Andrew Sullivan first served as a City Ward councillor from 1992 to 1998, a South Ward councillor from 2009 to 2023 and Coastal Ward councillor from October 2023. He served as Deputy Mayor from 2019 to 2021.
Andrew is focused on revitalising Fremantle’s core and developing village nodes in each community. ‘People’ are at the core of his strategies: bringing in more residents, workers, and tourists to help maintain Fremantle as a vibrant and sustainable people place. He also seeks enhanced public places, an urban forest, better beaches, improved recreation facilities and to nurture the community’s diverse cultural activities from the grassroots up.
Andrew previously worked as an architect and continues to be involved in urban design and coastal planning matters. He has been at the forefront of community debate covering many planning and heritage matters since moving to Fremantle in 1985. He has served as the convenor of the Leighton Action Coalition and the Coogee Coastal Action Coalition. He sat on the Planning Minister’s Coastal Planning Taskforce and the Cockburn Coast Steering Committee.
His architectural work includes many successful renovations in and around Fremantle, including the conservation of the Bannister Mill in the West End. He was the project architect and urban designer for the Northbank development. More recently, he helped establish a community-based business that operates the ‘Donnelly River Village’ tourism accommodation where he worked as manager for three years.
Andrew loves Freo because it’s the only place in Perth he wants to live. He loves the beach lifestyle, village amenity and the cultural and community roots that he’s always desired as a place to live and work.
Committees and groups
Walyalup Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group (WRAPWG)
CEO Performance Review Committee (CEOPRC)
Hilton Park Precinct Project Working Group (HPPWG)
Fremantle Oval Project Working Group (FOPWG)
Metro Inner-South Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP)
Economic Development Strategy 2024 Working Group (EDS)
Local Government
InstrumentalityCity of FremantleDeputy Mayor10.2019 -Councillor1992 - 1998; 10.2009WardCity Ward; South Ward
