List of mayors of New Westminster explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	New Westminster
Incumbent:	Patrick Johnstone
Incumbentsince:	November 7, 2022
Style:	His Worship Mayor (informal)
Member Of:	New Westminster City Council
Reports To:	New Westminster City Council
Seat:	New Westminster City Hall
Termlength:	Four years, renewable
Constituting Instrument:	Municipal Council Act, 1860 Municipal Act, 1872
Inaugural:	Leonard McClure (president) James Cunningham (mayor)
Formation:	Mayor:

The mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia, is the head of the municipal government of New Westminster, and acts as the presiding officer of New Westminster City Council meetings. They are elected alongside the rest of city council every four years during the British Columbia municipal elections, although there are no limits to how many terms a mayor may serve.^[1] Prior to 1873, the head of the local government was titled the president of New Westminster, and was appointed by members of the municipal council, rather than being directly elected by New Westminster's residents.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The current mayor of New Westminster is Patrick Johnstone, who is the 38th mayor of the city.^[3] Mayor Johnstone is also the first mayor who was elected as a member of an official municipal political party.

List

Note: Any affiliations with provincial political parties will only be listed if the person was known to have served in a party caucus of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

! Mayor ! Term start! Term end! colspan="2"
Party
1	1860	1861	Independent
2	1861	1862	Independent
3	1862	1863	Independent
4	1863	1864	Independent
5	1864	1865	Independent
6	1865	1866	Independent
7	1866	1867	Independent
	1867	1869	Independent
	1869	1871	Independent
	1871	1872	Independent

! Mayor ! Term start! Term end! colspan="2"
Party
8		1873	1873	Independent
		1874	1875	Independent
9		1876	1877	Independent
		1878	1878	Independent
10		1979	1979	Independent
		1880	1881	Independent
11		1882	1882	Independent
12		1883	1883	Independent
		1883	1888	Independent
13		1889	1889	Independent
14		1889	1889	Independent
15		1890	1891	Independent
		1892	1892	Independent
16		1893	1893	Independent
17		1894	1894	Independent
18		1895	1897	Independent
19		1898	1899	Independent
20		1900	1901	Independent
21		1902	1909	Independent
22		1910	1912	Independent
23		1913	1919	Liberal
24	J. J. Johnston	1920	1922	Independent
25		1923	1926	Independent
		1927	1933	Liberal
26		1934	1942	Independent
27		1943	1948	Independent
28		1949	1950	Independent
29		1951	1958	Independent
30		1959	1964	Independent
31		1964	1968	Independent
32		1968	1982	Independent
33		1982	1988	Independent
34		1988	1996	Independent
35		1996	2002	Independent
36		2002	2014	Independent
37		2014	2022	Independent
38		2022	ongoing	Community First New West

Mayors who held higher offices

Federal government

Canadian senators

Thomas Robert McInnes, 1881–1897

Canadian members of Parliament

James Cunningham, 1874–1878
Thomas Robert McInnes, 1878–1881
William Mott, 1949–1953

Provincial government

Lieutenant governors of British Columbia

Thomas Robert McInnes, 1897–1900

Premiers of British Columbia

John Robson, 1889–1892

MLAs of British Columbia / MLCs of British Columbia / MCAs of British Columbia

Henry Holbrook, 1871–1875
John Robson, 1871–1875 and 1882–1892
William James Armstrong, 1871–1878 and 1881–1884
Robert Dickinson, 1875–1878
John Cunningham Brown, 1890–1894 and 1900–1901
Arthur (Wells) Gray, 1927–1944 (died in office)

External links

Mayors Office at City of New Westminster

Notes and References

Web site: General local elections. gov.bc.ca. 1 March 2018. 10 February 2024.
Web site: City Council minutes - Record Detail. New Westminster Archives. 9 March 2024.
Web site: MAYORS OF NEW WESTMINSTER. City of New Westminster. 10 February 2024.
Web site: William Clarkson House No. 1. historicplaces.ca. 10 February 2024. William Clarkson, served as mayor (then called President) of New Westminster from 1871-72.