Editing Fremantle (section)

==Politics==
{{See also|List of mayors of Fremantle}}
[[File:Fremantle Town Hall, Western Australia.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Fremantle Town Hall]]]]
The Fremantle [[Electoral district of Fremantle|state seat]] was continuously held by the [[Australian Labor Party]] from 1924 until 2009, when it was lost at a [[2009 Fremantle state by-election|by-election]] to [[Greens WA|Greens]] candidate [[Adele Carles]]. The seat was returned to Labor ([[Simone McGurk]]) in the [[2013 Western Australian state election|2013 state election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election 2013 |year=2013 |website=Western Australian Electoral Commission |url=http://elections.wa.gov.au/results/sg2013/la/FRE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312035923/http://elections.wa.gov.au/results/sg2013/la/FRE |archive-date=2013-03-12 |access-date=2022-05-23 }}</ref> The [[Division of Fremantle|federal electorate]] has returned Labor members continuously since 1934, including former Prime Minister [[John Curtin]], and is represented by [[Josh Wilson (politician)|Josh Wilson]].

The local government of the [[City of Fremantle]] consists of a mayor and council. Hannah Fitzhardinge has been the mayor since the 2021 local government elections.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Elected Members |url=https://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/your-elected-members |publisher=City of Fremantle |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>

[[Image:John Curtin Fremantle.jpg|thumb|left|Member for Fremantle and wartime prime minister [[John Curtin]] (left) at the launch of [[HMAS Fremantle (J246)|HMAS ''Fremantle'']], 1942]]
Fremantle has been represented by some significant Australian political figures. [[John Curtin]] served as [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] during the Second World War, and is often described as one of the nation's greatest political leaders. The state's [[Curtin University|largest university]] and a [[John Curtin College of the Arts|major secondary school]] in Fremantle are named after him, and his statue stands in [[Kings Square, Fremantle|Kings Square]] near the Fremantle Town Hall. A long-serving mayor of the town, Sir [[Frank Gibson (politician)|Frank Gibson]] (1919–1923 and 1926–1952), was also a Liberal parliamentarian from 1942 to 1956. Gibson, a pharmacist with a shop in High Street, was admired by all sides of politics for his civic leadership and tireless work for the city, especially during the Second World War, when he is said to have visited every ship that called at the port. He was a leading figure in many civic organisations and his stepson, Roger Dunkley, was medical officer with the 2nd/2nd Independent Company during the [[Timor]] campaign in the Second World War. [[Carmen Lawrence]], the first female premier of an Australian state, later represented Fremantle in the federal [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].

Fremantle has seen many industrial [[organizational conflict|conflicts]], the most famous of which occurred in 1919 when rioting broke out during the [[1919 Fremantle Wharf riot|Battle of the Barricades]], resulting in one death and many injuries.<ref>{{cite wikisource |author=Australian Labor Federation |title=The Fremantle Wharf Crisis of 1919 |date=1920}}</ref>

On 10 November 2006, Australian state and territory [[attorney general|attorneys general]] met in Fremantle to sign the [[Fremantle Declaration]], a restatement and affirmation of legal and human rights principles in Australia.<ref>Coorey, Phillip; Dick, Tim (11 November 2006). [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/fair-trials-accord-adds-to-pressure-over-hicks/2006/11/10/1162661897733.html "Fair trials accord adds to pressure over Hicks"], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref> In 2011, Prime Minister [[Julia Gillard]] launched the [[Commonwealth Youth Programme|Commonwealth Youth Forum]] in Fremantle as part of the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011]], held in Perth 28–30 October.<ref>Mullany, Ashlee (24 October 2011). [http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/special-features/gillard-tells-youth-to-be-idealists/story-fnamyn6p-1226175384336 "Gillard tells youth to be idealistic"], ''[[Perth Now]]''. Retrieved 7 November 2011.</ref>