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This is a list of mayors of Montreal, Quebec, since the city was incorporated in 1832. Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.
No. | Portrait | Name (birth – death) | Term of office | Party | Election (percent received) | Council seats | Executive Committee chair |
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1 | Jacques Viger (1787–1858) [1] | 1833 – 1836 [2] | Independent | 1833, 1834, 1835 | N/A | N/A | |
2 | Peter McGill (1789–1860) [3] | 1840 – 1842 | 1840 | ||||
3 | Joseph Bourret (1802–1859) [4] | 1842 – 1844 | 1842, 1843 | ||||
4 | James Ferrier (1800–1888) | 1844 – 1846 | 1844, 1845, 1846 | ||||
5 | John Easton Mills (1796–1847) | 1846—1847 [5] | 1846, 1847 | ||||
(3) | Joseph Bourret (1802–1859) [6] | 1847 – 1849 [7] | 1847, 1848 | ||||
6 | Édouard-Raymond Fabre (1799–1854) [1] | 1849 – 1851 | 1849, 1850 | ||||
7 | Charles Wilson (1808–1877) | 1851 – 1854 | 1851 1852 (99%) [8] 1853 (91%) | ||||
8 | Wolfred Nelson | 1854 – 1856 | 1854 (51%) 1855 (unopposed) | ||||
9 | Henry Starnes (1816–1896)[ citation needed ] | 1856 – 1858 | 1856 (unopposed) 1857 (unopposed) | ||||
10 | Charles-Séraphin Rodier (1797–1876) | 1858 – 1862 | 1858 (57%) 1859 (89%) 1860 (50%) 1861 (59%) | ||||
11 | Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886) | 1862 – 1866 | 1862 (58%) 1863 (97%) 1864 (unopposed) 1865 (57%) | ||||
(9) | Henry Starnes (1816–1896) | 1866 – 1868 | 1866 (99%) 1867 (unopposed) | ||||
12 | William Workman (1807–1878) | 1868 – 1871 | 1868 (63%) 1869 (unopposed) 1870 (unopposed) | ||||
13 | Charles-Joseph Coursol (1819–1888) | 1871 – 1873 | 1871 (unopposed) 1872 (unopposed) | ||||
14 | Francis Cassidy (1827–1873) | 1873 | 1873 (unopposed) | ||||
15 | Aldis Bernard (1810–1876) | 1873 – 1875 | 1874 (84%) | ||||
16 | William Hales Hingston (1829–1907) [11] | 1875 – 1877 | 1875 (88%) 1876 (unopposed) | ||||
(11) | Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886) | 1877 – 1879 | 1877 (77%) 1878 (unopposed) | ||||
17 | Sévère Rivard (1834–1888) | 1879 – 1881 | 1879 (53%) 1880 (unopposed) | ||||
(11) | Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886) | 1881 – 1885 | 1881 (52%) 1882 (58%) 1883 (52%) 1884 (53%) | ||||
18 | Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906) | 1885 – 1887 | 1885 (53%) 1886 (62%) | ||||
19 | John Abbott | 1887 – 1888 [13] | 1887 (55%) 1888 (unopposed) | ||||
20 | Jacques Grenier (1823–1909) | 1889 – 1891 | 1889 (unopposed) 1890 (unopposed) | ||||
21 | James McShane (1833–1918) | 1891 – 1893 | 1891 (67%) 1892 (unopposed) | ||||
22 | Alphonse Desjardins (1841–1912) | 1893 – 1894 | 1893 (50%) | ||||
23 | Joseph-Octave Villeneuve (1836–1901) | 1894 – 1896 | 1894 (50%) | ||||
24 | Richard Wilson-Smith (1852–1912) | 1896 – 1898 | 1896 (unopposed) | ||||
25 | Raymond Préfontaine (1850–1905) | 1898 – 1902 | 1898 (unopposed) 1900 (67%) | ||||
26 | James Cochrane (1852–1905) | 1902 – 1904 | 1902 (52%) | ||||
27 | Hormidas Laporte (1850–1934) | 1904 – 1906 | 1904 (71%) | ||||
28 | Henry Archer Ekers (1855–1937) | 1906 – 1908 | 1906 (56%) | ||||
29 | Louis Payette (1854–1932) | 1908 – 1910 | 1908 (55%) | ||||
