Mayor of Guelph | |
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Incumbent since 2014Cam Guthrie | |
Style | Mayor, His/Her Worship |
Member of | City Council |
Reports to | City Council |
Seat | Guelph City Hall (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) |
Appointer | Directly elected by residents of Guelph |
Formation | 1878 |
First holder | George Howard |
Salary | $93,362 including honorarium for sitting on police board (2011) [1] |
Website | Mayor's Office |
This is list of mayors of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Guelph was founded April 23, 1879 and incorporated as a town on January 1, 1856. Guelph officially became a city on April 23, 1879. [2] [3]
Since 1967, each sitting mayor has been honoured and presented with the chain of office to wear during their term of office. It is to be worn at city council meetings and other formal functions. The chain contains 17 shields engraved with subjects of local significance. The chain is also engraved with the names of the mayors who have worn it since it was commissioned. There are currently seven names of previous mayors engraved on the chain. [4]
Mayor [5] | Years Active |
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John Smith | 1856 |
George Smiley | 1857 |
George Elliott | 1858 |
James Webster | 1859 [nb 1] |
John Harvey | 1860 |
T.S. Parker | 1861 |
George Palmer | 1862 |
H.W. Peterson | 1863 |
William Clarke | 1864-1865 |
Peter Gow | 1866-1867 |
Nathaniel Higinbotham | 1868 |
George S. Herod | 1869-1870 |
Richard Mitchell | 1871-1872 |
Adam Robertson | 1873 |
John Harris | 1874 |
Robert Melvin | 1875-1876 |
F.J. Chadwick | 1877 |
George Howard | 1878 |
Notes:
Mayor | Years Active |
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George Howard | 1879 |
George Sleeman | 1880-1882 |
Caleb Chase | 1883-1884 |
Wm Stevenson | 1885-1886 |
A H MacDonald | 1887-1888 |
Thos. Gowdy | 1889-1890 |
Thomas Goldie | 1891-1892 |
W.G Smith | 1893-1894 |
J. A Lamprey | 1895-1896 |
Jas Hewer | 1897-1898 |
R.E Nelson | 1899-1900 |
John Kennedy | 1901-1902 |
John Hamilton | 1903-1904 |
George Sleeman | 1905-1906 |
John Newstead | 1907-1908 |
Geo. D. Hastings | 1909-1910 |
Geo. Thorpe | 1911-1912 |
Samuel Carter | 1913-1914 |
H. Mahoney | 1915-1916 |
John Newstead | 1917-1918 |
J.E Carter | 1919 |
H. Westoby | 1920 |
Chas Burgess | 1921 |
Frank Howard | 1922 |
Wm Stephens | 1923-1924 |
George A. Drew | 1925 |
R.B Robson | 1926-1931 |
O.G Lye | 1932 |
R.B Robson | 1933-1934 |
H. Mahoney | 1935-1936 |
D.E Kennedy | 1937 |
W. G Taylor | 1938-1942 |
R.B Robson | 1943-1944 |
Gordon L. Rife | 1945-1949 |
J.A Clare | 1950-1951 |
Harry Worton | 1952-1955 |
Harold Suitter | 1956-1957 |
David Hastings | 1958-1960 |
William E. Hamilton | 1961-1962 |
Ralph Smith | 1963-1967 |
Paul W. Mercer | 1968-1969 |
Ralph Smith | 1970 |
Norm Jary | 1970-1985 |
John G.C Counsell | 1986-1994 |
Joe Young | 1994-2000 |
Karen Farbridge | 2000-2003 |
Kate Quarrie | 2003-2006 |
Karen Farbridge | 2006-2014 |
Cam Guthrie | 2014-current |
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