The Municipality of Guildford was a

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. It first came into existence in 1838 as the Guildford Town Trust, before ceasing to function several years later. It was reconstituted in 1863, and became a Municipality in 21 February 1871 under the ''Municipal Institutions Act''. It ceased to exist when it was merged with the

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on 10 June 1960 to form the Swan-Guildford Road District.

Population

Chairmen and mayors

When first established, the council had a chairman. After June 1887, in celebration of the

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, it had a mayor. Among those who have been chairman or mayor of the Municipality of Guildford are: * Malachi Meagher (1873–1876) * William George Johnson (1881–1884) *

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(1884–1887) * William Johnson (1888–1890) * Frank Tratman (1890–1891) * Thomas Jecks (1891) * William Byers Wood (1891–1892) * William George Johnson (1892–1893) * Frank Henry Monger (1893–1894) * William George Johnson (1894–1896) *

Hector Rason Sir Cornthwaite Hector William James Rason (18 June 1858 – 15 March 1927), better known as Hector Rason, was the seventh Premier of Western Australia. Early life Rason was born in Cleeve, Somerset, in England on 18 June 1858. He was the son ...

(1897–1898) * William George Johnson (1907–1909) *

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(1914–1918) * Clarence Shalders (1952–1954) * Frank Anderson (1959–1960)

References

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