List of mayors of London, Ontario

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Mayor of London
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Incumbent
Josh Morgan
since November 15, 2022
Style
Member of London City Council
Reports toLondon City Council
Residence London
Seat London City Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by residents of London
Term length Four years, renewable
Inaugural holderSimeon Morrill
Formation1848;176 years ago (1848)
SalaryCA$104,258 (2013) [1]
Website Mayor's Office

The mayor of London is head of London City Council. The 65th and current mayor of the city is Josh Morgan. London was incorporated as a town in 1848, and became a city in 1855. Originally, mayors were elected on January 1 for one-year terms.

Contents

The following is a list of mayors of London:

Chain of office

Since 1957, each sitting mayor has been honoured and presented with the chain of office to wear during their term of office. The chain of office is to be worn by the mayor during council sessions and other official occasions, including opening and closing ceremonies such as London's hosting of national and international sports and athletic competitions. The chain contains medallions engraved with subjects of local significance. The chain is also engraved with the names of the mayors who have worn it since it was commissioned. There are currently eleven names of previous mayors engraved on the chain. [2]

Town of London

NameTerm StartTerm End
Simeon Morrill 18481848
Thomas C. Dixon 18491849
Simeon Morrill18501851
Edward Adams18521853
Marcus Holmes 18541854

City of London

NameTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Murray Anderson18551855
William Barker18561856
Elijah Leonard, Jr.18571857
David Glass 18581858
William McBride18591859
James Moffatt18601860
Francis Evans Cornish 18611864
David Glass18651866
Frank Smith 18671867
William Simpson Smith18681868
John Christie18691869
Simpson Hackett Graydon18691870
James Mitchell Cousins18711871
John Campbell 18721872
Andrew McCormick18731873
Benjamin Cronyn, Jr.18741875Fled Canada for Vermont due to fraud; he is related to actor Hume Cronyn
Duncan Cameron Macdonald18761876
Robert Pritchard18771877
Robert Lewis18781879
John Campbell18801881
Edmund Meredith18821883
Charles Smith Hyman 18841884
Henry Becher18851885
Thomas Daniel Hodgens18861886
James Cowan18871888
George Taylor18891891
William Melville Spencer18921892
Emanuel Thomas Essery 18931894
John William Little 18951897
John Dolway Wilson18981899
Frederick George Rumball 19001901
Adam Beck 19021904
Clarence Thomas Campbell 19051905
Joseph Coulson Judd 19061907
Samuel Stevely19081909
John Henry Alfred Beattie19101911
Charles Milton Richardson Graham19121914
Hugh Allan Stevenson 19151915
William Moir Gartshore19161916
Hugh Allan Stevenson19161917
Charles Ross Somerville 19181919
Edgar Sydney Little 19201921
John Cameron Wilson19211922
George Albert Wenige 19231925
John Mackenzie Moore19261927
George Albert Wenige19281928
William John Kirkpatrick19291930
Edwy George Hayman19311932
Ferrier Baker Kilbourne19331933
George Albert Wenige19341935
Thomas Kingsmill 19361938
Joseph Allan Johnston19391940
William J. Heaman19411945
Frederick George McAlister19461946
George Albert Wenige19471948
Ray Ameredith Dennis19491949
George Albert Wenige19501950
Allan Johnson Rush19511955
George Ernest Beedle19551955
Ray Ameredith Dennis19551957
Joseph Allan Johnston19581960
Gordon Stronach 19611968
Herbert Joseph McClure19681971
James Frederick Gosnell 19721972
Jane Elizabeth Bigelow 19721978
Martin Alphonse Gleeson 19791985
Thomas Charles Gosnell 19861994
Dianne Haskett 19942000
Anne Marie DeCicco-Best 20002010
Joe Fontana 20102014
Joni Baechler20142014
Matt Brown 20142018
Ed Holder 20182022
Josh Morgan 2022

2017 reform

In spite of some controversy about this move, London was the first city in Canada (in May 2017) to decide to move a ranked choice ballot for municipal elections starting in 2018. Voters will mark their ballots in order of preference, ranking their top three favourite candidates. An individual must reach 50 per cent of the total to be declared elected; in each round of counting where a candidate has not yet reached that target, the person with the fewest votes is dropped from the ballot and their second or third choice preferences reallocated to the remaining candidates, with this process repeating until a candidate has reached 50 per cent. [3]

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References

  1. "London council hikes its pay 1.5%". London Free Press. April 16, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. "Chain of Office". City of London. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014.
  3. "London, Ont., votes to become 1st Canadian city to use ranked ballots". CBC News Windsor, May 2, 2017.