List of mayors of Edmonton

This is a list of mayors of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prior to 1905, Edmonton was in the Northwest Territories, and prior to 1904, Edmonton was a town.

Matthew McCauley was the first mayor of Edmonton.

Stephen Mandel is the current mayor of Edmonton.

Mayors of Edmonton

	Mayor	Term Began	Term Ended
1	McCauley, MatthewMatthew McCauley	1892 !February 10, 1892	1895 !January 14, 1895
2	Wilson, Herbert CharlesHerbert Charles Wilson	1895 !January 1895	1896-0 !October 6, 1896
3	Gallagher, CorneliusCornelius Gallagher	1896-0 !October 1896	1896-2 !December 14, 1896
4	McDougall, John AlexanderJohn Alexander McDougall	1896-2 !December 14, 1896	1897 !December 13, 1897
5	Edmiston, William S.William S. Edmiston	1897 !December 13, 1897	1899 !December 11, 1899
6	MacKenzie, Kenneth W.Kenneth W. MacKenzie	1899 !December 11, 1899	1901 !December 9, 1901
7	Short, WilliamWilliam Short	1901 !December 9, 1901	1904 !December 12, 1904
–	MacKenzie, Kenneth W.Kenneth W. MacKenzie	1904 !December 12, 1904	1905 !December 11, 1905
8	May, CharlesCharles May	1905 !December 11, 1905	1906 !December 10, 1906
9	Griesbach, William AntrobusWilliam Antrobus Griesbach	1906 !December 10, 1906	1907 !December 9, 1907
–	McDougall, John AlexanderJohn Alexander McDougall	1907 !December 9, 1907	1908 !December 14, 1908
10	Lee, RobertRobert Lee	1908 !December 14, 1908	1910 !December 12, 1910
11	Armstrong, George S.George S. Armstrong	1910 !December 12, 1910	1912 !December 9, 1912
–	Short, WilliamWilliam Short	1912 !December 9, 1912	1913 !December 8, 1913
12	McNamara, William J.William J. McNamara	1913 !December 8, 1913	1914 !October 27, 1914
13	Henry, William ThomasWilliam Thomas Henry	1914 !December 14, 1914	1917 !December 10, 1917
14	Evans, Harry Marshall ErskineHarry Marshall Erskine Evans	1917 !December 10, 1917	1918 !December 9, 1918
15	Clarke, JosephJoseph Clarke	1918 !December 9, 1918	1920 !December 13, 1920
16	Duggan, David MilwynDavid Milwyn Duggan	1920 !December 13, 1920	1923 !December 10, 1923
17	Blatchford, Kenneth AlexanderKenneth Alexander Blatchford	1923 !December 10, 1923	1926 !December 13, 1926
18	Bury, Ambrose Upton GledstanesAmbrose Upton Gledstanes Bury	1926 !December 13, 1926	1929 !December 9, 1929
19	Douglas, James McCrieJames McCrie Douglas	1929 !December 9, 1929	1931 !November 11, 1931
20	Knott, Daniel KennedyDaniel Kennedy Knott	1931 !November 11, 1931	1934 !November 14, 1934
–	Clarke, JosephJoseph Clarke	1934 !November 14, 1934	1937 !November 10, 1937
21	Fry, John WesleyJohn Wesley Fry	1937 !November 10, 1937	1945 !November 7, 1945
22	Ainlay, Harry DeanHarry Dean Ainlay	1945 !November 7, 1945	1949 !November 2, 1949
23	Parsons, SidneySidney Parsons	1949 !November 2, 1949	1951 !November 7, 1951
24	Hawrelak, WilliamWilliam Hawrelak	1951 !November 7, 1951	1959-8 !September 9, 1959
25	Mitchell, Frederick JohnFrederick John Mitchell	1959-8 !September 9, 1959	1959-9 !October 14, 1959
26	Roper, Elmer ErnestElmer Ernest Roper	1959-9 !October 14, 1959	1963 !October 16, 1963
–	Hawrelak, WilliamWilliam Hawrelak	1963 !October 16, 1963	1965 !March 11, 1965
27	Dantzer, Vincent M.Vincent M. Dantzer	1965 !March 11, 1965	1968 !October 16, 1968
28	Dent, IvorIvor Dent	1968 !October 16, 1968	1974 !October 16, 1974
–	Hawrelak, WilliamWilliam Hawrelak	1974 !October 16, 1974	1975 !November 7, 1975
29	Cavanagh, TerryTerry Cavanagh	1975 !November 1975	1977 !October 19, 1977
30	Purves, CecCec Purves	1977 !October 19, 1977	1983 !October 17, 1983
31	Decore, Laurence G.Laurence G. Decore	1983 !October 17, 1983	1988 !1988
–	Cavanagh, TerryTerry Cavanagh	1988 !1988	1989 !October 16, 1989
32	Reimer, Janice RheaJanice Rhea Reimer	1989 !October 16, 1989	1995 !October 16, 1995
33	Smith, BillBill Smith	1995 !October 16, 1995	2004 !October 26, 2004
34	Mandel, StephenStephen Mandel	2004 !October 26, 2004	2013 !present

Living former mayors

As of January 2010^[update], four former mayors are alive, the oldest being Terry Cavanagh (1975–1977/1988–1989, born 1926). The most recent to die was Ivor Dent (1968–1974), on July 29, 2009.

Name	Term	Date of birth
Terry Cavanagh	1975–1977 1988–1989	July 19, 1926 (1926-07-19) (age 85)
Cec Purves	1977–1983	October 18, 1933 (1933-10-18) (age 78)
Bill Smith	1995–2004	December 11, 1935 (1935-12-11) (age 75)
Jan Reimer	1989–1995	May 23, 1952 (1952-05-23) (age 59)

See also

• List of mayors in Alberta
• List of mayors in Canada
• Timeline of Edmonton history