List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario
| Mayor of Hamilton | |
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| Member of | City Council |
| Reports to | Hamilton City Council |
| Residence | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Seat | Hamilton City Hall |
| Appointer | Directly elected by residents of Hamilton |
| Term length | Four years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Colin Campbell Ferrie |
| Formation | 1847 |
| Website | www |
The mayor of Hamilton is head of Hamilton City Council. The current mayor is Andrea Horwath.
Indirectly-elected mayors, 1847 to 1858
| No. | Photo | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Council Election |
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| 1 |  | Colin Campbell Ferrie (1808–1856) | 1847 | 1847 |
| 2 | George Sylvester Tiffany (1805–1856) | 1848 | 1848 | |
| 3 | William L. Distin (1789–1879) | 1849 | 1849 | |
| 4 |  | John Fisher (1806–1882) | 1850 | 1850 |
| 5 | John Rose Holden (1821–1879) | 1851 | 1851 | |
| 6 | Nehemiah Ford (?)[a] | 1852 | 1852 | |
| 7 | William G. Kerr (1814/1815-1861) | 1853 | 1853 | |
| 8 | James Cummings (1815–1894) | January to March 1854 | 1854 | |
| 9 | Charles Magill (1816–1898) | April 1854 to December 1855 | 1854 1855 | |
| 10 | James Cummings (1815–1894) | 1856 | 1856 | |
| 11 | John Francis Moore (1816–1870) | 1857 | 1857 | |
| 12 | George Hamilton Mills (1827–1901) | 1858 | 1858 |
Mayors of the City of Hamilton (pre-amalgamation), 1859 to 2000
| No. | Photo | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Election |
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| 13 | Henry McKinstry (1805–1871) | 1859–1861 | 1859 1860 1861 | |
| 14 | Robert McElroy (?) | 1862–1864 | 1862 1863 1864 | |
| 15 | Charles Magill (1816–1898) | 1865–1866 | 1865 1866 | |
| 16 | Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835–1901) | 1867 | 1867 | |
| 17 | Hutchison Clark (1806–1877) | 1868 | 1868 | |
| 18 | James Edwin O'Reilly (1833–1907) | 1869 | 1869 | |
| 19 | George Murison (1819–1889) | 1870 | 1870 | |
| 20 | Daniel Black Chisholm (1832–1898) | 1871–1872 | 1871 1872 | |
| 21 | Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835–1901) | 1873–1874 | 1873 1874 | |
| 22 | George Roach (?) | 1875–1876 | 1875 1876 | |
| 23 | Francis Edwin Kilvert (1838–1910) | 1877–1878 | 1877 1878 | |
| 24 | James Edwin O'Reilly (1833–1907) | 1879–1881 | 1879 1880 1881 | |
| 25 | Charles Magill (1816–1898) | 1882–1883 | 1882 1883 | |
| 26 | John James Mason (1842–1903) | 1884–1885 | 1884 1885 | |
| 27 | Alexander McKay (1843–1912) | 1886–1887 | 1886 1887 | |
| 28 | William Doran (1834–1903) | 1888–1889 | 1888 1889 | |
| 29 | David McLellan (1841–1892) | 1890–1891 | 1890 1891 | |
| 30 | Peter Campbell Blaicher (1835–1900) | 1892–1893 | 1892 1893 | |
| 31 | _(14311095398).jpg) | Alexander David Stewart (1852–1899) | 1894–1895 | 1894 1895 |
| 32 | George Elias Tuckett (1835–1900) | 1896 | 1896 | |
| 33 | Edward Alexander Colquhoun (1844–1904) | 1897–1898 | 1897 1898 | |
| 34 | James Vernall Teetzel (1853–1926) | 1899–1900 | 1899 1900 | |
| 35 |  | John Strathearn Hendrie (1857–1923) | 1901–1902 | 1901 1902 |
| 36 | Wellington Jeffers Morden (1837–1928) | 1903–1904 | 1903 1904 | |
| 37 | Sanford Dennis Biggar (1861–1920) | 1905–1906 | 1905 1906 | |
| 38 | Thomas Joseph Stewart (1848–1926) | 1907–1908 | 1907 1908 | |
| 39 | John Inglis McLaren (1865–1948) | 1909–1910 | 1909 1910 | |
| 40 | George Harmon Lees (1860–1936) | 1911–1912 | 1911 1912 | |
| 41 | John Allan (1856–1922) | 1913–1914 | 1913 1914 | |
| 42 | Chester Samuel Walters (1878–1958) | 1915–1916 | 1915 1916 | |
| 43 | Charles Goodenough Booker (1859–1926) | 1917–1920 | 1917 1918 1919 1920 | |
| 44 | George Charles Coppley (1858–1936) | 1921–1922 | 1921 1922 | |
| 45 | Thomas William Jutten (1861–1955) | 1923–1925 | 1923 January 1924[b] December 1924 | |
| 46 | Freeman Ferrier Treleaven (1884–1952) | 1926–1927 | 1925 1926 | |
| 47 | William Burton (1888–1944) | 1928–1929 | 1927 1928 | |
| 48 | John Peebles (1872–1948) | 1930–1933 | 1929 1931 | |
| 49 | Herbert Earl Wilton (1869–1937) | 1934–1935 | 1933 | |
| 50 | William Robert Morrison (1878–1947) | 1936–1943 | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 | |
| 51 |  | Samuel Lawrence (1879–1959) | 1944–1949 | 1943 1945 1947 1948 |
| 52 | Lloyd Douglas Jackson (1888–1973) | 1950–1962 | 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954[c] 1956 1958 1960 | |
| 53 | Victor Kennedy Copps (1919–1988) | 1963–1976 | 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1973[d] 1976 | |
| 54 | Vince Agro (1936–2020) | 1976–1977 (as acting mayor)[e] | – | |
| 55 | Jack MacDonald (1927–2010) | 1977–1980 | 1976 1978 | |
| 56 | Bill Powell (1907–1992) | 1981–1982 | 1980 | |
| 57 | Bob Morrow (1946–2018) | 1983–2000 | 1982[f] |
Mayors of the City of Hamilton, 2000–present
| No. | Photo | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Election |
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| 58 | Robert E. Wade (1933–2023) | 2000–2003 | 2000 | |
| 59 | Larry Di Ianni (born 1948) | 2003–2006 | 2003 | |
| 60 | .jpg) | Fred Eisenberger (born 1952) | 2006–2010 | 2006 |
| 61 | .png) | Bob Bratina (born 1944) | 2010–2014 | 2010 |
| 62 | .jpg) | Fred Eisenberger (born 1952) | 2014–2022 | 2014 |
| 63 | | Andrea Horwath (born 1962) | 2022–present | 2022 |
Notes
- ^ Ford's birth and death years are unknown.
- ^ A referendum was held during the January 1, 1924 election which resulted in the electors of Hamilton approving a change in the municipal election date to early December. Subsequent elections were held early December with inaugurations in early January of the following year.
- ^ Following 1954, municipal terms were extended to two-years.
- ^ A special election was held in 1973 upon the creation of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth.
- ^ Agro served as acting mayor following Copps' incapacitation due to a heart attack but lost an election-bid to serve a full term in 1976.
- ^ Municipal terms were extended to three years in 1982.
References
- "Mayors of Hamilton". Hamilton Public Library. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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