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This is a list of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario, including the suburban communities that were amalgamated with Sudbury to create the city of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001.
| | This article needs additional citations for verification .(February 2008) |
This is a list of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario, including the suburban communities that were amalgamated with Sudbury to create the city of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001.
| In Office | Mayor | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Stephen Fournier | [1] [2] | |
| 1894 | Daniel O'Connor | [1] | |
| 1895 | Murray Biggar | [1] | |
| 1896 | Stephen Fournier | [2] | |
| 1897-1898 | Francis Cochrane | [1] | |
| 1899-1901 | Thomas J. Ryan | [1] | |
| 1902 | Francis Cochrane | [1] [2] | |
| 1903-1904 | Francis Foley Lemieux | [1] | |
| 1905-1907 | Larry O'Connor | [1] | |
| 1908-1909 | John McLeod | [1] | |
| 1910-1911 | Larry O'Connor | [1] | |
| 1912-1913 | John G. Henry | [1] | |
| 1914-1915 | Larry O'Connor | [1] | |
| 1916 | Thomas Travers | [1] | |
| 1917-1919 | Percy Morrison | [1] | |
| 1920-1921 | J. Alfred Laberge | First mayor to have been born in the city. | [1] |
| 1922-1923 | Robert H. Arthur | [1] | |
| 1924-1925 | Joseph Sutherland Gill | [1] | |
| 1926-1927 | Joseph A. Samson | [1] | |
| 1928-1929 | Charles Bibby | [1] |
| In Office | Mayor | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-1932 | Peter Fenton | [1] [2] | |
| 1933-1934 | W. Marr Brodie | [1] [2] | |
| 1935-1936 | William J. Cullen | [1] [2] | |
| 1937-1938 | John Rudd | [1] [2] | |
| 1939-1940 | W. J. Forest | [1] | |
| 1941-1951 | William S. Beaton | [1] [2] | |
| 1952-1954 | Dan Jessup | [1] [2] | |
| 1955-1956 | Leo Landreville | [1] [2] | |
| 1957-1959 | Joe Fabbro | [1] [2] [3] [4] | |
| 1960-1961 | William R. Edgar | ||
| 1962-1963 | William A. Ellis | ||
| 1964-1965 | Joe Fabbro | [4] | |
| 1966 | Max Silverman | [5] | |
| 1967 | Grace Hartman | [6] [7] [8] | |
| 1968-1975 | Joe Fabbro | [4] | |
| 1976-1981 | Jim Gordon | ||
| 1981-1982 | Maurice Lamoureux | [9] | |
| 1982-1991 | Peter Wong | [10] | |
| 1991-2000 | Jim Gordon |
| In Office | Mayor | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 9, 2000 - November 30, 2003 | Jim Gordon | [11] | |
| December 1, 2003 - November 30, 2006 | David Courtemanche | [12] | |
| December 1, 2006 - November 30, 2010 | John Rodriguez | [13] | |
| December 1, 2010 - November 30, 2014 | Marianne Matichuk | [14] | |
| December 1, 2014 – November 14, 2022 | Brian Bigger | First mayor to serve more than a single term since the municipal amalgamation of 2000. | [15] |
| November 15, 2022 | Paul Lefebvre | [16] |
(independent town 1918-1973, town within Regional Municipality of Sudbury 1973-2000)
(independent town 1934-1973)
(independent town 1957–1973)
(Town, 1973–1997, City 1997-2000)
Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury, is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the fifth largest in Canada. It is administratively a single-tier municipality and thus is not part of any district, county, or regional municipality. The City of Greater Sudbury is separate from, but entirely surrounded by the Sudbury District. The city is also referred to as "Grand Sudbury" among Francophones.
The Regional Municipality of Sudbury was a Regional Municipality that existed in Ontario, Canada, from 1973 to 2000, and was primarily centred on the city of Sudbury. It served as an upper-tier level of municipal government, aggregating municipal services on a region-wide basis like the Counties and Regional Municipalities of Southern Ontario, and was the only upper-tier municipal government ever created in Northern Ontario. The Regional Municipality was dissolved with the creation of the amalgamated City of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001.
Nickel Centre was a town in Ontario, Canada, which existed from 1973 to 2000.
Capreol is a community in the Ontario city of Greater Sudbury. Situated on the Vermilion River, Capreol is the city's northernmost populated area.
James K. Gordon is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1976 to 1981 and from 1991 to 2003, and as a Member of Provincial Parliament for the provincial electoral district of Sudbury from 1981 to 1987. He briefly served in the Executive Council of Ontario, holding the position of Minister of Government Services in 1985.
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Greater Sudbury City Council is the governing body of the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Grace Hartman, was a Canadian social activist and politician in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, who became the city's first female mayor. She became mayor on October 18, 1966 when she was selected by city council following the death of the city's previous mayor, Max Silverman. However, in the municipal elections the following year, Hartman was defeated when the city's popular longtime mayor Joe Fabbro, Silverman's predecessor, stood for election again.
John R. Rodriguez was a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Greater Sudbury, Ontario from 2006 to 2010 and previously represented the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada from 1972 to 1980 and from 1984 to 1993 as a member of the New Democratic Party.
David Courtemanche is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the former mayor of Greater Sudbury, having served one term from 2003 to 2006.
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Michael Solski was a Canadian union leader, politician, and author in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was president of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Local 598 from 1952 to 1959, at a time when it was the largest single local in Canada. He later served as the mayor of Coniston (1962–1972) and of Nickel Centre (1973–1978). At the end of his career, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt.
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Brian Bigger is a Canadian politician who was the mayor of Greater Sudbury, Ontario from 2014 to 2022. He was elected in the city's 2014 municipal election. Prior to serving as mayor, Bigger served as the first Auditor General for the city.