Captain Sir James Stirling RN
1828 – 1839
Former Governors
Appointed in 1828, Captain James Stirling was the first Governor of the Colony (now State) of Western Australia. Today, our former Governors have a combined length of service of more than 180 years between them.
Find out more in the profiles below.
John Hutt Esq
1839 – 1846
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew K H Clarke
1846 – 1847
Captain Charles Fitzgerald RN
1848 – 1855
Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy
1855 – 1862
John Stephen Hampton Esq
1862 – 1868
Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine
1868 – 1869
Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld
1869 – 1875
Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson GCMG
1875 – 1877; 1880 – 1883 & 1890 – 1895
Major-General Sir Harry St George Ord RE KCMG CB
1878 – 1880
Sir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG
1883 – 1889
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Gerard Smith KCMG
1895 – 1900
Captain Sir Arthur Lawley KCMG
1901 – 1902
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford GCB
1903 – 1909
Sir Gerald Strickland KCMG
1909 – 1913
Major-General Sir Harry Barron KCMG CVO
1913 – 1917
Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney PC KCMG
1917 – 1920
Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate KCMG
1920 – 1924
Colonel Sir William Robert Campion KCMG DSO
1924 – 1931
Sir James Mitchell GCMG
1948 – 1951
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner KCMG KCVO GBE CB
1951 – 1963
Major General Sir Douglas Anthony Kendrew KCMG CB CBE DSO
1963 – 1973
Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC KCMG CB DSO OBE DFC
1974 – 1975
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO
1975 – 1980
Rear Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge KCVO
1980 – 1983
Professor Gordon Stanley Reid PhD
1984 – 1989
Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt AC KCMG QC
1990 – 1993
Major General the Honourable Michael Jeffery AC AO (Mil) CVO MC (Retd)
1993 – 2000
Lieutenant General the Honourable John Murray Sanderson AC
2000 – 2005
The Honourable Dr Kenneth Comninos Michael AC
2006 – 2011
The Honourable Malcolm James McCusker AC CVO QC
2011 – 2014
The Honourable Kerry Gaye Sanderson AC
2014 – 2018