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1 List of Governors of Western Australia

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

1.1 Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony

• Captain James Stirling, 1828-1832

1.2 Governors and acting Governors of Western Australia as a Crown Colony

• Captain James Stirling, 1832-1839
• John Hutt, 1839-1846
• Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, 1846-1847
• Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Irwin, 1847-1848
• Captain Charles Fitzgerald, 1848-1855
• Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1855-1862
• John Hampton, 1862-1868

( Sir Benjamin Pine was appointed Governor in July 1868 but never took office)

• Sir Frederick Weld, 1869-1875
• Sir William Robinson, 1875-1877
• Major-General Sir Harry Ord, 1878-1880
• Sir William Robinson, 1880-1883
• Sir Frederick Broome, 1883-1889

1.3 Governors of Western Australia as a self-governing colony

• Sir William Robinson, 1890-1895
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gerard SmithLieutenant-Colonel Sir Gerard Smith was Governor of Western Australia from 1895 to 1900. See also: List of Governors of Western Australia., 1895-1900

1.4 Governors of Western Australia as an Australian StateAustralia, having a federal system of government, is divided into states and territories . Each of these has a capital city, as listed below. Internal States and Territories # Australian Capital Territory ( Canberra) # New South Wales ( Sydney) # Victoria

• Captain Sir Arthur LawleyCaptain Sir Arthur Lawley was Governor of Western Australia from 1901 to 1902. See also: List of Governors of Western Australia., 1901-1902
• Admiral Sir Frederick BedfordAdmiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford was Governor of Western Australia from 1903 to 1909. See also: List of Governors of Western Australia., 1903-1909
• Sir Gerald StricklandSir Gerald Strickland ( Valletta, May 24, 1861 Malta, August 22, 1940) was Governor of Tasmania from 1904 to 1909, Governor of Western Australia from 1909 to 1913, Governor of New South Wales from 1913 to 1917 and Prime Minister of Malta from 1927 to 1932, 1909-1913
• Major-General Sir Harry Barron, 1913-1917
• Sir William Ellison-Macartney, 1917-1920
• Sir Francis Newdegate, 1920-1924
• Colonel Sir William Campion, 1924-1931

(The post of Governor was not filled between 1931 and 1948. Sir James Mitchell held the posts of Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator 1933-1948.)

• Sir James Mitchell, 1948-1951
• Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gairdner, 1951-1963
• Major-General Sir Douglas Kendrew, 1963-1973
• Air Commodore Sir Hughie Edwards, 1974-1975
• Air Chief Marshall Sir Wallace Kyle, 1975-1980
• Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge, 1980-1983
• Professor Gordon Reid, 1983-1989
• Sir Francis Burt, 1990-1993
• Major-General Michael Jeffery, 1993-2000
• Lieutenant-General John Sanderson, from 2000