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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

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

Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson GCMG ^1/3

1878 – 1880

Major-General Sir Harry St George Ord RE KCMG CB

1880 – 1883

Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson GCMG ^2/3

1883 – 1889

Sir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG

1890 – 1895

Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson GCMG ^3/3

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