Sir Robert Evelyn Porter (1913 – 1983), generally known as "Tom", was a South Australian businessman and Mayor of Adelaide from 1968 to 1971.
Porter was for a time the manager of Childerley Park Station, Naracoorte,[2] then served as a lieutenant in the 2nd AIF, promoted to major.
He followed his father in the stockbroking business, as a partner in F. W. Porter & Co. of Brookman Building on Grenfell Street, Adelaide.
Porter married June Perry, of King's Park Avenue, Crawley, Perth on 31 March 1942.
In 1949 he was elected to the Adelaide City Council as Councillor for Hindmarsh ward, and was appointed Consul for Belgium.