List of mayors of Brantford, Ontario

This is a list of mayors of the Canadian city of Brantford, Ontario"'.

Until 1956 mayors were elected for one year terms. Beginning in 1957, mayoral terms were extended to two years by Ontario law. In 1987, the provincial government changed the "Municipal Elections Act" to require local government elections every three years.

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Town of Brantford (1847-1876)

# William Muirhead, 1847
# Dr. Alfred Digby, 1848-1849
# Philip Cady VanBrocklin, 1850
# John Henry Moore, 1851
# Arunah Huntington, 1852
# George Samuel Wilkes, 1853
# James Kerby, 1854
# William Mathews, 1855-1856
# Thomas Botham, 1857
# Matthew William Pruyn, 1858
# Thomas Botham, 1859 ("second time")
# Joseph Duffett Clement, 1860-1863
# James Weymes, 1864-1865
# John Elliott, 1866-1868
# William Mathews, 1869-1874 ("second time")
# Dr. James W. Digby, 1875-1876

City of Brantford (1877-Present)

# Dr. James W. Digby, 1877 ("second time")
# Robert Henry, 1878-1879
# Reginald Henwood, 1880-1881
# William Watt, 1882-1883
# William J. Scarfe, 1884-1885
# Charles B. Heyd, 1886
# Robert Henry, 1887 ("second time")
# Charles B. Heyd, 1888-1889 ("second time")
# Samuel G. Read, 1890-1891
# Levi Secord, 1892-1893
# George Watt, 1894-1895
# Thomas Elliott, 1896-1897
# W. G. Raymond, 1898-1899
# Harry Cockshutt, 1900
# D. B. Wood, 1901-1902
# Matthew K. Halloran, 1903-1904
# Charles Waterous, 1905-1906
# J. W. Bowlby, 1907-1908
# W. B. Wood, 1909-1910
# Ross A. Rastall, 1911
# Charles H. Hartman, 1912-1913
# John H. Spence, 1914-1915
# J. W. Bowlby, 1916-1917
# M. M. MacBride, 1918-1920
# George Wedlake, 1921-1922 ("Wedlake died March 3, 1922. C.J. Parker completed the term".)
# C.J. Parker, 1922
# Frederic W. Billo, 1923-1924
# M. M. MacBride, 1925
# J.A.D. Slemin, 1926-1927
# Ross L. Beckett, 1928-1932
# M. M. MacBride, 1933-1934
# Col MA Colquhoun, 1935
# M. M. MacBride, 1936-1937
# R. J. Waterous, 1938-1940
# John P. Ryan, 1941-1945
# John H. Matthews, 1946-1947
# W. J. Dowden, 1948-1949
# Howard E. Winter, 1950-1953
# Reg Cooper, 1954-1955
# Howard E. Winter, 1956 ("second time")
# Max Sherman, 1957-1958
# Lloyd D. Hogarth, 1959-1960
# Richard Beckett, 1961-1970
# Howard E. Winter, 1971-1972 ("third time")
# Charles Bowen, 1973-1980
# David Neumann, 1980-1987 ("Neuman resigned in October, 1987. Karen George completed the term".)
# Karen George, 1987-1991
# Bob Taylor, 1991-1994
# Chris Friel, 1994-2003
# Mike Hancock, 2003-

External links

* [http://www.brantford.library.on.ca/genealogy/mayors.php Mayors of Brantford, Brantford Public Library]