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