frederic North 1923–1924 Aidan Hugh Bryan 1924–1928 Robert Wilkes 1928–1931 William Henry Ackland 1931–1932 John Black 1932–1945 Laurence Percival Gadsdon 1945–1961
Town of Cottesloe Mayor Term Cecil Leonard Harvey 1961–1974 James Anderson 1974–1987 Charles Murphy 1987–1994 Julian Donaldson 1994–1997 John Hammond 1997–2003 Robert Rowell 2003–2005 Kevin Morgan 2005–2013 Jo Dawkins 2013–2017 Philip Angers 2017–2021 Lorraine Young 2021–2025 Melissa Harkins 2025–present
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