List of mayors of Toronto

William Lyon Mackenzie was Toronto's first mayor.

That list heads the mayors of Toronto , Canada's largest city .

Shortly after the name of the city changed from " York " to " Toronto " on March 6, 1834 - in order to be able to differentiate itself better from New York City - the city received its first mayor on March 27 of the same year, William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861 ). Mackenzie was not elected directly by the citizens, but appointed by the City Council . This then happened until 1857 and later from 1867 to 1874.

Toronto has been part of the so-called Metropolitan Toronto since 1953 . This region had the same boundaries as today's Toronto, originally consisted of 13 cities and towns that had their own mayor and council. From 1953 to 1997 Metropolitan Toronto had its own chairman ( Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto ) in addition to the mayor of Toronto .

Since January 1, 1998, the Metropolitan Toronto merged together with the areas of North York , Scarborough , Etobicoke , York and East York , which are henceforth considered to be districts of Toronto. Since then there has been no regional government chaired by the Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto . The Mayor of Toronto chairs the city government, the Toronto City Council and a chamber of 44 councilors. A Deputy Mayor is elected from these ranks . Since 2006, the Toronto Mayor's term has lasted four years. With a few exceptions, the mayors of Toronto were directly elected by the population in the remaining years. Currently the 65th Mayor is John Tory .

The seven mayors who had two terms in office with one interruption are only counted once in this list.

