List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario
Mayor of Hamilton | |
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since November 15, 2022 | |
Style |
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Member of | City Council |
Reports to | Hamilton City Council |
Residence | Hamilton, Ontario |
Seat | Hamilton City Hall |
Appointer | Directly elected by residents of Hamilton |
Term length | Four years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | Colin Campbell Ferrie |
Formation | 1847 |
Website | www |
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
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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]
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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
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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.