The City of Subiaco is a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. It was established on 10 April 1896 as the Subiaco Road Board, with a chairman elected by the board members as its leader. The first chairman was Charles Hutt, who was the secretary of the Subiaco Progress Association. By the end of 1896, the population of the Subiaco Road District was above 2000, allowing the Road Board to apply to become a municipality. The government granted the request, and so the Municipality of Subiaco was gazetted on 26 March 1897. The first mayor of the Municipality of Subiaco was Henry Doyle. By 1952, the Municipality of Subiaco had reached a high enough population that it was eligible to become a city. Thus, on 8 February 1952, the City of Subiaco was gazetted.Thematic History and Framework. 2014, p. 41
The longest serving mayor is Joseph Abrahams, who served from 1949 to 1974.Thematic History and Framework. 2014, p. 56
Evelyn Parker, who was mayor from 1975 to 1977, was Western Australia's first woman mayor. She was honoured with the naming of the Evelyn H Parker Library in 1990.
Subiaco Road Board ChairmanTermNotesCharles Hart1896–1897Secretary of the Subiaco Progress AssociationThematic History and Framework. 2014, p. 18
Municipality of Subiaco
MayorTermNotesHenry Doyle1897–1898Chair of the Subiaco Board of HealthCharles Hart1898–1899Austin Bastow1899–1902Henry Daglish1902–1904Member for Subiaco from 24 April 1901 to 3 October 1911Premier of Western Australia from 10 August 1904 to 25 August 1905Honoured with the naming of the suburb of DaglishJohn Henry Prowse1904–1905Later served as the member for Swan and Forrest in the Parliament of AustraliaAustin Bastow1905–1907Henry Daglish1907–1908Member for Subiaco from 24 April 1901 to 3 October 1911Honoured with the naming of the suburb of DaglishThomas Harold "Shirley" White1908–1910Thematic History and Framework. 2014, p. 27James Chesters1910–1912Joseph Duffell1912–1915Member for the Metropolitan-Suburban Province from 22 May 1914 to 21 May 1926James Theophilus Guy1915–1916William John Berryman1916–1917Lionel Boas1917–1920William John Berryman1920–1921Walter Richardson1921–1922Member for Subiaco from 12 March 1921 to 8 April 1933Arthur Keene1922–1923Roland Astill Robinson1923–1926John Charles Roydhouse1926–1929G. H. Olney1929–1931H. L. Downe1931–1936Walter Richardson1936–1943Member for Subiaco from 12 March 1921 to 8 April 1933J. P. Bathgate1943–1949Joseph H. Abrahams1949–1952
City of Subiaco MayorTermNotesJoseph H. Abrahams1952–1974Longest serving mayor of Subiaco, at 25 yearsEvelyn Helena Parker1974–1977First woman mayor in Western Australia; second in AustraliaHonoured with the naming of the Evelyn H Parker Library in 1990Spillman, Ken. 2006, p. 2Alf Fernihough1977–1978Spillman, Ken. 2006, p. 48–51Richard Diggins1978–1989Thematic History and Framework. 2014, p. 51Helen Passmore1989–1994Spillman, Ken. 2006, p. 244, 282 Tony Costa1994–2005Heather Henderson2005–2017Chose not to contest 2017 electionSpillman, Ken. 2006, p. 313Penny Taylor2017–2021Chose not to contest 2021 electionDavid McMullen2021–presentRe-elected unopposed at the 2025 election
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