Mayor of Hamilton
Incumbent
Andrea Horwath
since November 15, 2022
Style
Member ofCity Council
Reports toHamilton City Council
ResidenceHamilton, Ontario
SeatHamilton City Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by residents of Hamilton
Term lengthFour years, renewable
Inaugural holderColin Campbell Ferrie
Formation1847 (1847)
Websitewww.hamilton.ca

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

Indirectly-elected mayors, 1847 to 1858

List of Indirectly-elected Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 1847 to 1859
No. Photo Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party[lower-alpha 1] Other Partisan Affiliation Council Election
1 Lithograph of Colin Campbell Ferrie Colin Campbell Ferrie
(1808–1856)
1847 Independent Unaffiliated 1847
2 George Sylvester Tiffany
(1805–1856)
1848 Independent Unaffiliated 1848
3 William L. Distin
(1789–1879)
1849 Independent Tory 1849
4 John Fisher John Fisher
(1806-1882)
1850 Independent Republican[lower-alpha 2] 1850
5 John Rose Holden
(1821-1879)
1851 Independent Unaffiliated 1851
6 Nehemiah Ford
(?)[lower-alpha 3]
1852 Independent Unaffiliated 1852
7 William G. Kerr
(1814/1815-1861)
1853 Independent Unaffiliated 1853
8 James Cummings
(1815-1894)
January to March 1854 Independent Unaffiliated 1854
9 Charles Magill
(1816-1898)
April 1854 to December 1855 Independent Liberal 1854

1855

10 James Cummings
(1815-1894)
1856 Independent Unaffiliated 1856
11 John Francis Moore
(1816-1870)
1857 Independent Unaffiliated 1857
12 George Hamilton Mills
(1827-1901)
1858 Independent Unaffiliated 1858

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

List of Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 1859 to 2000
No. Photo Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party[lower-alpha 4] Other Partisan Affiliation Election
13 Henry McKinstry
(1805-1871)
1859–1861 Independent Unaffiliated 1859

1860


1861

14 Robert McElroy
(?)
1862–1864 Independent Unaffiliated 1862

1863


1864

15 Charles Magill
(1816-1898)
1865-1866 Independent Liberal 1865

1866

16 Benjamin Ernest Charlton
(1835-1901)
1867 Independent Unaffiliated 1867
17 Hutchison Clark
(1806-1877)
1868 Independent Unaffiliated 1868
18 James Edwin O'Reilly
(1833-1907)
1869 Independent Unaffiliated 1869
19 George Murison
(1819-1889)
1870 Independent Unaffiliated 1870
20 Daniel Black Chisholm
(1832-1898)
1871-1872 Independent Liberal-Conservative 1871

1872

21 Benjamin Ernest Charlton
(1835-1901)
1873-1874 Independent Unaffiliated 1873

1874

22 George Roach
(?)
1875-1876 Independent Unaffiliated 1875

1876

23 Francis Edwin Kilvert
(1838-1910)
1877-1878 Independent Conservative 1877

1878

24 James Edwin O'Reilly
(1833-1907)
1879-1881 Independent Unaffiliated 1879

1880


1881

25 Charles Magill
(1816-1898)
1882-1883 Independent Liberal 1882

1883

26 John James Mason
(1842-1903)
1884-1885 Independent Unaffiliated 1884

1885

27 Alexander McKay
(1843-1912)
1886-1887 Independent Conservative 1886

1887

28 William Doran
(1834-1903)
1888-1889 Independent Unaffiliated 1888

1889

29 David McLellan
(1841-1892)
1890-1891 Independent Unaffiliated 1890

1891

30 Peter Campbell Blaicher
(1835-1900)
1892-1893 Independent Unaffiliated 1892

1893

31 Alexander David Stewart Alexander David Stewart
(1852-1899)
1894-1895 Independent Unaffiliated 1894

1895

32 George Elias Tuckett
(1835-1900)
1896 Independent Unaffiliated 1896
33 Edward Alexander Colquhoun
(1844-1904)
1897-1898 Independent Conservative 1897