list

#	Name (life data)	Term of office	Political party	Remarks	image
19th century (appointed by the council)
01.	William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861)	March 27, 1834 - January 1835	Reform party
02.	Robert Baldwin Sullivan (1802-1853)	Jan. 1835 - Jan. 1836
03.	Thomas David Morrison (1796-1856)	Jan. 1836 - Jan. 1837
04th	George Gurnett (1792–1861)	Jan. 1837 - Jan. 1838	Tory
05.	John Powell (1809-1881)	Jan. 1838 - Jan. 1841
06th	George Monro (1801-1878)	Jan. 1841 - Jan. 1842
07th	Henry Sherwood (1807-1855)	Jan. 1842 - Jan. 1844	Tory
08th.	William H. Boulton (1812–1874)	Jan. 1845 - Jan. 1847	Conservative Party of Canada
-	George Gurnett	Jan. 1848 - Jan. 1850		second calling
09.	John George Bowes (1812–1864)	Jan. 1851 - Jan. 1853
10.	Joshua George Beard (1797–1866)	Jan. 1854 - Jan. 1855
11.	George William Allan (1822-1901)	Jan. 1855 - Jan. 1856	Conservative Party of Canada
12.	John Beverley Robinson (1821-1896)	Jan. 1856 - Jan. 1857	Conservative Party of Canada
13.	John Hutchison (1817-1859 / 60)	Jan. 1857 - Jan. 1858
-	William H. Boulton	Jan. 1858 - Nov. 10, 1858		second calling
14th	David Breakenridge Read (1823-1904)	Nov. 11, 1858 - Jan. 1859		shortest term of office of Toronto mayor
19th century (elected by the citizens)
15th	Sir Adam Wilson (1814-1891)	Jan. 1859 - Jan. 1861
-	John George Bowes	Jan. 1861 - Jan. 1864		second term
16.	Francis Henry Medcalf (1803-1880)	Jan. 1864 - Jan. 1867
19th century (appointed by the council)
17th	James Edward Smith (1831-1892)	Jan. 1867 - Jan. 1869
18th	Samuel Bickerton Harman (1819-1892)	Jan. 1869 - Jan. 1871
19th	Joseph Sheard (1813-1883)	Jan. 1871 - Jan. 1873
20th	Alexander Manning (1819-1903)	Jan. 1873 - Jan. 1874
19th century (elected by the citizens)
-	Francis Henry Medcalf	Jan. 1874 - Jan. 1876		second term
21st	Angus Morrison (1822-1882)	Jan. 1876 - Jan. 1879	Conservative Party of Canada
22nd	James Beaty (1831-1899)	Jan. 1879 - Jan. 1881	Conservative Party of Canada
23.	William Barclay McMurrich (1842-1939)	Jan. 1881 - Jan. 1883
24.	Arthur Radcliffe Boswell (1838-1925)	Jan. 1883 - Jan. 1885
-	Alexander Manning	Jan. 1885 - Jan. 1886		second term
25th	William Holmes Howland (1844-1893)	Jan. 1886 - Jan. 1888
26th	Edward Clarke (1850-1905)	Jan. 1888 - Jan. 1892	Conservative Party of Canada
27.	Robert John Fleming (1854-1925)	Jan. 1892 - Jan. 1894
28.	Warring Kennedy (1827-1904)	Jan. 1894 - Jan. 1896
-	Robert John Fleming	Jan. 1896 - Aug. 5, 1897		second term
29	John Shaw (1837-1917)	Aug 6, 1897 - Jan 1899	Conservative Party of Canada
20th century (first half)
30th	Ernest Macdonald (1858–1902)	Jan. 1900 - Jan. 1901
31.	Oliver Aiken Howland (1847-1904)	Jan. 1901 - Jan. 1903	Conservative Party of Canada
32.	Thomas Urquhart (1858–1931)	Jan. 1903 - Jan. 1906	Liberal Party of Canada
33.	Emerson Coatsworth (1854-1943)	Jan. 1906 - Jan. 1908	Conservative Party of Canada
34.	Joseph Oliver (1852-1922)	Jan. 1908 - Jan. 1910
35.	George Reginald Geary (1873-1954)	Jan. 1910 - Jan. 1912	Conservative Party of Canada
36.	Horatio Clarence Hocken (1857-1937)	Jan. 1912 - Jan. 1915	Conservative Party of Canada
37.	Thomas Langton Church (1870-1950)	Jan. 1915 - Jan. 1922	Conservative Party of Canada
38.	Charles Maguire (1876-1949)	Jan. 1922 - Jan. 1924
39.	William Hiltz (1873-1936)	Jan. 1924 - Jan. 1925
40.	Thomas Foster (1852-1945)	Jan. 1925 - Jan. 1928	Unionist Party
41.	Samuel McBride (1866-1936)	Jan. 1928 - Jan. 1930
42.	Bert Sterling Wemp (1889-1976)	Jan. 1930 - Jan. 1931
43.	William James Stewart (1889-1969)	Jan. 1931 - Jan. 1935	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
44.	James Simpson (1873-1938)	Jan. 1935 - Jan. 1936	Ontario New Democratic Party
-	Samuel McBride	Jan - Nov 10, 1936		second term
45.	William D. Robbins (1874-1952)	Nov. 1936 - Jan. 1938
46.	Ralph Day (1889-1976)	Jan. 1938 - Jan. 1941
47.	Frederick Conboy (1882-1949)	Jan. 1941 - Jan. 1945	Conservative Party of Canada
48.	Robert Hood Saunders (1903-1955)	January 1945 - March 1, 1948
49.	Hiram McCallum (1899-1989)	March 1948 - January 1952
50.	Allan Lamport (1903-1999)	Jan. 1952 - June 1954	Ontario Liberal Party
Metropolitan Toronto Era (1953–1997)
51.	Leslie Howard Saunders (1899-1994)	June 1954 - January 1955
52.	Nathan Phillips (1892-1976)	Jan. 1955 - Jan. 1963	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
53.	Donald Dean Summerville (1915-1963)	Jan. 1963 - Nov. 22, 1963	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
54.	Philip Gerald Givens (1922–1995)	Nov. 1963 - Jan. 1967	Liberal Party of Canada
55.	William Dennison (1905-1981)	Jan. 1966 - Jan. 1973	New Democratic Party
56.	David Crombie (* 1936)	Jan. 1972 - Sep. 1 1978	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
57.	Fred Beavis (1914-1997)	Sep 1 - Nov. 30, 1978
58.	John Sewell (* 1940)	Dec. 1, 1978 - Dec. 1, 1980	New Democratic Party
59.	Art Eggleton (* 1943)	Dec. 1, 1980 - Dec. 3, 1991	Liberal Party of Canada	longest tenure of a Toronto mayor
60.	June Rowlands (1924-2017)	Dec 3, 1991 - Dec 1, 1994	Liberal Party of Canada	first woman in this office
61.	Barbara Hall (* 1946)	Dec 3, 1994 - Jan 2, 1997	independent
21st century
62.	Mel Lastman (born 1933)	Jan 2, 1998 - Dec 1, 2003	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
63.	David Miller (* 1958)	Dec 1, 2003 - Dec 1, 2010	independent
64.	Rob Ford (1969-2016)	Dec 1, 2010 - Dec 1, 2014	independent
65.	John Tory (born 1954)	Dec 1, 2014 -	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

literature

• Victor Loring Russell: Mayors of Toronto: 1834-1899 , Boston Mills Press 1982, ISBN 978-0-919822-77-1 .

Web links

Commons : Mayor of Toronto  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Chronological listing of the mayors of Toronto

References and comments

1. ^ List of the Chairmen Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
2. ↑ ceded on Nov. 8, 1858
3. ↑ interim
4. ↑ Toronto's scandalous mayor: Rob Ford withdraws due to tumor Spiegel Online from September 12, 2014, accessed on September 19, 2014

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