List of mayors of Clarington

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Mayor of Clarington
Logo of Clarington, Ontario.svg
Adrian Foster Courtice Flea Market 2022 IMG 5049 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Adrian Foster
since December 1, 2010
Style
Member of Municipal Council
Reports to Clarington Municipal Council
Residence Clarington
Seat Clarington Town Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by the residents of Clarington
Term length 4 years
Formation1974;51 years ago (1974)
First holder Garnet Rickard
Website www.clarington.net/en/town-hall/Mayor-and-Council.aspx

This is a list of mayors of the municipality of Clarington, Ontario , from its inception in 1974 until the present day. Mayors of townships prior to merger are also listed.

Contents

Townships

Town of Bowmanville

No.PhotoMayor
(Birth–Death)
Terms of officeTook officeLeft officeNotes
1 James McFeeters.jpg James McFeeters
(1813–⁠1897)
218581859
2 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Frederic Cubitt 11860
3 James McFeeters.jpg James McFeeters 11861
4 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg George Haines 318621865
5 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Frederic Cubitt 918661874
6 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Francis McArthur 11875
7 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg William Thompson 418761879
8 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Francis McArthur 418801883
9 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Robert Lascombe 218841885
10 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg William Horsey 218861887
11 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Abraham Younie 218881889
12 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Galbraith 11890
13 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg William Allen 1318901902
14 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Moses James 219031904
15 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Archibald Tait 219051906
16 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Thomas Spry 219071908
17 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg J. J. Mason 219091910
18 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Mitchell 219111912
19 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Soloman Hillier 319131915
20 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Mitchell 3.51916June 1919
21 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Arthur McMillan 0.5June 2 19191919
22 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg H. L. Quinn 419201923
23 Thomas Holgate.jpg Thomas Holgate
(1882–1935)
519241928
24 Milton J. Elliot.jpg Milton Elliot 319291931
25 Geo W. James.jpg Geo. W. James 219321933


26 Ross Strike, 1935.jpg Ross Strike 419341937
27 Reginald O. Jones.jpg Reginald O. Jones 419381941
28 G. Alex Edmondstone.jpg Alex Edmondstone 0.5January 1942July 1942
29 CG Morris 1945.jpg C. G. Morris 0.5July 1942December 1942Became acting mayor upon the departure of Alex Edmondstone.
30 Reginald O. Jones.jpg Reginald O. Jones 11943
31 CG Morris 1945.jpg C. G. Morris 319441946
32 Sidney Little 1946.jpg Sidney Little 219471948
33 Lawrence C Mason 1948.jpg Lawrence C. Mason 319491951 [1]
34 Sidney Little 1946.jpg Sidney Little 11952Elected in 1952. [2]
35 Morley Vanstone 1952.jpg Morley Vanstone 219531954Elected in 1953. [3] Acclamation in 1954. [4]
36 Nelson Osborne 1954.jpg Nelson E. Osborne 419551958Acclaimed in 1955, [5] 1956, [6] 1957. [7]
37 Wilfred Carruthers 1959.jpg Wilfred Carruthers
(1904–⁠1969)
319591961Acclaimed in 1959, [8] 1960 [9]
38 Ivan Hobbs 1961.jpg Ivan M. Hobbs
(1912–⁠1998)
1319621974Acclaimed [10]

Darlington Township

No.PhotoMayor
(Birth–Death)
Terms of officeTook officeLeft officeNotes
Reeve Roy Nichols.jpg Roy W. Nichols 119591960 [11]
Garnet B. Rickard 1957 (cropped).jpg Garnet B. Rickard
(1916–1994)
119601962 [12]
A.L. Blanchard.jpg A.L. Blanchard 119631966
Harold C. Muir 119671969
Carl Down 119701972
Garnet Rickard 1968.jpg Garnet B. Rickard
(1916–1994)
119731974

Clarke Township

No.PhotoMayor
(Birth–Death)
Terms of officeTook officeLeft officeNotes
James T. Brown 119591960 [13]
H. E. Walkey 119611964 [14] [15]
John Stone 119651966 [16]
Roy A. Foster 119671969 [17]
John Stone 119701972
Ed Woodyard 119731974 [18]

Municipality (1974–present)

Town of Newcastle (1974⁠–1993)

No.PhotoMayor
(Birth–Death)
Terms of officeTook officeLeft officeNotes
1 Garnet Rickard 1968.jpg Garnet Rickard
(1916–1994)
5January 3, 1974November 30, 1985• The Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanville, ON is named in his honour.
2 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Winters 1December 1, 1985November 30, 1988
3 Marie Hubbard 1983.jpg Marie Hubbard
(1935–2022) [19]
1December 1, 1988November 30, 1991• Served as councillor from 1980 to 1982.
• First female mayor of the municipality.
• Appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board in 1997, Appointed Interim Chair in 2003. [20]

Clarington (1993–present)

No.PhotoMayor
(Birth–Death)
Terms of officeTook officeLeft officeNotes
4 Diane Hamre 1993.jpg Diane Hamre
(1939–2017) [21]
3December 1, 1991November 30, 2000• Newcastle Recreation Complex renamed in her honour, after her death in 2017. [22]
5 John Mutton 2018 IMG 8302.jpg John Mutton
(b. 1966)
2December 1, 2000November 30, 2006Also known as "Mr. X" for his role in Ontario's greenbelt scandal. [23]
6 Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Jim Abernethy
(b. 1952)
1December 1, 2006November 30, 2010
7 Adrian Foster Courtice Flea Market 2022 IMG 5049 (cropped).jpg Adrian Foster
(b. 19??)
4December 1, 2010Incumbent• Longest serving mayor of Clarington by time in office, as of 2022.

References

  1. "Bowmanville Mayors List 1951" (PDF). Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Dec 1951, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA.
  3. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 4 Dec 1952, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 3 Dec 1953, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 2 Dec 1954, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  6. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 8 Dec 1955, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  7. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 29 Nov 1956, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  8. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 27 Nov 1958, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  9. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 10 Dec 1959, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  10. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 22 Nov 1961, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  11. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 27 Nov 1958, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  12. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 10 Dec 1959, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  13. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 4 Dec 1958, p. 23". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. "Orono Weekly Times, 8 Dec 1960, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  15. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 5 Dec 1962, p. 2". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  16. "Orono Weekly Times, 3 Dec 1964, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  17. "Orono Weekly Times, 8 Dec 1966, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  18. "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Dec 1972, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  19. "Marie Hubbard (1935 - 2022)". Clarington Public Library. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  20. "Marie Hubbard (1935 – 2022)". Clarington Museum and Archives. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  21. "Former Clarington mayor Diane Hamre dies". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  22. "Newcastle rec centre to be renamed for late former mayor Diane Hamre". DurhamRadioNews.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  23. "Greenbelt's 'Mr. X' is a former Ontario mayor: sources". CTV. Retrieved September 6, 2023.