Paul Ritter.

About Paul Ritter

Paul Ritter was an architect, town planner, sociologist, artist and author. Following a world lecturing tour in support of his book Planning for Man and Motor Ritter was invited to become to become the inaugural city planner of the City of Perth. Fired after two years, he remained in Western Australia and spent the subsequent two decades serving as Councillor for East Perth. Ritter is remembered as a brilliant, eccentric and often controversial public figure. He is primarily remembered for saving the Cloisters, playing a role in preventing the construction of an eight-lane freeway on the Swan River foreshore, and the design of Crestwood Estate. Ritter's later career was blighted by a 3-year prison sentence for making misleading statements in applying for export marketing grants.