The City of Belmont in Perth, Western Australia, was originally established on 2 December 1898 as a road board with a chairman and councillors under the District Roads Act 1871. It was renamed "Belmont Park Road District" on 4 October 1907. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road districts became Shires, with a president and councillors, effective 1 July 1961. On 17 February 1979, the Shire of Belmont became a City, with a mayor and councillors.[1][2] Since 2023, the mayor of the City of Belmont has been popularly elected. Before that, the mayor was elected by the councillors.[3]
Belmont Park Road District
| Chairman | Term |
| John Handron-Smith | 1899–1900 |
| H. G. Duncan[4]: 4 | 1900–1906 |
| R. C. Plant[4]: 30 | 1906–1908 |
| E. J. Hayes[4]: 39 | 1908–1909 |
| J. O. Fisher[4]: 18 | 1909–1910 |
| H. G. Duncan[4]: 4 | 1910–1911 |
| Albert Ernest Rowe | 1911-1912 |
| J. O. Fisher[4]: 18 | 1912–1916 |
| E. C. Standing | 1916 |
| P. D. Mulligan[4]: 27 | 1916–1917 |
| J. J. Austin[4]: 38 | 1917–1918 |
| Thomas Lawrence Garvey[4]: 19, 95 | 1918–1919 |
| Albert Ernest Rowe[4]: 32 | 1919–1921 |
| M. S. Wake[4]: 36 | 1921–1923 |
| Donald McLachlan[4]: 27 | 1923–1927 |
| Albert Ernest Rowe[4]: 32 | 1927–1929 |
| F. Piercey[4]: 30 | 1929–1930 |
| Albert Ernest Rowe[4]: 32 | 1930–1938 |
| Donald McLachlan[4]: 27 | 1938–1942 |
| W. A. Walsh[4]: 36 | 1942–1943 |
| Albert Ernest Rowe[4]: 32 | 1943–1944 |
| Clive M. Forster[4]: 94 | 1944–1946 |
| Francis David Wilson[4]: 37, 101 | 1946–1951 |
| Robert Henry Selby[4]: 99 | 1951–1955 |
| Francis David Wilson[4]: 37 | c. 1956–1957 |
| Robert Henry Selby[4]: 99 | 1957–1958 |
| Patrick John Faulkner[4]: 94 | 1958–1960 |
| Ronald F. W. Cracknell[4]: 93 | 1960–1961 |
| Patrick John Faulkner[4]: 94 | 1961 |
Shire of Belmont
| President | Term |
| Patrick John Faulkner[4]: 94 | 1961–1962 |
| Bart A. M. Clayden | 1962–1964 |
| J. G. Sissons[4]: 33 | 1964–1966 |
| Ronald F. W. Cracknell[4]: 93 | 1966–1967 |
| Francis David Wilson[4]: 37 | 1967–1968 |
| Edwin Jack Miles[4]: 97 | 1968–1969 |
| Reginald E. Ellery[4]: 4 | 1969–1971 |
| Bart A. M. Clayden | 1971–1973 |
| Harold J. Wheatley[4]: 36 | 1973–1975 |
| Thomas H. Henderson[4]: 5 | 1975–1977 |
| Fred W. Rae[4]: 99 | 1977–1979 |
City of Belmont
References
- Laurie, Maxine (1999). Ever flowing forward : the story of Belmont. City of Belmont. pp. 438–439. ISBN 0-646-37227-0.