1898

34 James Vernall Teetzel
(1853-1926)
1899-1900 Independent Unaffiliated 1899

1900

35 John Strathearn Hendrie John Strathearne Hendrie
(1857-1923)
1901-1902 Independent Conservative 1901

1902

36 Wellington Jeffers Morden
(1837-1928)
1903-1904 Independent Unaffiliated 1903

1904

37 Sanford Dennis Biggar
(1861-1920)
1905-1906 Independent Unaffiliated 1905

1906

38 Thomas Joseph Stewart
(1848-1926)
1907-1908 Independent Conservative 1907

1908

39 John Inglis McLaren
(1865-1948)
1909-1910 Independent Liberal 1909

1910

40 George Harmon Lees
(1860-1936)
1911-1912 Independent Unaffiliated 1911

1912

41 John Allan
(1856-1922)
1913-1914 Independent Conservative 1913

1914

42 Chester Samuel Walters
(1878-1958)
1915-1916 Independent Unaffiliated 1915

1916

43 Charles Goodenough Booker
(1859-1926)
1917-1920 Independent Conservative 1917

1918


1919


1920

44 George Charles Coppley
(1858-1936)
1921-1922 Independent Unaffiliated 1921

1922

45 Thomas William Jutten
(1861-1955)
1923-1925 Independent Conservative 1923

January 1924[lower-alpha 5]


December 1924

46 Freeman Ferrier Treleaven
(1884-1952)
1926-1927 Independent Unaffiliated 1925

1926

47 William Burton
(1888-1944)
1928-1929 Independent Conservative 1927

1928

48 John Peebles
(1872-1948)
1930-1933 Independent Liberal 1929

1930


1931


1932

49 Herbert Earl Wilton
(1869-1937)
1934-1935 Independent Conservative 1933

1934

50 William Robert Morrison
(1878-1947)
1936-1943 Independent Conservative 1935

1936


1937


1938


1939


1940


1941


1942

51 Sam Lawrence in 1937 Samuel Lawrence
(1879-1959)
1944-1949 CCF-Labour CCF (Ontario) 1943

1944


1945


1946


1947


1948

52 Lloyd Douglas Jackson
(1888-1973)
1950-1962 Independent Liberal 1949

1950


1951


1952


1953


1954[lower-alpha 6]


1956


1958


1960

53 Victor Kennedy Copps
(1919-1988)
1963-1976 Independent Liberal 1962

1964


1966


1968


1970


1972


1973[lower-alpha 7]


1976

54 Vince Agro
(1936-2020)
1976-1977 (as Acting Mayor)[lower-alpha 8] Independent Liberal -
55 Jack MacDonald
(1927-2010)
1977-1980 Independent Progressive Conservative 1976

1978

56 Bill Powell
(1907-1992)
1981-1982 Independent CCF 1980
57 Bob Morrow
(1946-2018)
1983-2000 Independent Progressive Conservative 1982[lower-alpha 9]

1985


1988


1991


1994


1997

Mayors of the City of Hamilton, 2000 - present

List of Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario from 2000 to the present
No. Photo Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party[lower-alpha 10] Other Partisan Affiliation Election
58 Robert E. Wade
(1933-2023)
2000-2003 Independent Unaffiliated 2000
59 Larry Di Ianni
(1948 - )
2003-2006 Independent Liberal 2003
60 Eisenberger in 2010 Fred Eisenberger
(1952 - )
2006-2010 Independent Conservative 2006
61 Bratina in 2010 Bob Bratina
(1944 - )
2010-2014 Independent Liberal 2010
62 Eisenberger in 2017 Fred Eisenberger
(1952 - )
2014-2022 Independent Conservative 2014

2018

63 Eisenberger in 2022 Andrea Horwath
(1962 - )
2022 - Independent New Democratic 2022

Notes

  1. Mayors of Hamilton serve as independents in accordance with the Province of Ontario's prohibition on official partisan participation in municipal politics. Despite this, some mayors have actively campaigned as members of parties or electoral slates.
  2. Fisher moved to Batavia, New York in 1857 and was elected to the 41st Congress as a Republican.
  3. Ford's birth and death years are unknown.
  4. Mayors of Hamilton serve as independents in accordance with the Province of Ontario's prohibition on official partisan participation in municipal politics. Despite this, some mayors have actively campaigned as members of parties or electoral slates.
  5. 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.
  6. Following 1954, municipal terms were extended to two-years.
  7. A special election was held in 1973 upon the creation of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth.
  8. 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.
  9. Municipal terms were extended to three years in 1982.
  10. Mayors of Hamilton serve as independents in accordance with the Province of Ontario's prohibition on official partisan participation in municipal politics. Despite this, some mayors have actively campaigned as members of parties or electoral slates.

References

  • "Mayors of Hamilton". Hamilton Public Library. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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