List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Hamilton
Flag:Flag of Hamilton.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of Hamilton
Incumbent:Andrea Horwath
Incumbentsince:November 15, 2022
Style:
Member Of:City Council
Reports To:Hamilton City Council
Residence:Hamilton, Ontario
Seat:Hamilton City Hall
Appointer:Directly elected by residents of Hamilton
Termlength:Four years, renewable
Inaugural:Colin Campbell Ferrie

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

Indirectly-elected mayors, 1847 to 1858

! scope=col class=unsortable
Photoscope=col Name
scope=col class=unsortable TermCouncil Election
scope=row 1Colin Campbell Ferrie
18471847
scope=row 2George Sylvester Tiffany
1848class=nowrap 1848
scope=row 3William L. Distin
1849class=nowrap 1849
scope=row 4John Fisher
1850class=nowrap 1850
scope=row 5John Rose Holden
1851class=nowrap 1851
scope=row 6Nehemiah Ford
1852class=nowrap 1852
scope=row 7William G. Kerr
1853class=nowrap 1853
scope=row 8James Cummings
January to March 1854class=nowrap 1854
scope=row 9Charles Magill
April 1854 to December 1855class=nowrap 1854----1855
scope=row 10James Cummings
1856class=nowrap 1856
scope=row 11John Francis Moore
1857class=nowrap 1857
scope=row 12George Hamilton Mills
1858class=nowrap 1858

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

! scope=col class=unsortable
Photoscope=col Name
scope=col class=unsortable TermElection
scope=row 13Henry McKinstry
1859–1861class=nowrap 1859----1860----1861
scope=row 14Robert McElroy
1862–1864class=nowrap 1862----1863----1864
scope=row 15Charles Magill
1865–1866class=nowrap 1865----1866
scope=row 16Benjamin Ernest Charlton
1867class=nowrap 1867
scope=row 17Hutchison Clark
1868class=nowrap 1868
scope=row 18James Edwin O'Reilly
1869class=nowrap 1869
scope=row 19George Murison
1870class=nowrap 1870
scope=row 20Daniel Black Chisholm
1871–1872class=nowrap 1871----1872
scope=row 21Benjamin Ernest Charlton
1873–1874class=nowrap 1873----1874
scope=row 22George Roach
1875–1876class=nowrap 1875----1876
scope=row 23Francis Edwin Kilvert
1877–1878class=nowrap 1877----1878
scope=row 24James Edwin O'Reilly
1879–1881class=nowrap 1879----1880----1881
scope=row 25Charles Magill
1882–1883class=nowrap 1882----1883
scope=row 26John James Mason
1884–1885class=nowrap 1884----1885
scope=row 27Alexander McKay
1886–1887class=nowrap 1886----1887
scope=row 28William Doran
1888–1889class=nowrap 1888----1889
scope=row 29David McLellan
1890–1891class=nowrap 1890----1891
scope=row 30Peter Campbell Blaicher
1892–1893class=nowrap 1892----1893
scope=row 31Alexander David Stewart
1894–1895class=nowrap 1894----1895
scope=row 32George Elias Tuckett
1896class=nowrap 1896
scope=row 33Edward Alexander Colquhoun
1897–1898class=nowrap 1897----1898
scope=row 34James Vernall Teetzel
1899–1900class=nowrap 1899----1900
scope=row 35John Strathearne Hendrie
1901–1902class=nowrap 1901----1902
scope=row 36Wellington Jeffers Morden
1903–1904class=nowrap 1903----1904
scope=row 37Sanford Dennis Biggar
1905–1906class=nowrap 1905----1906
scope=row 38Thomas Joseph Stewart
1907–1908class=nowrap 1907----1908
scope=row 39John Inglis McLaren
1909–1910class=nowrap 1909----1910
scope=row 40George Harmon Lees
1911–1912class=nowrap 1911----1912
scope=row 41John Allan
1913–1914class=nowrap 1913----1914
scope=row 42Chester Samuel Walters
1915–1916class=nowrap 1915----1916
scope=row 43Charles Goodenough Booker
1917–1920class=nowrap 1917----1918----1919----1920
scope=row 44George Charles Coppley
1921–1922class=nowrap 1921----1922
scope=row 45Thomas William Jutten
1923–1925class=nowrap 1923----January 1924----December 1924
scope=row 46Freeman Ferrier Treleaven
1926–1927class=nowrap 1925----1926
scope=row 47William Burton
1928–1929class=nowrap 1927----1928
scope=row 48John Peebles
1930–1933class=nowrap 1929----1930----1931----1932
scope=row 49Herbert Earl Wilton
1934–1935class=nowrap 1933----1934
scope=row 50William Robert Morrison
1936–1943class=nowrap 1935----1936----1937----1938----1939----1940----1941----1942
scope=row 51Samuel Lawrence
1944–1949class=nowrap 1943----1944----1945----1946----1947----1948
scope=row 52Lloyd Douglas Jackson
1950–1962class=nowrap 1949----1950----1951----1952----1953----1954----1956----1958----1960
scope=row 53Victor Kennedy Copps
1963–1976class=nowrap 1962----1964----1966----1968----1970----1972----1973----1976
scope=row 54Vince Agro
1976–1977 (as Acting Mayor)class=nowrap –
scope=row 55Jack MacDonald
1977–1980class=nowrap 1976----1978
scope=row 56Bill Powell
1981–1982class=nowrap 1980
scope=row 57Bob Morrow
1983–2000class=nowrap 1982----1985----1988----1991----1994----1997

Mayors of the City of Hamilton, 2000 – present

! scope=col class=unsortable
Photoscope=col Name
scope=col class=unsortable Termscope=col class=unsortable Election
scope=row 58Robert E. Wade
2000–2003class=nowrap 2000
scope=row 59Larry Di Ianni
2003–2006class=nowrap 2003
scope=row 60Fred Eisenberger
2006–2010class=nowrap 2006
scope=row 61Bob Bratina
2010–2014class=nowrap 2010
scope=row 62Fred Eisenberger
2014–2022class=nowrap 2014----2018
scope=row 63Andrea Horwath
2022 –class=nowrap 2022

References

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