List of mayors of New Westminster
Mayor of New Westminster | |
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Incumbent since November 7, 2022Patrick Johnstone | |
Style |
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Member of | New Westminster City Council |
Reports to | New Westminster City Council |
Seat | New Westminster City Hall |
Term length | Four years, renewable |
Constituting instrument | Municipal Council Act, 1860 Municipal Act, 1872 |
Inaugural holder | Leonard McClure (president) James Cunningham (mayor) |
Formation | President: 1860 Mayor: 1873 |
Website | www |
The mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia, is the head of the municipal government of New Westminster, and acts as the presiding officer of New Westminster City Council meetings. They are elected alongside the rest of city council every four years during the British Columbia municipal elections, although there are no limits to how many terms a mayor may serve.[1] Prior to 1873, the head of the local government was titled the president of New Westminster, and was appointed by members of the municipal council, rather than being directly elected by New Westminster's residents.[2][3][4] The current mayor of New Westminster is Patrick Johnstone, who is the 38th mayor of the city.[3] Mayor Johnstone is also the first mayor who was elected as a member of an official municipal political party.
List
Note: Any affiliations with provincial political parties will only be listed if the person was known to have served in a party caucus of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
# | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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1 | Leonard McClure | 1860 | 1861 | Independent | |
2 | John Ramage | 1861 | 1862 | Independent | |
3 | Henry Holbrook | 1862 | 1863 | Independent | |
4 | Robert Dickinson | 1863 | 1864 | Independent | |
5 | William Clarkson | 1864 | 1865 | Independent | |
6 | William J. Armstrong | 1865 | 1866 | Independent | |
7 | John Robson | 1866 | 1867 | Independent | |
(3) | Henry Holbrook | 1867 | 1869 | Independent | |
(6) | William J. Armstrong | 1869 | 1871 | Independent | |
(5) | William Clarkson | 1871 | 1872 | Independent |
# | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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8 | James Cunningham | 1873 | 1873 | Independent | |
(4) | Robert Dickinson | 1874 | 1875 | Independent | |
9 | Thomas R. McInnes | 1876 | 1877 | Independent | |
(3) | Henry Holbrook | 1878 | 1878 | Independent | |
10 | W.D. Ferris | 1979 | 1979 | Independent | |
(4) | Robert Dickinson | 1880 | 1881 | Independent | |
11 | Loftus R. McInnes | 1882 | 1882 | Independent | |
12 | Henry Edmonds | 1883 | 1883 | Independent | |
(4) | Robert Dickinson | 1883 | 1888 | Independent | |
13 | John Hendry | 1889 | 1889 | Independent | |
14 | W.B. Townsend | 1889 | 1889 | Independent | |
15 | John Brown | 1890 | 1891 | Independent | |
(14) | W.B. Townsend | 1892 | 1892 | Independent | |
16 | D.S. Curtis | 1893 | 1893 | Independent | |
17 | Henry Hoy[a] | 1894 | 1894 | Independent | |
18 | B.W. Shiles | 1895 | 1897 | Independent | |
19 | Thomas Ovens | 1898 | 1899 | Independent | |
20 | J.T. Scott | 1900 | 1901 | Independent | |
21 | W.H. Keary | 1902 | 1909 | Independent | |
22 | John A. Lee | 1910 | 1912 | Independent | |
23 | Arthur "Wells" Gray | 1913 | 1919 | Liberal[n 1] | |
24 | J. J. Johnston[b] | 1920 | 1922 | Independent | |
25 | T.S. Annandale | 1923 | 1926 | Independent | |
(23) | Arthur "Wells" Gray | 1927 | 1933[c] | Liberal[n 1] | |
26 | Fred J. Hume | 1934 | 1942 | Independent | |
27 | William Mott | 1943 | 1948 | Independent | |
28 | J.L. Sangster | 1949 | 1950 | Independent | |
29 | F. H. Jackson | 1951 | 1958 | Independent | |
30 | Beth Wood[d] | 1959 | 1964 | Independent | |
31 | Stuart Gifford | 1964 | 1968 | Independent | |
32 | Muni Evers | 1968[e] | 1982[e] | Independent | |
33 | Tom Baker[f] | 1982 | 1988 | Independent | |
34 | Betty Toporowski | 1988 | 1996 | Independent | |
35 | Helen Sparkes | 1996 | 2002 | Independent | |
36 | Wayne Wright | 2002 | 2014 | Independent | |
37 | Jonathan X. Côte | 2014 | 2022 | Independent | |
38 | Patrick Johnstone | 2022 | ongoing | Community First New West |
- ^ Not to be confused with the English locomotive engineer Henry Hoy.
- ^ Not to be confused with American actor J. J. Johnston.
- ^ Conflicting reports suggest Wells Gray left office in 1930.
- ^ Not to be confused with American politician Beth Wood.
- ^ a b Conflicting reports suggest Muni Evers served as mayor between 1969 and 1984.
- ^ Not to be confused with English actor and writer Tom Baker.
Mayors who held higher offices
Federal government
- Thomas Robert McInnes, 1881–1897
- James Cunningham, 1874–1878
- Thomas Robert McInnes, 1878–1881
- William Mott, 1949–1953
Provincial government
- Thomas Robert McInnes, 1897–1900
- John Robson, 1889–1892
- Henry Holbrook, 1871–1875
- John Robson, 1871–1875 and 1882–1892
- William James Armstrong, 1871–1878 and 1881–1884
- Robert Dickinson, 1875–1878
- John Cunningham Brown, 1890–1894 and 1900–1901
- Arthur (Wells) Gray, 1927–1944 (died in office)
References
- ^ "General local elections". gov.bc.ca. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "City Council minutes - Record Detail". New Westminster Archives. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ a b "MAYORS OF NEW WESTMINSTER" (PDF). City of New Westminster. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "William Clarkson House No. 1". historicplaces.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
William Clarkson, served as mayor (then called President) of New Westminster from 1871-72