Former Governors Appointed in 1828, Captain James Stirling was the first Governor of the Colony (now State) of Western Australia. Today, the former Governors have a combined length of service of more than 180 years. 1828 – 1839^Captain James Stirling 1839 – 1846^John Hutt Esq 1846 – 1847^Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew K H Clarke 1848 – 1855^Captain Charles Fitzgerald RN 1855 – 1862^Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy 1862 – 1868^John Stephen Hampton Esq 1868 – 1869^Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine 1869 – 1875^Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld 1875 – 1877; 1880 – 1883 & 1890 – 1895^Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson GCMG 1878 – 1880^Major-General Sir Harry St George Ord RE KCMG CB 1883 – 1889^Sir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG 1895 – 1900^Lieutenant Colonel Sir Gerard Smith KCMG 1901 – 1902^Captain Sir Arthur Lawley KCMG 1903 – 1909^Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford GCB 1909 – 1913^Sir Gerald Strickland KCMG 1913 – 1917^Major-General Sir Harry Barron KCMG CVO 1917 – 1920^Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney PC KCMG 1920 – 1924^Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate KCMG 1924 – 1931^Colonel Sir William Robert Campion KCMG DSO 1948 – 1951^Sir James Mitchell GCMG 1951 – 1963^Lieutenant General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner KCMG KCVO GBE CB 1963 – 1973^Major General Sir Douglas Anthony Kendrew KCMG CB CBE DSO 1974 – 1975^Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC KCMG CB DSO OBE DFC 1975 – 1980^Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO 1980 – 1983^Rear Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge KCVO 1984 – 1989^Professor Gordon Stanley Reid PhD 1990 – 1993^Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt AC KCMG QC 1993 – 2000^Major General the Honourable Michael Jeffery AC AO (Mil) CVO MC (Retd) 2000 – 2005^Lieutenant General the Honourable John Murray Sanderson AC 2000 – 2005 2006 – 2011^The Honourable Dr Kenneth Comninos Michael AC 2011 – 2014^The Honourable Malcolm James McCusker AC CVO QC 2014 – 2018^The Honourable Kerry Gaye Sanderson AC 2018 – 2022^The Honourable Kim Beazley AC
