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.
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18531856John Augustus Conroy
18561857Frederick Palgrave Barlee
1857William Hogan
18571858Alfred Hawes Stone
1858Charles Symmons
18581860Alexander Thomas Cockburn-Campbell
18611866William Hogan
18661867Robert Henry Crampton
18671871Gustavus Edward Cockburn Hare
1871William Henry Timperley
18711887Matthew Skinner Smith
18871900George Braithwaite Phillips
1900William Chipper Lawrence
19001912Frederick Arthur Hare
19121933Robert Connell
19331934William Archibald Douglas
19341945David Hunter
19451951John Doyle
19511958Thomas Hermann Andersen
19581965James Murray O'Brien
19651971Richard Thomas Napier
19711975Athol Logan Moore Wedd
19751981George Owen Arthur Leitch
19811985John Henry Porter
19851994Brian Bull
19941999Robert Falconer
19992004Barry Eldon Matthews
20042017Karl Joseph O'Callaghan
2017Chris Dawson