List of mayors of Ottawa explained

The following is a list of mayors of Ottawa. Until 1854, Ottawa was known as Bytown. Over the course of Ottawa's history, the borders of the municipality have greatly expanded through annexations. This most recently occurred in 2001 when a number of neighbouring communities were amalgamated with Ottawa.

Bytown

• 1847 – John Scott
• 1848 – John Bower Lewis
  • 1849 – Robert Hervey 1850 – John Scott
• 1851 – Charles Sparrow
  • • 1852 – Richard William Scott 1853 – Joseph-Balsora Turgeon 1854 – Henry J. Friel

Ottawa, pre-amalgamation (1855–2001)

• • 1855–1857 – John Bower Lewis 1858–1859 – Edward McGillivray
  • 1860–1862 – Alexander Workman 1863 – ? – Henry J. Friel
    • 1864–1866 – Moss Kent Dickinson 1867 – Robert Lyon 1868–1869 – Henry J. Friel
  • 1870–1871 – John Rochester 1872–1873 – Eugène Martineau
  • 1874–1875 – John Peter Featherston 1876 – G. B. Lyon-Fellowes
• 1877 – William Henry Waller
  • 1878 – Chauncey Ward Bangs 1879–1881 – Charles Herbert Mackintosh
• 1882–1883 – Pierre St. Jean, M.D.
• 1884 – Charles Thornton Bate
  • • • 1885–1886 – Francis McDougal 1887–1888 – McLeod Stewart 1889–1890 – Jacob Erratt 1891 – Thomas Birkett
        • • • • • 1892–1893 – Olivier Durocher 1894 – George Cox 1895–1896 – William Borthwick 1897–1898 – Samuel Bingham 1899–1900 – Thomas Payment 1901 – William Dowler Morris 1901 – James Davidson 1902–1903 – Fred Cook 1904–1906 – James A. Ellis
    • 1906 – Robert A. Hastey 1907–1908 – D'Arcy Scott 1908 – Napoléon Champagne
  • 1909–1912 – Charles Hopewell 1912 – Edward H. Hinchey
  • 1913 – James A. Ellis 1914 – Taylor McVeity
    • 1915–1916 – Nelson D. Porter 1917–1920 – Harold Fisher 1921–1923 – Frank H. Plant
• 1924 – Henry Watters
• 1924 – Napoléon Champagne
• 1925–1927 – John P. Balharrie
  • 1928–1929 – Arthur Ellis 1930 – Frank H. Plant
    • • • 1931–1933 – John J. Allen 1934–1935 – Patrick Nolan 1936–1948 – J.E. Stanley Lewis 1949–1950 – E.A. Bourque 1951 – Grenville Goodwin
• 1951–1956 – Charlotte Whitton
  • 1957–1960 – George H. Nelms 1961–1964 – Charlotte Whitton
  • 1965–1969 – Donald Bartlett Reid 1970–1972 – Kenneth H. Fogarty, Q.C.
    • • • • 1972–1974 – Pierre Benoit 1975–1978 – Lorry Greenberg 1978–1985 – Marion Dewar 1985–1991 – James A. Durrell 1991 – Marc Laviolette 1991–1997 – Jacquelin Holzman
• 1997–2000 – Jim Watson
• 2000–2001 – Allan Higdon (acting)

Amalgamation

When the city of Ottawa amalgamated in 2001, these were the mayors of the municipalities that amalgamated:

• Chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton: Bob Chiarelli
• Ottawa

Allan Higdon (acting)

• Gloucester

Claudette Cain

• Kanata

Merle Nicholds

• Nepean

Mary Pitt

• Vanier

Guy Cousineau

• Cumberland

Gerry Lalonde (acting)

• Goulbourn

Janet Stavinga

• Osgoode

Doug Thompson

• Rideau

Glenn Brooks

• West Carleton

Dwight Eastman

• Rockcliffe Park

Patrick J. Murray

Since amalgamation (2001–present)

No.	Photo	Mayor	Terms of office	Took office	Left office
57			2	January 1, 2001	December 1, 2006
58			1	December 1, 2006	November 30, 2010
—		(acting)	—	May 2, 2009	July 8, 2009
—		(acting)	—	July 8, 2009	August 6, 2009
56			4	December 1, 2010	November 15, 2022
59			1	November 15, 2022	Incumbent

See also

• List of Ottawa municipal elections
• Mayors of Osgoode Township