{{Use Australian English|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} Sir '''William Lathlain''' (1862–1936) was the Mayor of the City of Perth in Western Australia from 1918 to 1923, and Lord Mayor from 1930 to 1932.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Previous Mayors and CEOs|url=http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/council/council-profile/previous-mayors-and-ceos|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330084743/http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/council/council-profile/previous-mayors-and-ceos|archive-date=30 March 2018|access-date=24 January 2020|website=City of Perth}}</ref>
Poems were written about him after his first mayoral role.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58040424 |title=SIR WILLIAM LATHLAIN |newspaper=The Sunday Times |issue=1202 |location=Western Australia |date=16 January 1921 |accessdate=1 May 2016 |page=8 (First Section) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He contested seats in state politics.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76451755 |title=SIR WILLIAM LATHLAIN |newspaper=The Mirror |issue=239 |location=Western Australia |date=27 March 1926 |accessdate=1 May 2016 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He was involved in the process of establishing the War Memorial in Kings Park, and said of the establishment: {{quotation|...not for the glorification of war, but in loving memory of men who paid the supreme sacrifice.|author=Sir William Lathlain, November 1929|source=Mayors of the City of Perth 1914–1918 and their legacy in remembering World War<ref>http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/not%20for%20the%20glorification%20of%20war.pdf City of Perth display in council house titled: ''Mayors of the City of Perth 1914–1918 and their legacy in remembering World War''</ref>}}
The suburb of Lathlain was named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 January 2017|title=Lathlain Park School|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/bed0d98b-d19c-41e9-a65a-64ecaee69e11|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=inHerit - State Heritage Office|publisher=Government of Western Australia}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lathlain, Sir William}} Category:1862 births Category:1936 deaths Category:Mayors and lord mayors of Perth, Western Australia
{{WesternAustralia-stub}} {{Australia-mayor-stub}}