List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick

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Mayor of Saint John
Donna Reardon 2024.jpg
Incumbent
Donna Reardon
since June 7, 2021
Style Your Worship
Term length 4 years (Since 2004)
Inaugural holder Gabriel George Ludlow
FormationMay 18, 1785
Salary$88 000 ($18 000 additional allowance), 2012 [1]
Website City of Saint John

The Mayor of the City of Saint John is the head of the elected municipal council of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John Common Council consists of a mayor (chair) and 10 councillors. The city has a ward system with four of roughly equal population. This municipal arrangement was first adopted in the 2008 municipal election after a plebiscite held October 9, 2007. The mayor is directly elected along with two councillors that run at large. Since 2021, the deputy mayor has been chosen by Common Council after each election, having previously been the councillor at large who gained a plurality of votes. The current deputy mayor is John MacKenzie. Each ward elects two councillor.

Since the incorporation of Saint John in 1785, the mayor has served as the chief representative of the city. Officeholders were first appointed by the Governor of New Brunswick, under an order in council. By the end of the end of the nineteenth century, the mayor was elected by the alderman of Common Council. In 1854, the office was directly elected by Saint John residents. As head of the largest city in New Brunswick, many mayors have served as elected officials at the federal and provincial level both before and after their tenure.

Since 1785, 67 individuals have held the office of mayor. Notably, Samuel Davis, 1977-1980, served as the first elected Jewish Mayor of Saint John. In 1983 Elsie Wayne was elected the first woman mayor. She served until 1993. While serving only two years, Thomas J. Higgins was the first Catholic Mayor of Saint John. The former, Don Darling, was elected May 9, 2016. Donna Reardon, incumbent, was elected May 25, 2021.

List of Mayors

Appointed by Governor-In-Council
No.MayorTerm in officeNotes
1 Gabriel George Ludlow
(1736-1808) [2]
May 18, 1785 [3] – 1795 [4]
2 William Campbell
(1742-1823)
1795 [5] – 1816 [4]
3 John Robinson
(1762–1828)
1816 – 1828Died in office
4 William Black

1828 – 1829
5Lauchlan Donaldson
(?-1873) [6]
1829 – 1832
6 William Black

1832 – 1833
7 John M. Wilmot
(1775-1847)
1833 – 1834
8Benjamin L. Peters

1834 – 1835
9William H. Street

1835 – 1836
10 John Robertson
(1799-1876)
1836 – 1837
11Robert F. Hazen

1837 – 1840
12 William Black

1840 – 1843
13Lauchlan Donaldson
(?-1873) [6]
1843 – 1847
14 John R. Partelow
(1795-1865)
1847 – 1848
15William H. Street

1848 – 1849
16 Robert D. Wilmot
(1809-1891)
1849 – 1850
17Henry Chubb

1850 – 1851
Elected indirectly by Common Council
No.MayorTerm in officeNotes
18Thomas Harding

1851 – 1852
19William O. Smith

1852 – 1853
20James Olive

1853 – 1854
Elected directly by residents
No.MayorTerm in officeNotes
21James Olive

1854 – 1855
22William O. Smith

1855 – 1859
23Thomas Mcavity

1859 – 1863
24Isaac Woodward

1863 – 1866
25 Aaron Alward
(1828-1886)
1866 – 1870
26Thomas M. Reed

1870 – 1874
27A. Chipman Smith

1864 – 1877
28 Sylvester Z. Earle
(1822-1888)
1877 – 1879
29Charles R. Ray

1879 – 1881
30Simeon Jones

1881 – 1884
31J. Mcgregor Grant

1884 – 1885
32 J.S. Boies Deveber
(1829-1908)
1885 – 1887
33Henry J. Thorne

1887 – 1889
34George A. Barker

1889Died in office
35I. Allen Jack

July 7, 1889 – August 9, 1889As Recorder Under City Charter
36W. Albert Lockhart

1889 – 1891
37Thomas W. Peters

1891 – 1894
38George Robertson

1894 – 1898
39Edward Sears

1898 – 1900
40 John Waterhouse Daniel
(1845-1933)
1900 – 1902
41 Walter W. White
(1862-1952)
1902 – 1906
42Edward Sears

1906 – 1908
43Thomas H. Bullock

1908 – 1910
44James H. Frink
(?-1933) [7]
1910 – 1916
45Robert T. Hayes

April 24, 1916 [8] [9] – 1920
46E. Allen Schofield

1920 – 1922
47 H. R. McLellan
(1865-1939)		1922Recalled following a by-election
48G. Frederick Fisher

1922 – 1924
49 Frank L. Potts
(1867-1926)
1924 – 1926Died in office
50 Walter W. White
(1862-1952)
1926 – 1932
51 James W. Brittain
(?-1961) [10]
April 11, 1932 [11] – 1936
52 David Laurence MacLaren
(1893-1960)
1936 – 1940
53 Charles R. Wasson
(?-1967) [12]
1940 – 1944
54 James D. McKenna
(1874-1949) [13]
1944 – 1948
55Ernest W. Patterson

1948 – 1950
56George E. Howard

1950 – 1952
57Ernest W. Patterson

October 20, 1952 [14] – 1954
58Gilbert B. Peat

1954 – 1956
59William W. Macaulay

October 15, 1956 [15] – 1958
60 David Laurence MacLaren
(1893-1960)
1958 – September 7, 1960Died in office
61 James A. Whitebone

September 7, 1960 – October 17, 1960Completed MacLaren's mayoral term as Deputy Mayor [16]
62 Eric Teed
(1926-2010)
1960 – 1964
63 Stephen Weyman
(1922-1997)
1964 – 1966
64Arthur L. Gould

1966
64Arthur L. Gould

January 1967 – June 1967
65Joseph A. Macdougall

1967 – 1969
66 H. Avard Loomer
(1915-1969)
June 22 – July 18, 1969 [17] Died in office
67James E. Calvin

October 6, 1969 – 1971
68 Bob Lockhart
(1931-2023)
June 1971 [18] – 1974
69 Edis A. Flewwelling

June 10, 1974 [19] – 1977
70 Samuel Davis
(1914-1996)
1977 – 1980
71 Bob Lockhart
(1931-2023)
1980 – 1983
72 Elsie Wayne
(1932-2016)
1983 – 1993
73 Thomas J. Higgins
(1931-1995)
1994 – 1995
74 Shirley McAlary

1995 – May 11, 2004 [20]
75 Norman McFarlane

2004 – 2008
76 Ivan Court

2008 – 2012
77 Mel Norton

2012 – 2016
78 Don Darling

2016 – 2021
79 Donna Reardon

2021 – present

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