List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario

Mayor of Hamilton
Flag of Hamilton
since November 15, 2022
Style
Member ofCity Council
Reports toHamilton City Council
ResidenceHamilton, Ontario
SeatHamilton City Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by residents of Hamilton
Term lengthFour years, renewable
Inaugural holderColin Campbell Ferrie
Formation1847; 177 years ago (1847)
Websitewww.hamilton.ca

The mayor of Hamilton is head of Hamilton City Council. The current mayor is Andrea Horwath.

Indirectly-elected mayors, 1847 to 1858

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List of Indirectly-elected Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 1847 to 1859
No. Photo Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term Council Election
1 Lithograph of Colin Campbell Ferrie Colin Campbell Ferrie
(1808–1856) 		1847 1847
2 George Sylvester Tiffany
(1805–1856) 		1848 1848
3 William L. Distin
(1789–1879) 		1849 1849
4 John Fisher John Fisher
(1806–1882) 		1850 1850
5 John Rose Holden
(1821–1879) 		1851 1851
6 Nehemiah Ford
(?)[a] 		1852 1852
7 William G. Kerr
(1814/1815-1861) 		1853 1853
8 James Cummings
(1815–1894) 		January to March 1854 1854
9 Charles Magill
(1816–1898) 		April 1854 to December 1855 1854

1855

10 James Cummings
(1815–1894) 		1856 1856
11 John Francis Moore
(1816–1870) 		1857 1857
12 George Hamilton Mills
(1827–1901) 		1858 1858

Mayors of the City of Hamilton (pre-amalgamation), 1859 to 2000

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List of Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 1859 to 2000
No. Photo Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term Election
13 Henry McKinstry
(1805–1871) 		1859–1861 1859

1860

1861

14 Robert McElroy
(?) 		1862–1864 1862

1863

1864

15 Charles Magill
(1816–1898) 		1865–1866 1865

1866

16 Benjamin Ernest Charlton
(1835–1901) 		1867 1867
17 Hutchison Clark
(1806–1877) 		1868 1868
18 James Edwin O'Reilly
(1833–1907) 		1869 1869
19 George Murison
(1819–1889) 		1870 1870
20 Daniel Black Chisholm
(1832–1898) 		1871–1872 1871

1872

21 Benjamin Ernest Charlton
(1835–1901) 		1873–1874 1873

1874

22 George Roach
(?) 		1875–1876 1875

1876

23 Francis Edwin Kilvert
(1838–1910) 		1877–1878 1877

1878

24 James Edwin O'Reilly
(1833–1907) 		1879–1881 1879

1880

1881

25 Charles Magill
(1816–1898) 		1882–1883 1882

1883

26 John James Mason
(1842–1903) 		1884–1885 1884

1885

27 Alexander McKay
(1843–1912) 		1886–1887 1886

1887

28 William Doran
(1834–1903) 		1888–1889 1888

1889

29 David McLellan
(1841–1892) 		1890–1891 1890

1891

30 Peter Campbell Blaicher
(1835–1900) 		1892–1893 1892

1893

31 Alexander David Stewart Alexander David Stewart
(1852–1899) 		1894–1895 1894

1895

32 George Elias Tuckett
(1835–1900) 		1896 1896
33 Edward Alexander Colquhoun
(1844–1904) 		1897–1898 1897

1898

34 James Vernall Teetzel
(1853–1926) 		1899–1900 1899

1900

35 John Strathearn Hendrie John Strathearne Hendrie
(1857–1923) 		1901–1902 1901

1902

36 Wellington Jeffers Morden
(1837–1928) 		1903–1904 1903

1904

37 Sanford Dennis Biggar
(1861–1920) 		1905–1906 1905

1906

38 Thomas Joseph Stewart
(1848–1926) 		1907–1908 1907

1908

39 John Inglis McLaren
(1865–1948) 		1909–1910 1909

1910

40 George Harmon Lees
(1860–1936) 		1911–1912 1911

1912

41 John Allan
(1856–1922) 		1913–1914 1913

1914

42 Chester Samuel Walters
(1878–1958) 		1915–1916 1915

1916

43 Charles Goodenough Booker
(1859–1926) 		1917–1920 1917

1918

1919

1920

44 George Charles Coppley
(1858–1936) 		1921–1922 1921

1922

45 Thomas William Jutten
(1861–1955) 		1923–1925 1923

January 1924[b]

December 1924

46 Freeman Ferrier Treleaven
(1884–1952) 		1926–1927 1925

1926

47 William Burton
(1888–1944) 		1928–1929 1927

1928

48 John Peebles
(1872–1948) 		1930–1933 1929

1930

1931

1932

49 Herbert Earl Wilton
(1869–1937) 		1934–1935 1933

1934

50 William Robert Morrison
(1878–1947) 		1936–1943 1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

51 Sam Lawrence in 1937 Samuel Lawrence
(1879–1959) 		1944–1949 1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

52 Lloyd Douglas Jackson
(1888–1973) 		1950–1962 1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954[c]

1956

1958

1960

53 Victor Kennedy Copps
(1919–1988) 		1963–1976 1962

1964

1966

1968

1970

1972

1973[d]

1976

54 Vince Agro
(1936–2020) 		1976–1977 (as Acting Mayor)[e] –
55 Jack MacDonald
(1927–2010) 		1977–1980 1976

1978

56 Bill Powell
(1907–1992) 		1981–1982 1980
57 Bob Morrow
(1946–2018) 		1983–2000 1982[f]

1985

1988

1991

1994

1997

Mayors of the City of Hamilton, 2000 – present

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List of Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 2000 to the present
No. Photo Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term Election
58 Robert E. Wade
(1933–2023) 		2000–2003 2000
59 Larry Di Ianni
(1948 – ) 		2003–2006 2003
60 Eisenberger in 2010 Fred Eisenberger
(1952 – ) 		2006–2010 2006
61 Bratina in 2010 Bob Bratina
(1944 – ) 		2010–2014 2010
62 Eisenberger in 2017 Fred Eisenberger
(1952 – ) 		2014–2022 2014

2018

63 Eisenberger in 2022 Andrea Horwath
(1962 – ) 		2022 – 2022

Notes

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  1. ^ Ford's birth and death years are unknown.
  2. ^ A referendum was held during the January 1, 1924 election which resulted in the electors of Hamilton approving a change in the municipal election date to early December. Subsequent elections were held early December with inaugurations in early January of the following year.
  3. ^ Following 1954, municipal terms were extended to two-years.
  4. ^ A special election was held in 1973 upon the creation of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth.
  5. ^ Agro served as Acting Mayor following Copps' incapacitation due to a heart attack but lost an election-bid to serve a full term in 1976.
  6. ^ Municipal terms were extended to three years in 1982.

References

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  • "Mayors of Hamilton". Hamilton Public Library. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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