30 | James John Edmund Guerin (1856–1932) | 1910 – 1912 | 1910 (64%) | ||||
31 | Louis-Arsène Lavallée (1861–1936) | 1912 – 1914 | 1912 (63%) | ||||
32 | Médéric Martin (1869–1946) [14] | 1914 – 1924 | 1914 (54%) 1916 (45%) 1918 (55%) | ||||
1921 (71%) | Joseph-Adélard Brodeur (-1927) [15] | ||||||
33 | Charles Duquette (1869–1937) | 1924 – 1928 | 1924 (51%) | ||||
(32) | Médéric Martin (1869–1946) [16] | 1926 – 1928 | 1926 (56%) | ||||
Alphonse-Avila Desroches (1927-) | |||||||
34 | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) [17] | 1928 – 1932 | 1928 (61%) | ||||
1930 (67%) | Tancrède Fortin | ||||||
35 | Fernand Rinfret (1883–1939) | 1932 – 1934 | 1932 (51%) | Joseph-Maurice Gabias | |||
(34) | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) [18] | 1934 – 1936 | 1934 (63%) | Joseph-Marie Savignac | |||
36 | Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984) [19] | 1936 – 1938 | 1936 (44%) | Ovide Taillefer | |||
(34) | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) [20] | 1938 – 1940 | 1938 (56%) | Joseph-Marie Savignac | |||
(36) | Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984) [21] | 1940 – 1944 | 1940 (25%) 1942 (60%) | J.-Omer Asselin | |||
(34) | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) [22] | 1944 – 1954 | 1944 (57%) 1947 (unopposed) 1950 (67%) | ||||
37 | Jean Drapeau (1916–1999) [23] | 1954 – 1957 | Ligue d'action civique | 1954 (50%) | 28/99 | Pierre DesMarais | |
38 | Sarto Fournier (1908–1980) | 1957 – 1960 | Independent | 1957 (51%) | N/A | Joseph-Marie Savignac | |
(37) | Jean Drapeau (1916–1999) [24] | 1960 – 1986 | Civic Party | 1960 (53%) 1962 (88%) 1966 (94%) | 44/66 39/45 45/48 | Lucien Saulnier | |
1970 (92%) 1974 (55%) | 52/52 37/55 | Gérard Niding | |||||
1978 (61%) 1982 (48%) | 52/54 40/58 | Yvon Lamarre | |||||
39 | Jean Doré (1944–2015) | 1986 – 1994 | Montreal Citizens' Movement | 1986 (68%) | 56/59 | Michael Fainstat | |
1990 (59%) | 42/51 | Léa Cousineau | |||||
40 | Pierre Bourque (1942– ) | 1994 – 2001 | Vision Montréal [25] | 1994 (47%) | 39/52 | Noushig Eloyan | |
1998 (44%) | 40/52 | Jean Fortier | |||||
41 | Gérald Tremblay (1942– ) | 2001 – 5 November 2012 | Union Montréal [26] | 2001 (49%) 2005 (54%) | 42/74 48/65 | Frank Zampino (2001-2008) Claude Dauphin (2008-2009) | |
2009 (37%) | 39/65 | Gérald Tremblay (2009-2011) Michael Applebaum (2011-2012) | |||||
42 | Michael Applebaum (1963– ) [27] | 19 November 2012 – 18 June 2013 | Independent | – | – | Laurent Blanchard | |
43 | Laurent Blanchard (1952– ) | 25 June 2013 – 14 November 2013 | Independent | – | – | Josée Duplessis | |
44 | Denis Coderre (1963– ) [28] | 14 November 2013 – 16 November 2017 | Équipe Denis Coderre | 2013 (32%) | 27/65 | Pierre Desrochers | |
45 | Valérie Plante (1974– ) | 16 November 2017 — current | Projet Montréal | 2017 (51%) 2021 (52%) | 34/65 37/65 | Benoit Dorais (2017-2021) Dominique Ollivier (2021-2023 ) Luc Rabouin (2023- ) |
Applebaum is the most recent non-francophone mayor, the last being James John Edmund Guerin in 1912. Applebaum is the first Jewish mayor for the city with previous holders either French Canadian, Scottish, Irish or English descent.
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