List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario

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

Mayor of Hamilton
Flag of Hamilton
Incumbent Andrea Horwath since November 15, 2022
Style	Her Worship Mayor (informal)
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; 176 years ago (1847)
Website	www.hamilton.ca

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^[a]		Other Partisan Affiliation		Council Election
1		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 (1806-1882)	1850		Independent		Republican^[b]	1850
5		John Rose Holden (1821-1879)	1851		Independent		Unaffiliated	1851
6		Nehemiah Ford (?)^[c]	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^[d]		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 (?)	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 (?)	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 (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 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^[e] 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		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^[f] 1956 1958 1960
53		Victor Kennedy Copps (1919-1988)	1963-1976		Independent		Liberal	1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1973^[g] 1976
54		Vince Agro (1936-2020)	1976-1977 (as Acting Mayor)^[h]		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^[i] 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^[j]		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		Fred Eisenberger (1952 - )	2006-2010		Independent		Conservative	2006
61		Bob Bratina (1944 - )	2010-2014		Independent		Liberal	2010
62		Fred Eisenberger (1952 - )	2014-2022		Independent		Conservative	2014 2018
63		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.