| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Vancouver |
| Incumbent: | Ken Sim |
| Incumbentsince: | November 7, 2022 |
| Style: |
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| Member Of: | Vancouver City Council |
| Reports To: | Vancouver City Council |
| Residence: | Vancouver |
| Seat: | Vancouver City Hall |
| Appointer: | Directly elected by residents of Vancouver |
| Salary: | (2023)[1] |
| Termlength: | Four years, renewable |
| Inaugural: | Malcolm A. MacLean |
The mayor of Vancouver is the head and chief executive officer of Vancouver, British Columbia, who is elected for a four-year term. The 41st and current officeholder is Ken Sim, who has held office since November 7, 2022.
indicates the individual died in office.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Terms | class=unsortable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malcolm A. MacLean | 1886 | 1887 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 2 | David Oppenheimer | 1888 | 1891 | 4 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 3 | Frederick Cope | 1892 | 1893 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 4 | Robert A. Anderson | 1894 | 1894 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 5 | Henry Collins | 1895 | 1896 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 6 | William Templeton | 1897 | 1897 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 7 | James Garden | 1898 | 1900 | 3 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 8 | Thomas Townley | 1901 | 1901 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 9 | Thomas Neelands | 1902 | 1903 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 10 | William McGuigan | 1904 | 1904 | 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 11 | Frederick Buscombe | 1905 | 1906 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 12 | Alexander Bethune | 1907 | 1908 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 13 | Charles Douglas | 1909 | 1909 | 1 | bgcolor= | Conservative | ||
| 14 | Louis D. Taylor | 1910 | 1911 | 2 | bgcolor= | Liberal[2] | ||
| 15 | James Findlay | 1912 | 1912 | 1 | bgcolor= | Conservative | ||
| 16 | Truman S. Baxter | 1913 | 1914 | 2 | bgcolor= | Liberal | ||
| (14) | Louis D. Taylor | 1915 | 1915 | 1 | bgcolor= | Liberal | ||
| 17 | Malcolm P. McBeath | 1915 | 1917 | 3 | bgcolor= | Liberal | ||
| 18 | Robert Gale | 1918 | 1921 | 4 | bgcolor= | Conservative | ||
| 19 | Charles E. Tisdall | 1922 | 1923 | 2 | bgcolor= | Conservative | ||
| 20 | William R. Owen | 1924 | 1924 | 1 | bgcolor= | Conservative | ||
| (14) | Louis D. Taylor | 1925 | 1928 | 4 | bgcolor= | Liberal | ||
| 21 | William H. Malkin | 1929 | 1930 | 2 | bgcolor= | Conservative | ||
| (14) | Louis D. Taylor | 1931 | 1934 | 4 | bgcolor= | Liberal | ||
| 22 | Gerry McGeer | 1935 | 1936 | 2 | bgcolor= | Liberal | ||
| 23 | George C. Miller | 1937 | 1938 | 2 | bgcolor= | Conservative | ||
| 24 | James L. Telford | 1939 | 1940 | 2 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 25 | Jonathan W. Cornett | 1941 | 1946 | 3 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||
| (22) | Gerry McGeer | 1947 | 1947 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 26 | Charles E. Jones | 1947 | 1948 | bgcolor= | NPA | |||
| 27 | Charles E. Thompson | 1948 | 1950 | 1 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||
| 28 | Frederick Hume | 1950 | 1958 | 4 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||
| 29 | Albert T. Alsbury | 1958 | 1962 | 2 | bgcolor= | CVA/NPA | ||
| 30 | William Rathie | 1962 | 1966 | 2 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||
| 31 | Tom Campbell | 1966 | 1972 | 3 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 32 | 1972 | 1976 | 2 | bgcolor= | TEAM | |||
| 33 | Jack Volrich | 1976 | 1980 | 2 | bgcolor= | TEAM | ||
| 34 | Mike Harcourt | 1980 | 1986 | 3 | bgcolor= | Independent | ||
| 35 | Gordon Campbell | 1986 | 1993 | 3 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||
| 36 | Philip Owen | 1993 | 2002 | 3 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||
| 37 | Larry Campbell | 2002 | 2005 | 1 | bgcolor= | COPE | ||
| 38 | Sam Sullivan | 2005 | 2008 | 1 | bgcolor= | NPA | ||
| 39 | Gregor Robertson | 2008 | 2018 | 3 | bgcolor= | Vision | ||
| 40 | Kennedy Stewart | 2018 | 2022 | 1 | bgcolor= | Forward Together | ||
| 41 | Ken Sim | 2022 | bgcolor= | ABC Vancouver |
Two former mayors, Mike Harcourt and Gordon Campbell, went on to become premier of British Columbia.
George Clark Miller, Sam Sullivan, and James Garden became members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLAs) after being mayor. Art Phillips was elected to the Parliament of Canada in 1979 as a Liberal.
Larry Campbell became a Canadian senator after being mayor.
Gregor Robertson, Charles Douglas, James Lyle Telford, Jonathan Webster Cornett and Charles Edward Tisdall were British Columbia MLAs prior to becoming mayor.
Jonathan Webster Cornett was reeve of South Vancouver before becoming Vancouver mayor.
Gerry McGeer was a BC MLA and provincial cabinet minister before becoming mayor of Vancouver and became a Canadian member of Parliament (MP) and senator after having been mayor.
Kennedy Stewart was the New Democratic Party MP for Burnaby South before being elected.