List of mayors of Guelph explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Guelph
Flag:Flag of Guelph.svg
Flagborder:yes
Flagcaption:Flag of Guelph
Incumbent:Cam Guthrie
Incumbentsince:2014
Style:Mayor, His/Her Worship
Member Of:City Council
Reports To:City Council
Seat:Guelph City Hall
(Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Appointer:Directly elected by residents of Guelph
First:George Howard
Salary:$93,362 including honorarium for sitting on police board (2011)[1]
Website:Mayor's Office

This is list of mayors of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Guelph was founded April 23, 1879 and incorporated as a town on January 1, 1856. Guelph officially became a city on April 23, 1879.[2] [3]

Chain of office

Since 1967, each sitting mayor has been honoured and presented with the chain of office to wear during their term of office. It is to be worn at city council meetings and other formal functions. The chain contains 17 shields 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 seven names of previous mayors engraved on the chain.[4]

List of mayors

Town of Guelph[5]

Mayor Years Active
John Smith 1856
George Smiley 1857
George Elliott 1858
1859[6]
John Harvey 1860
1861
George Palmer 1862
H.W. Peterson 1863
1864-1865
1866-1867
1868
1869-1870
Richard Mitchell 1871-1872
1873
John Harris 1874
Robert Melvin 1875-1876
F.J. Chadwick 1877
George Howard 1878

Notes:

  1. News: No one on council — including mayor — hit $100,000 mark. 3 March 2014. Guelph Tribune. 13 March 2012.
  2. Web site: About Guelph. City of Guelph.
  3. Web site: Guelph Mayors. City of Guelph.
  4. Web site: Chain of Office. City of Guelph.
  5. Book: Johnson, Leo Albert . History of Guelph, 1827-1927 . 363–66 . Guelph Historical Society . 1977.
  6. Prior to 1859, mayors were elected by council

City of Guelph

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Mayor Years Active
George Howard 1879
1880-1882
Caleb Chase 1883-1884
Wm Stevenson 1885-1886
A H MacDonald 1887-1888
Thos. Gowdy 1889-1890
1891-1892
W.G Smith 1893-1894
J. A Lamprey 1895-1896
Jas Hewer 1897-1898
R.E Nelson 1899-1900
John Kennedy 1901-1902
John Hamilton 1903-1904
1905-1906
John Newstead 1907-1908
Geo. D. Hastings 1909-1910
Geo. Thorpe 1911-1912
1913-1914
H. Mahoney 1915-1916
John Newstead 1917-1918
J.E Carter 1919
H. Westoby 1920
Chas Burgess 1921
Frank Howard 1922
Wm Stephens 1923-1924
1925
R.B Robson 1926-1931
O.G Lye 1932
R.B Robson 1933-1934
H. Mahoney 1935-1936
D.E Kennedy 1937
W. G Taylor 1938-1942
R.B Robson 1943-1944
Gordon L. Rife 1945-1949
J.A Clare 1950-1951
1952-1955
Harold Suitter 1956-1957
David Hastings 1958-1960
1961-1962
Ralph Smith 1963-1967
Paul W. Mercer 1968-1969
Ralph Smith 1970
1970-1985
John G.C Counsell 1986-1994
Joe Young 1994-2000
2000-2003
2003-2006
2006-2014
2014-current