The City of South Perth is a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. It was established on 9 June 1892 as the South Perth Road District, with a chairman as the leader of the road board. In February 1902, it became the Municipality of South Perth, with a mayor as the leader of its municipal council. It changed back to the South Perth Road District in March 1922, and then changed back to the Municipality of South Perth in February 1956. It became the City of South Perth in June 1959, still with a mayor as the leader of the city council.

South Perth Road Board (1892–1902) ChairmanTermA. B. Wright1892–1893W. James1893–1894John Daniel Manning1894–1895W. James1895–1896John Daniel Manning1896–1897E. C. Shenton1898–1899J. D. Manning1899–1901

Municipality of South Perth (1902–1922) MayorTermJ. Charles1902A. B. Wright1902–1904S. W. Curtis1904–1906T. Coombe1906–1908H. McA. Henning1908–1909E. C. Shenton1909–1912R. D. Jones1913–1914Alec Clydesdale1914–1921J. W. Paterson1921

South Perth Road Board (1922–1956) ChairmanTermJ. W. Paterson1922H. A. Pilgrimm1922E. Tindale1922–1924S. H. Fletcher1924–1925G. H. W. Long1925–1926I. C. Campbell1926–1928G. H. W. Long1928–1930H. A. Pilgrim1930–1934G. V. Abjornson1934–1940D. F. Vincent1940–1948S. Lambert1948–1951R. W. King1951–1956

Municipality of South Perth (1956–1959) MayorTermR. W. King1956W. C. G. Thomas1956–1959

City of South Perth MayorTermW. C. G. Thomas1959–1968J. G. Burnett1968–1989P. Campbell1989–1995J. E. Hardwick1995–1999S. E. Pierce1999–2000None (Commissioner was J. F. Donaldson)2000–2002John Collins2002–2007James Best2007–2011Sue Doherty2011–2019Greg Milner2019–present

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