List of mayors of St. Catharines

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This is a list of mayors of St. Catharines, Ontario .

Mayors

MayorTerm beganTerm endedRef
1Alpheus Spencer St. John18451845
2Elias Smith Adams18461849
3Bernard Foley18501850
4Eleazer Williams Stephenson18511852
(2)Elias Smith Adams18521859
5 James Currie 18601862
6 William McGiverin 18631863
7William Morgan Eccles18641865
8Thomas Burns18661868
(5)James Currie18691870
9Patrick Marren18711871
10Henry Haight Collier18721873
11 James Norris 18741874
12James A. Douglas18751876 [1]
13Calvin Ernest Brown18761877
14Lucius Sterne Oille18781878 [2]
15Henry Carlisle18791881
16 Patrick Larkin 18821883 [3]
17Roswell Hinman Smith18841884
18Henry Albert King18851886
19John Evers Cuffe18871888
20John Brewer McIntyre18891890
21Edwin Goodman18911892
22Donald Robertson18931894
23 John Charles Rykert 18951896
24William Beamer Gilleland18971898
25Michael Yates Keating18991900
(20)John Brewer McIntyre19011902
26William Bartlett Burgoyne19031903
27Alexander William Marquis19041904
28Theodore Sweet19051905
29Andrew Riddell19061907 [4]
30John Samuel Campbell19081909
31James Maitland McBride19101911
32William Hamilton Merritt19121913
33James Thomas Petrie19141915
(26)William Bartlett Burgoyne19161917
34James Alexander Wiley19181918
35John Melbourne Elson19191919
36Edwin John Lovelace19201921
37 Edwin Cyrus Graves 19221922 [5]
(36)Edwin John LovelaceJan 1923Apr 1923
38Howard Eugene RoseApr 1923Dec 1923
39Jacob Smith19241927
40John David Wright19281929 [6]
41Frank McCordick19301931 [7]
42Frederick Avery19321934 [8]
43 Norman Lockhart 19351935 [9]
44Walter Westwood19361936 [10]
(40)John David Wright19371938 [11]
45 Charles Daley 19391943 [12]
46William John Macdonald19431948 [13]
47Richard Robertson19491951 [14]
48John Franklin19521953 [15]
49 John Smith 19541957 [16]
(48)Arthur Franklin19581958 [17]
50Wilfrid Bald19591960 [18]
51Ivan Buchanan19611964 [19]
52 Robert Mercer Johnston 19651968 [20]
53Mackenzie Chown19681972 [21]
54 Joseph Reid 19731976 [22]
55Roy Adams19761985 [23]
56Joe McCaffery19851994 [24]
57 Alan Unwin 19941997 [25]
58 Tim Rigby 19972006 [26]
59 Brian McMullan 20062014 [27]
60 Walter Sendzik 20142022 [28]
61 Mat Siscoe 2022present [29]

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  2. ↑ "Political Intelligence: Lincoln Reform Convention". The Globe , March 22, 1878.
  3. ↑ "Ontario's City Mayors: Biographical Sketches of the Principal Mayors-elect: The Mayors of Toronto, Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Kingston, Belleville, St. Catharines, St. Thomas, and Brantford". The Globe , January 4, 1882.
  4. ↑ "Want Cheap Power: Emphatic Request Made to Hon. Mr. Whitney". Windsor Star , April 12, 1906.
  5. ↑ "Ratepayers To Vote Again On Radial Scheme". Financial Post , November 10, 1922.
  6. ↑ "St. Catharines Is Well-Governed By Council Of Ten". Financial Post , March 29, 1929.
  7. ↑ "Seven Mayors Are Elected In Ontario". Windsor Star , January 2, 1930.
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  10. ↑ "Won't Attend: St. Catharines Mayor Says Conference of Mayors Waste of Time". Windsor Star , April 2, 1936.
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  12. ↑ "Crowded Day Precedes Rulers' Entry to U.S.". Windsor Star , June 8, 1939.
  13. ↑ "Dr. Macdonald St. Kitts Mayor". The Globe and Mail , January 3, 1944.
  14. ↑ "St. Kitts Elects New Mayor; Sargent Back in Owen Sound". The Globe and Mail , January 3, 1949.
  15. ↑ "200 Students On Two-Day Capital Tour". Ottawa Citizen , March 23, 1953.
  16. ↑ "Seeks Re-Election". Windsor Star , November 11, 1954.
  17. ↑ "City Governments Need Businessmen". Financial Post , June 7, 1958.
  18. ↑ "St. Catharines Fire Destroys Historic Cabin". The Globe and Mail , May 4, 1959.
  19. ↑ "St. Catharines Elects Buchanan As New Mayor". The Globe and Mail , January 3, 1961.
  20. ↑ "Mayor to quit for Legislature". The Globe and Mail , December 2, 1967.
  21. ↑ "Chown chosen as interim mayor in St. Catharines". The Globe and Mail , January 16, 1968.
  22. ↑ Graham Fraser, "St. Catharines mayor feels tour of farms not needed in dispute". The Globe and Mail , July 15, 1976.
  23. ↑ "Decision gets mixed reaction from Niagara councillors". The Globe and Mail , February 18, 1977.
  24. ↑ Rudy Platiel, "Seven mayors defeated in Ontario voting upsets". The Globe and Mail , November 14, 1985.
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  26. ↑ Colleen Turner, "Team Rigby under way: In inaugural address new mayor proposes economic planning group". St. Catharines Standard , December 2, 1997.
  27. ↑ Mike Zettel and Alison Bell, "Brian McMullan thrashes his mayoral opponents". Niagara This Week, November 15, 2006.
  28. ↑ Eric Vienneau, "St. Catharines mayor talks lifted capacity limits, city budget, Halloween parade". CHCH-DT, October 28, 2021.
  29. ↑ Don Mitchell, "St. Catharines, Ont. elects Niagara regional councillor Mat Siscoe as next mayor". Global News, October 24, 2022.
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