List of Governors of Western Australia
List of Governors of Western Australia
See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.
Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony
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
- Arthur Kennedy, 1855-1862
- John Hampton, 1862-1868
- Frederick Weld, 1869-1875
- William Robinson, 1875-1877
- Major-General Sir Harry Ord, 1878-1880
- Sir William Robinson, 1880-1883
- Sir Frederick Broome, 1883-1889
Governors of Western Australia as an Australian State
- Captain Sir Arthur Lawley, 1901-1902
- Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, 1903-1909
- Sir Gerald Strickland, 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
- Prof. Gordon Reid, 1983-1989
- Sir Francis Burt, 1990-1993
- Major-General Michael Jeffery, 1993-2000
- Lieutenant-General John Sanderson, from 2000
