| Mayor of Mesa, Arizona | |
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 Flag of Mesa, Arizona | |
| Type | Mayor |
| Member of | City council |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Formation | July 15, 1883 [1] |
| First holder | Alexander Findlay Macdonald |
| Deputy | Vice mayor |
| Salary | $74,745.16 [2] |
| Website | https://www.mesaaz.gov/government/mayor-council |
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The following is a list of the mayors of Mesa, Arizona.
| # | Portrait | Mayor | Took Office | Left Office | Ref. |
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| 1 | Alexander Findlay MacDonald | 1883 | 1885 | [3] | |
| 2 | Alvin Franklin Stewart | 1885 | 1886 | ||
| 3 | George Passey | 1886 | 1888 | ||
| 4 | William Johnson LeBaron | 1888 | 1896 | ||
| 5 | James Rouse Turman | 1896 | 1898 | ||
| 6 | David Tully LeBaron Jr. | 1898 | 1899 | ||
| 7 | William A. Kimball | 1899 | 1900 | [4] | |
| 8 | Jedidiah Grant Peterson (1st term) | 1900 | 1902 | [5] | |
| 9 | Charles M. Mullen | 1902 | 1904 | ||
| 10 | John L. Waring | 1904 | 1906 | ||
| 11 | Phil Metz | 1906 | 1908 | ||
| 12 | John D. Loper | 1908 | 1908 | ||
| 13 | Lionel Brand Johnson | 1908 | 1908 | ||
| 14 | John H. Barnett | 1908 | 1910 | ||
| 15 | Ralph Fleetwood Palmer | 1910 | 1912 | ||
| 16 | John Taylor LeSueur | 1912 | 1914 | [4] | |
| 17 | Max Viault | 1914 | 1916 | [6] | |
| 18 | Paul Baxter Beville | 1916 | 1918 | [6] [7] | |
| 19 | Dan H. Kleinman | 1918 | 1922 | [8] [9] | |
| 20 | Robert Scott | 1922 | 1924 | [8] | |
| 21 | Jedidiah Grant Peterson (2nd term) | 1924 | 1936 | [5] | |
| 22 | Linford B. Werner | 1936 | 1938 | [10] | |
| 23 |  | George Nicholas Goodman (1st term) | 1938 | 1942 | [11] |
| 24 | John A. Hamblin | 1942 | 1944 | [12] | |
| 25 | Zebulon Pearce | 1944 | 1946 | [13] | |
| 26 | | George Nicholas Goodman (2nd term) | 1946 | 1948 | [11] [13] |
| 27 |  | Frank E. Bendick | 1948 | 1950 | [14] |
| 28 | Oscar Virgil Crismon | 1950 | 1952 | [15] | |
| 29 | | George Nicholas Goodman (3rd term) | 1952 | 1956 | [11] [16] |
| 30 | Richard G. Johnson Sr. | 1956 | 1958 | [17] | |
| 31 | Egbert J. Brown | 1958 | 1966 | [18] | |
| 32 | Jack Taylor | 1966 | 1972 | [19] [20] | |
| 33 | Eldon W. Cooley | 1972 | 1976 | [21] [22] [23] | |
| 34 |  | Wayne C. Pomeroy | 1976 | 1980 | [24] [25] |
| 35 | Don W. Strauch | 1980 | 1984 | [26] | |
| 36 | Sumner "Al" Brooks | 1984 | 1988 | [27] [28] | |
| 37 | Margaret "Peggy" Rubach | 1988 | 1992 | [29] | |
| 38 | William "Willie" Wong | 1992 | 1996 | [30] [31] | |
| 39 | Wayne Brown | 1996 | 2000 | [32] | |
| 40 | Keno L. Hawker | 2000 | 2008 | [33] | |
| 41 |  | Scott W. Smith | 2008 | 2014 | [34] [35] |
| 42 | Alex Finter | 2014 | 2014 | [36] | |
| 43 |  | John Giles | 2014 | Incumbent | [37] |
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