List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario

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Mayor of Hamilton
Flag of Hamilton.svg
Andrea Horwath September 2022 portrait (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Andrea Horwath
since November 15, 2022
Style
Member of City Council
Reports to Hamilton City Council
Residence Hamilton, Ontario
Seat Hamilton City Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by residents of Hamilton
Term length Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder Colin Campbell Ferrie
Formation1847;177 years ago (1847)
Website www.hamilton.ca

The mayor of Hamilton is head of Hamilton City Council. The current mayor is Andrea Horwath.

Contents

Indirectly-elected mayors, 1847 to 1858

List of Indirectly-elected Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 1847 to 1859
No.PhotoName
(Birth–Death)
TermCouncil Election
1 Colin Campbell Ferrie.jpg Colin Campbell Ferrie
(1808–1856)
1847 1847
2 George Sylvester Tiffany
(1805–1856)
18481848
3 William L. Distin
(1789–1879)
18491849
4 Hon. John Fisher, N.Y - NARA - 527431.jpg John Fisher
(1806–1882)
18501850
5 John Rose Holden
(1821–1879)
18511851
6 Nehemiah Ford
(?) [lower-alpha 1]
18521852
7 William G. Kerr
(1814/1815-1861)
18531853
8 James Cummings
(1815–1894)
January to March 18541854
9 Charles Magill
(1816–1898)
April 1854 to December 18551854

1855

10 James Cummings
(1815–1894)
18561856
11 John Francis Moore
(1816–1870)
18571857
12 George Hamilton Mills
(1827–1901)
18581858

Mayors of the City of Hamilton (pre-amalgamation), 1859 to 2000

List of Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 1859 to 2000
No.PhotoName
(Birth–Death)
TermElection
13 Henry McKinstry
(1805–1871)
1859–18611859

1860


1861

14 Robert McElroy
(?)
1862–18641862

1863


1864

15 Charles Magill
(1816–1898)
1865–18661865

1866

16 Benjamin Ernest Charlton
(1835–1901)
18671867
17 Hutchison Clark
(1806–1877)
18681868
18 James Edwin O'Reilly
(1833–1907)
18691869
19 George Murison
(1819–1889)
18701870
20 Daniel Black Chisholm
(1832–1898)
1871–18721871

1872

21 Benjamin Ernest Charlton
(1835–1901)
1873–18741873

1874

22 George Roach
(?)
1875–18761875

1876

23 Francis Edwin Kilvert
(1838–1910)
1877–18781877

1878

24 James Edwin O'Reilly
(1833–1907)
1879–18811879

1880


1881

25 Charles Magill
(1816–1898)
1882–18831882

1883

26 John James Mason
(1842–1903)
1884–18851884

1885

27 Alexander McKay
(1843–1912)
1886–18871886

1887

28 William Doran
(1834–1903)
1888–18891888

1889

29 David McLellan
(1841–1892)
1890–18911890

1891

30 Peter Campbell Blaicher
(1835–1900)
1892–18931892

1893

31 Alexander David Stewart, Police Chief, Mayor of Hamilton and Adventurer. Died of scurvy on his way to look for gold in the Yukon. (1886) (14311095398).jpg Alexander David Stewart
(1852–1899)
1894–18951894

1895

32 George Elias Tuckett
(1835–1900)
18961896
33 Edward Alexander Colquhoun
(1844–1904)
1897–18981897

1898

34 James Vernall Teetzel
(1853–1926)
1899–19001899

1900

35 John Strathearn Hendrie.jpg John Strathearne Hendrie
(1857–1923)
1901–19021901

1902

36 Wellington Jeffers Morden
(1837–1928)
1903–19041903

1904

37 Sanford Dennis Biggar
(1861–1920)
1905–19061905

1906

38 Thomas Joseph Stewart
(1848–1926)
1907–19081907

1908

39 John Inglis McLaren
(1865–1948)
1909–19101909

1910

40George Harmon Lees
(1860–1936)
1911–19121911

1912

41 John Allan
(1856–1922)
1913–19141913

1914

42 Chester Samuel Walters
(1878–1958)
1915–19161915

1916

43 Charles Goodenough Booker
(1859–1926)
1917–19201917

1918


1919


1920

44 George Charles Coppley
(1858–1936)
1921–19221921

1922

45 Thomas William Jutten
(1861–1955)
1923–19251923

January 1924 [lower-alpha 2]


December 1924

46 Freeman Ferrier Treleaven
(1884–1952)
1926–19271925

1926

47 William Burton
(1888–1944)
1928–1929 1927

1928

48 John Peebles
(1872–1948)
1930–19331929

1930


1931


1932

49 Herbert Earl Wilton
(1869–1937)
1934–1935 1933

1934

50 William Robert Morrison
(1878–1947)
1936–1943 1935

1936


1937


1938


1939


1940


1941


1942

51 Samuel Lawrence 1937.jpg Samuel Lawrence
(1879–1959)
1944–19491943

1944


1945


1946


1947


1948

52 Lloyd Douglas Jackson
(1888–1973)
1950–19621949

1950


1951


1952


1953


1954 [lower-alpha 3]


1956


1958


1960

53 Victor Kennedy Copps
(1919–1988)
1963–19761962

1964


1966


1968


1970


1972


1973 [lower-alpha 4]


1976

54 Vince Agro
(1936–2020)
1976–1977 (as Acting Mayor) [lower-alpha 5]
55 Jack MacDonald
(1927–2010)
1977–19801976

1978

56 Bill Powell
(1907–1992)
1981–19821980
57 Bob Morrow
(1946–2018)
1983–20001982 [lower-alpha 6]

1985


1988


1991


1994


1997

Mayors of the City of Hamilton, 2000 – present

List of Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 2000 to the present
No.PhotoName
(Birth–Death)
TermElection
58 Robert E. Wade
(1933–2023)
2000–2003 2000
59 Larry Di Ianni
(1948 – )
2003–2006 2003
60 Fred Eisenberger (cropped).jpg Fred Eisenberger
(1952 – )
2006–2010 2006
61 BobBratinaMayoral (cropped).png Bob Bratina
(1944 – )
2010–2014 2010
62 Hamilton-City-Council-Fred-Eisenberger-1 (cropped).jpg Fred Eisenberger
(1952 – )
2014–2022 2014

2018

63 Andrea Horwath September 2022 portrait (cropped).jpg Andrea Horwath
(1962 – )
2022 – 2022

Notes

  1. Ford's birth and death years are unknown.
  2. 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.
  3. Following 1954, municipal terms were extended to two-years.
  4. A special election was held in 1973 upon the creation of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth.
  5. 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.
  6. Municipal terms were extended to three years in 1982.

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