Frank Gibson (politician)

Sir Frank Ernest Gibson (11 July 1878 – 31 December 1965) was an Australian politician.

Born at Egerton, Victoria, to Irish-born policeman Alexander Gibson and Louisa Herring, he attended Grenville College and the School of Mines at Ballarat, before moving to Western Australia as a qualified pharmacist, setting up a business in Leonora in 1909.

Gibson gave his official farewell speech on 19 November 1951 at last council meeting before the elections were held on 24 November, where William F Samson was elected unopposed as mayor.

[2] In 1921, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Nationalist member for Fremantle, but was defeated in 1924.

[1] Frank Gibson Park, a netball facility in Fremantle, is named after him.