List of mayors of Barrie explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	Barrie
Flag:	Flag of Barrie.svg
Flagcaption:	Flag of Barrie
Incumbent:	Alex Nuttall
Incumbentsince:	November 15, 2022
Style:	His Worship Mayor (informal)
Member Of:	Barrie City Council
Reports To:	Barrie City Council
Residence:	Barrie
Seat:	Barrie City Hall
Appointer:	Directly elected by residents of Barrie
Termlength:	Four years, renewable
Precursor:	Reeve of Barrie
Inaugural:	Robert Simpson
Deputy:	Deputy mayor of Barrie
Salary:	180,000 (2020)^[1]

The mayor of Barrie is head of the governing body of the Barrie City Council. The current mayor is Alex Nuttall.

The following is a list of mayors and reeves of Barrie:

Reeves (1854–1870)

• Jonathan Lane (1854–1855)
• Thomas David McConkey (1855–1856)
• David Morrow (1856–1857)
• Henry B. Hopkins (1857–1858)
• Robert Simpson (1858–1859)
• Thomas David McConkey (1859–1863)
• William Davis Ardagh (1864–1870)

Mayors (1871–present)

• Robert Simpson (1871–1872)
• William Alves Boys (1873–1875)
• Robert Simpson (1876)
• W. D. Ardagh (1877–1881)
• Henry Sewery (1882–1886)
• C. H. Ross (1887–1888)
• F. E. P. Pepler (1889–1891)
• A. E. H. Creswicke (1892–1894)
• J. M. Bothwell (1895–1896)
• S. M. Wells (1897–1899)
• G. A. Radenhurst (1900–1901)
• William Alves Boys (1902–1904)
• Donald Ross (1905–1906)
• John H. Bennett (1907–1908)
• James Vair (1909)
• Thomas Beecroft (1910–1911)
• Alex Cowan (1912–1914)
• John F. Craig (1915–1917)
• Dr. Robert J. Sprott (1918–1920)
• John Little (1921–1923)
• John F. Craig (1924–1926)
• William Lowe (1927)
• Walter Duff (1927)
• Duncan Fletcher McCuaig (1928–1931)
• John F. Craig (1932–1934)
• W. J. Blair (1935)
• H. G. Robertson (1936–1941)
• Donald F. MacLaren (1942–1944)
• Peter Sinclair (1945–1946)
• Grant Mayor (1947–1949)
• Edwin Wilson (1950)
• Marjorie Hamilton (1950–1952)^[2]
• James W. Hart (1953)
• Heber Smith (1954)
• R. Eldon Greer (1955–1956)
• Willard Kinzie (1957–1961)
• Lester Cooke (1962–1967)
• Bob Bentley (1968–1969)
• Lester Cooke (1970–1972)
• Dorian Parker (1973–1976)^[3]
• Ross Archer (1977–1988)
• Janice Laking (1988–2000)^[4]
• Jim Perri (2000–2003)
• Robert J. Hamilton (2003–2006)
• Dave Aspden (2006–2010)^[5]
• Jeff Lehman (2010–2022)^[6]
• Alex Nuttall (2022 - present)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: November 12, 2021 . Mayor money: Sudbury's Brian Bigger makes almost as much as Toronto's John Tory . March 1, 2022 . Northern Ontario . en-CA.
2. "Cutter Ride Celebrates Barrie Widow's Election as First Woman Mayor". The Globe and Mail, December 12, 1950.
3. "Dorian Parker... a steady, sturdy influence". Barrie Advance, June 5, 2007.
4. "Easy wins, surprise upsets recorded". The Globe and Mail, November 15, 1988.
5. Web site: Mayor Dave Aspen representing Barrie in the United States about the USS Iwo Jima in Norfolk, Virginia during the USA Civic Leaders Tour. . March 1, 2022 . Barrie Historical Archive . en-CA.
6. Web site: February 24, 2022 . A look at Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman's political career . March 1, 2022 . Barrie . en-CA.
7. Kim Phillips, "Alex Nuttall will become Barrie's 47th mayor". CTV News Barrie, October 25, 2022.