List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario
List of mayors of Hamilton
- Her Worship
- Mayor (informal)
The mayor of Hamilton is head of Hamilton City Council. The current mayor is Andrea Horwath.
Indirectly-elected mayors, 1847 to 1858
No. | Photo | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Council Election |
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1 | Colin Campbell Ferrie (1808–1856) | 1847 | 1847 | |
2 | George Sylvester Tiffany (1805–1856) | 1848 | 1848 | |
3 | William L. Distin (1789–1879) | 1849 | 1849 | |
4 | John Fisher (1806-1882) | 1850 | 1850 | |
5 | John Rose Holden (1821-1879) | 1851 | 1851 | |
6 | Nehemiah Ford (?)[a] | 1852 | 1852 | |
7 | William G. Kerr (1814/1815-1861) | 1853 | 1853 | |
8 | James Cummings (1815-1894) | January to March 1854 | 1854 | |
9 | Charles Magill (1816-1898) | April 1854 to December 1855 | 1854 1855 | |
10 | James Cummings (1815-1894) | 1856 | 1856 | |
11 | John Francis Moore (1816-1870) | 1857 | 1857 | |
12 | George Hamilton Mills (1827-1901) | 1858 | 1858 |
Mayors of the City of Hamilton (pre-amalgamation), 1859 to 2000
No. | Photo | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Election |
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13 | Henry McKinstry (1805-1871) | 1859–1861 | 1859 1860 1861 | |
14 | Robert McElroy (?) | 1862–1864 | 1862 1863 1864 | |
15 | Charles Magill (1816-1898) | 1865-1866 | 1865 1866 | |
16 | Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901) | 1867 | 1867 | |
17 | Hutchison Clark (1806-1877) | 1868 | 1868 | |
18 | James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907) | 1869 | 1869 | |
19 | George Murison (1819-1889) | 1870 | 1870 | |
20 | Daniel Black Chisholm (1832-1898) | 1871-1872 | 1871 1872 | |
21 | Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901) | 1873-1874 | 1873 1874 | |
22 | George Roach (?) | 1875-1876 | 1875 1876 | |
23 | Francis Edwin Kilvert (1838-1910) | 1877-1878 | 1877 1878 | |
24 | James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907) | 1879-1881 | 1879 1880 1881 | |
25 | Charles Magill (1816-1898) | 1882-1883 | 1882 1883 | |
26 | John James Mason (1842-1903) | 1884-1885 | 1884 1885 | |
27 | Alexander McKay (1843-1912) | 1886-1887 | 1886 1887 | |
28 | William Doran (1834-1903) | 1888-1889 | 1888 1889 | |
29 | David McLellan (1841-1892) | 1890-1891 | 1890 1891 | |
30 | Peter Campbell Blaicher (1835-1900) | 1892-1893 | 1892 1893 | |
31 | Alexander David Stewart (1852-1899) | 1894-1895 | 1894 1895 | |
32 | George Elias Tuckett (1835-1900) | 1896 | 1896 | |
33 | Edward Alexander Colquhoun (1844-1904) | 1897-1898 | 1897 1898 | |
34 | James Vernall Teetzel (1853-1926) | 1899-1900 | 1899 1900 | |
35 | John Strathearne Hendrie (1857-1923) | 1901-1902 | 1901 1902 | |
36 | Wellington Jeffers Morden (1837-1928) | 1903-1904 | 1903 1904 | |
37 | Sanford Dennis Biggar (1861-1920) | 1905-1906 | 1905 1906 | |
38 | Thomas Joseph Stewart (1848-1926) | 1907-1908 | 1907 1908 | |
39 | John Inglis McLaren (1865-1948) | 1909-1910 | 1909 1910 | |
40 | George Harmon Lees (1860-1936) | 1911-1912 | 1911 1912 | |
41 | John Allan (1856-1922) | 1913-1914 | 1913 1914 | |
42 | Chester Samuel Walters (1878-1958) | 1915-1916 | 1915 1916 | |
43 | Charles Goodenough Booker (1859-1926) | 1917-1920 | 1917 1918 1919 1920 | |
44 | George Charles Coppley (1858-1936) | 1921-1922 | 1921 1922 | |
45 | Thomas William Jutten (1861-1955) | 1923-1925 | 1923 January 1924[b] December 1924 | |
46 | Freeman Ferrier Treleaven (1884-1952) | 1926-1927 | 1925 1926 | |
47 | William Burton (1888-1944) | 1928-1929 | 1927 1928 | |
48 | John Peebles (1872-1948) | 1930-1933 | 1929 1931 | |
49 | Herbert Earl Wilton (1869-1937) | 1934-1935 | 1933 | |
50 | William Robert Morrison (1878-1947) | 1936-1943 | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 | |
51 | Samuel Lawrence (1879-1959) | 1944-1949 | 1943 1945 1947 1948 | |
52 | Lloyd Douglas Jackson (1888-1973) | 1950-1962 | 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954[c] 1956 1958 1960 | |
53 | Victor Kennedy Copps (1919-1988) | 1963-1976 | 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1973[d] 1976 | |
54 | Vince Agro (1936-2020) | 1976-1977 (as Acting Mayor)[e] | - | |
55 | Jack MacDonald (1927-2010) | 1977-1980 | 1976 1978 | |
56 | Bill Powell (1907-1992) | 1981-1982 | 1980 | |
57 | Bob Morrow (1946-2018) | 1983-2000 | 1982[f] |
Mayors of the City of Hamilton, 2000 - present
No. | Photo | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Election |
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58 | Robert E. Wade (1933-2023) | 2000-2003 | 2000 | |
59 | Larry Di Ianni (1948 - ) | 2003-2006 | 2003 | |
60 | Fred Eisenberger (1952 - ) | 2006-2010 | 2006 | |
61 | Bob Bratina (1944 - ) | 2010-2014 | 2010 | |
62 | Fred Eisenberger (1952 - ) | 2014-2022 | 2014 | |
63 | Andrea Horwath (1962 - ) | 2022 - | 2022 |
Notes
- ^ Ford's birth and death years are unknown.
- ^ A referendum was held during the January 1, 1924 election which resulted in the electors of Hamilton approving a change in the municipal election date to early December. Subsequent elections were held early December with inaugurations in early January of the following year.
- ^ Following 1954, municipal terms were extended to two-years.
- ^ A special election was held in 1973 upon the creation of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth.
- ^ Agro served as Acting Mayor following Copps' incapacitation due to a heart attack but lost an election-bid to serve a full term in 1976.
- ^ Municipal terms were extended to three years in 1982.
References
- "Mayors of Hamilton". Hamilton Public Library. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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Municipal Elections in Hamilton, Ontario
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- 1847
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- Two-year terms
- 1954
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- Special election upon creation of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth
- 1973
- Reversion to two-year terms
- 1976
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