City of Fremantle
Coastal Charm
In line with the local government reforms being introduced by the State Government the City of Fremantle implemented changes to the ward boundaries and council representation for the 2023 local government election.
The changes were adopted by Council in January 2023 and are endorsed by the Minister for Local Government and approved by the Governor of Western Australia. The Governor’s Order to finalise this process was gazetted in June 2023 (published in the Government Gazette No. 88 on 30 June 2023) The approved changes came into effect from the October 2023 Local Government Elections.
The City has been divided into four wards with boundaries. These changes took effect at the 2023 Local Government Election.
The wards are named Central, Coastal, East and North.
The City is transitioning to a new Council Representation structure, reducing the number of officers of councillor in two stages. For the 2023 Election, council representation was reduced from 12 to 10. For the 2025 Election it will be further reduce from 10 to eight.
The election of the Mayor does not change (i.e., elected by the combined electorate of all wards). The City’s Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge is currently serving until 2025.
Following the 21 October 2023 local government election, councillor representation is as follows:
(term expires at 2025 election)
(term expires at 2027 election)
Cr Andrew Sullivan
Cr Fedele Camarda
For the first two years, as the City transitions to the new representation structure there will be three councillors representing the Coastal and East wards and two representing Central and North wards during this transition period (as shown in the table above).
