List of mayors of London, Ontario
Encyclopedia
This is list of mayor
s of London
, Ontario
, Canada
. London was incorporated as a town
in 1848, and became a city
in 1855. Originally, mayors were elected on January 1 for one-year terms.
See also: London City Council
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
s of London
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. London was incorporated as a town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in 1848, and became a city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
in 1855. Originally, mayors were elected on January 1 for one-year terms.
See also: London City Council
London City Council
London City Council is the governing body of the city of London, Ontario, Canada.-Composition:One Councillor represents each of the 14 city wards along with the Mayor,Joe Fontana resulting in a 15-member city council....
Town of London
- Simeon Morrill (1848)
- Thomas C. DixonThomas C. DixonThomas C. Dixon was a hatter and political figure in Canada West. He represented London in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1851 to 1854. Dixon served as mayor of London in 1849....
(1849) - Simeon Morrill (1850-1851)
- Edward Adams (1852-1853)
- Marcus Holmes (1854)
City of London
- Murray Anderson (1855)
- William Barker (1856)
- Elijah Leonard, Jr.Elijah LeonardElijah Leonard was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1891.He was born on a farm near Syracuse, New York in 1814, the son of Elijah Leonard...
(1857) - David GlassDavid Glass (politician)David Glass was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Middlesex East from 1872 to 1874....
(1858) - William McBride (1859)
- James Moffatt (1860)
- Francis Evans CornishFrancis Evans CornishFrancis Evans Cornish, QC was a politician in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. He served as Mayor of London, Ontario, in the early 1860s, became the first Mayor of Winnipeg in 1874, and was for a time a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.Cornish was born in London,...
(1861-1864) - David Glass (1865-1866)
- Frank SmithFrank Smith (Canadian politician)Sir Frank Smith, PC was a Canadian businessman and senator.He was born in County Armagh in Ireland and in 1832 came to Canada with his family and his father established a farm in Etobicoke. Smith went into commerce, first working as a clerk in several Toronto stores, and then opening is own...
(1867) - William Simpson Smith (1868)
- John Christie (1869)
- Simpson Hackett Graydon (1869-1870)
- James Mitchell Cousins (1871)
- John Campbell (1872)
- Andrew McCormick (1873)
- Benjamin Cronyn, Jr. (1874-1875) (great-grandfather of Hume CronynHume CronynHume Blake Cronyn, OC was a Canadian actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside his second wife, Jessica Tandy.-Early life:...
) - Duncan Cameron MacDonald (1876)
- Robert Pritchard (1877)
- Robert Lewis (1878-1879)
- John Campbell (1880-1881)
- Edmund Allan Meredith (1882-1883)
- Charles Smith HymanCharles Smith HymanCharles Smith Hyman, was a Canadian businessman, and notable politician and sportsman.-Early life and business:...
(1884) - Henry Becher (1885)
- Thomas Daniel Hodgens (1886)
- James Cowan (1887-1888)
- George Taylor (1889-1891)
- William Melville Spencer (1892)
- Emanuel Thomas Essery (1893-1894)
- John William LittleJohn William LittleColonel John William Little was a businessman and mayor of London, Ontario, Canada from 1895 to 1897. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 18, 1848, the first-born child of Thomas Little and Rebecca Robinson....
(1895-1897) - John Dolway Wilson (1898-1899)
- Frederick George Rumball (1900-1901)
- Adam BeckAdam BeckSir Adam Beck was a politician and hydroelectricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.-Biography:...
(1902-1904) - Clarence Thomas Campbell (1905)
- Joseph Coulson Judd (1906-1907)
- Samuel Stevely (1908-1909)
- John Henry Alfred Beattie (1910-1911)
- Charles Milton Richardson Graham (1912-1914)
- Hugh Allan Stevenson (1915)
- William Moir Gartshore (1916)
- Hugh Allan Stevenson (1916-1917)
- Charles Ross Somerville (1918-1919)
- Edgar Sydney LittleEdgar Sydney LittleEdgar Sydney Little was a Canadian politician.The son of Colonel John William Little and Kate Nicholson Little, he was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He was the fifth boy out of seven. The family lived at 245 Dufferin Avenue, across from Centre Park, now known as Victoria Park. Their home is...
(1920-1921) - John Cameron Wilson (1921-1922)
- George Albert WenigeGeorge WenigeGeorge Albert Wenige was an eccentric mayor of London, Ontario, Canada, who served nine terms, mostly non-consecutively.Wenige was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1874 and moved to London, Ontario, Canada as a stunt bicycle rider at the Western Fair in 1900. He liked the city and decided to stay,...
(1923-1925) - John Mackenzie Moore (1926-1927)
- George Albert Wenige (1928)
- William John Kirkpatrick (1929-1930)
- Edwy George Hayman (1931-1932)
- Ferrier Baker Kilbourne (1933)
- George Albert Wenige (1934-1935)
- Thomas F. Kingsmill (1936-1938)
- Joseph Allan Johnston (1939-1940)
- William J. Heaman (1941-1945)
- Frederick George McAlister (1946)
- George Albert Wenige (1947-1948)
- Ray Ameredith Dennis (1949)
- George Albert Wenige (1950)
- Allan Johnson Rush (1951-1955)
- George Ernest Beedle (1955)
- Ray Ameredith Dennis (1955-1957)
- Joseph Allan Johnston (1958-1960)
- Frank Gordon Stronach (1961-1968)
- Herbert Joseph McClure (1968-1971)
- James Frederick GosnellJames Frederick GosnellJames Fredrick Gosnell commonly called "Fred" was a mayor of London, Ontario, Canada from January 1, 1971 to March 6, 1972. His son Tom Gosnell was the mayor of London from 1986 to 1994 and is the present deputy mayor and budget chief....
(1972) - Jane Elizabeth Bigelow (1972-1978)
- Martin Alphonse Gleeson (1979-1985)
- Thomas Charles GosnellTom GosnellThomas Charles Gosnell , commonly called "Tom", was a mayor of London, Ontario, Canada from January 1, 1986 to March 6, 1994. He is the son of James Fredrick Gosnell, known as "Fred", who was the mayor of London, Ontario, Canada briefly in 1972...
(1986-1994) - Dianne HaskettDianne HaskettDianne Louise Haskett was mayor of London, Ontario, Canada, from 1994 to 2000. She served two, three-year mayoral terms, making a priority of downtown revitalization, heritage preservation, economic development, neighbourhood protection, protecting the environment, international relations, trade...
(1995-2000) - Anne Marie DeCicco-BestAnne Marie DeCicco-BestAnne Marie DeCicco-Best was the 60th mayor of London, Ontario, Canada.DeCicco graduated from Fanshawe College's broadcast journalism program in 1986 and worked for CHYR in Leamington, Ontario, before returning in 1987 to work at CJBK and CJBX, a country music station in London as a reporter...
(2000-2010) - Joe FontanaJoe FontanaJoseph Frank "Joe" Fontana, PC is the current mayor of London, Ontario. He was previously a Liberal member of the Parliament of Canada for the riding of London North Centre....
(2010-)
Sources
- Office of the Mayor of London, Ontario
- Frederick H. Armstrong and John H. Lutman, The Forest City: An Illustrated History of London, Canada. Burlington, Ontario: Windsor Publications, 1986.
- Orlo Miller, London 200: An Illustrated History. London: London Chamber of Commerce, 1992.