List of Commissioners of Western Australian Police
The Western Australian Police Commissioner is the head of the Western Australia Police Force. The rank of Commissioner was formalised in 1887; prior to then the rank of Superintendent was more commonly used.[1][2]
Term | Name | References |
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1853–1856 | John Augustus Conroy | |
1856–1857 | Frederick Palgrave Barlee | [3][4][5]:127 |
1857 | William Hogan | [6]:1503 |
1857–1858 | Alfred Hawes Stone | [7]:2956 |
1858 | Charles Symmons | [7]:2999 |
1858–1860 | Alexander Thomas Cockburn-Campbell | [5]:585 |
1861–1866 | William Hogan | [8][6]:1503 |
1866–1867 | Robert Henry Crampton | [5]:702 |
1867–1871 | Gustavus Edward Cockburn Hare | [6]:1364 |
1871 | William Henry Timperley | [9][7]:3070 |
1871–1887 | Matthew Skinner Smith | [10][11][7]:2872 |
1887–1900 | George Braithwaite Phillips | [12][13][14]:2479 |
1900 | William Chipper Lawrence | [14]:1815 |
1900–1912 | Frederick Arthur Hare | [6]:1363 |
1912–1933 | Robert Connell | [15][5]:618 |
1933–1934 | William Douglas | [16] |
1934–1945 | David Hunter | [17] |
1945–1951 | John Doyle | [18] |
1951–1958 | Thomas Andersen | [19] |
1958–1965 | James O'Brien | |
1965–1971 | Richard Napier | |
1971–1975 | Athol Wedd | |
1975–1981 | Owen Leitch | |
1981–1985 | John Porter | |
1985–1994 | Brian Bull | |
1994–1999 | Robert (Bob) Falconer | [20] |
1999–2004 | Barry Matthews | |
2004–2017 | Karl O'Callaghan | |
2017– | Chris Dawson |
References
- "WA Police Commissioners". Western Australia Police Force. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- "Commissioners - Western Australia". Australian Federal Police. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- Honniball, J.H.M. (1969). "Barlee, Sir Frederick Palgrave (1827–1884)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 3. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 May 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Mennell, Philip (1892). "Barlee, Sir Frederick Palgrave". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- Rica Erickson (1987). The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians: pre-1829 – 1888. 1 A–C. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0 85564 270 X. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- Rica Erickson (1988). The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians: pre-1829 – 1888. 2 D–J. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0 85564 273 4. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- Rica Erickson (1988). The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians: pre-1829 – 1888. 4 R–Z. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0 85564 277 7. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- Kimberley, Warren Bert (1897). "Chapter 17". History of West Australia – via Wikisource.
- Erickson, Rica (1976). "Timperley, William Henry (1833–1909)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 6. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 May 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Conole, Peter (2005). "Smith, Matthew Skinner (1836–1887)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Supplementary Volume. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 May 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Mennell, Philip (1892). "Smith, Captain M. S.". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- Mennell, Philip (1892). "Phillips, Major George B.". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- Kimberley, Warren Bert (1897). "George Braithwaite Phillips". History of West Australia – via Wikisource.
- Rica Erickson (1988). The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians: pre-1829 – 1888. 3 K–Q. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0 85564 276 9. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- McArthur, T.J. (1993). "Connell, Robert (1867–1956)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 13. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 May 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- "William Archibald Douglas". Northern Times. Carnarvon, Western Australia. 26 November 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- "Police Commissioner : Inspector D. Hunter Chosen". The West Australian. Perth, Western Australia. 6 December 1934. p. 18. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- "New W.A. Police Chief Known Here". The News. Adelaide, South Australia. 20 January 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- "Mr. T.H. Andersen chosen as Police Commissioner". The West Australian. Perth, Western Australia. 28 February 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- Police, Western Australia. "Our History". Western Australia Police. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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