List of mayors of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Encyclopedia
This is a list of mayors of Thunder Bay and the former cities of Port Arthur and Fort William. Thunder Bay
was incorporated in 1970, amalgamating the cities of Port Arthur
and Fort William
.
in May 1884 to December 1969.
in April 1892 to December 1969.
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
was incorporated in 1970, amalgamating the cities of Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Ontario
Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario which amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Port Arthur was the district seat of Thunder Bay District.- History :...
and Fort William
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...
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Mayors of Thunder Bay (since 1970)
- Saul LaskinSaul LaskinSaul Laskin was a Canadian politician. He was the first mayor of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario.Born in Fort William, Ontario, he was the younger brother of jurist Bora Laskin. He was educated in Fort William and Toronto, and served overseas in World War II...
(1970–1972) - Walter AssefWalter AssefWalter Assef was a Canadian politician, and former Vaudevillian, who served as mayor of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was the first, and so far the only mayor, to have been elected for two discontinuous terms. He was first elected in 1973 and served until 1978...
(1973–1978) and (1981–1985) - Dusty Miller (1978–1980)
- Jack MastersJack MastersJohn Gerald Masters is a former Canadian politician. He served as mayor of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and as a federal Member of Parliament...
(1986–1991) - David Hamilton (1992–1997)
- Ken BoshcoffKen BoshcoffKen Boshcoff is a Canadian politician. He was born in Fort William, Ontario. He served as mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario from 1997 to 2003, during which he established Thunder Bay as the "Martial Arts Capital of Canada". He also had a role in establishing the Northern Ontario School of Medicine,...
(1997–2003) - Lynn PetersonLynn PetersonLynn Peterson was elected as the second woman to become mayor of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario on November 10, 2003.Prior to becoming mayor, Peterson served three years as a member of Thunder Bay City Council, and had nearly 20 years of community service...
(2003–November 30, 2010) - Keith HobbsKeith Hobbs (politician)Keith Hobbs is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election.Prior to his term in political office, Hobbs served as a member of the Thunder Bay Police for 34 years....
(December 1, 2010-present)
Mayors of Port Arthur (1884-1969)
From the incorporation of Port ArthurPort Arthur, Ontario
Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario which amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Port Arthur was the district seat of Thunder Bay District.- History :...
in May 1884 to December 1969.
- Thomas MarksThomas MarksThomas Marks was an Irish-born Canadian businessman who served as the first mayor of Port Arthur, Ontario ....
(1884) - James ConmeeJames ConmeeJames Conmee was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Algoma West from 1885 to 1902 and Port Arthur and Rainy River from 1902 to 1904 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Thunder Bay and Rainy River in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1911 as a Liberal...
(1885) - George Hugh MacdonellGeorge Hugh MacdonellGeorge Hugh Macdonell was a contractor and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Algoma in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1896 as a Conservative member....
(1886–1888) and (1900) - Thomas Ambrose Gorham (1889)
- Aaron Squier (1890)
- James Farrand RuttanJames Farrand RuttanJames Farrand Ruttan was a real estate agent and politician in Ontario. He was mayor of Port Arthur from 1891 to 1892....
(1891–1892) - George Thomas MarksGeorge Thomas MarksGeorge Thomas Marks was a businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was mayor of Port Arthur, Ontario from 1893 to 1899....
(1893–1899) - Isaac Lamont Matthews (1901–1902) and (1909–1910) and (1920–1923)
- George O.P. Clavet (1903–1904) and (1906–1907)
- Richard Vigars (1905)
- John James CarrickJohn James CarrickJohn James Carrick was a flamboyant and controversial Ontario real estate promoter and political figure. He was always referred to by his initials as J.J. Carrick. Carrick served as mayor of Port Arthur in 1908...
(1908) - Samuel Wellington Ray (1911–1912)
- John Albert Oliver (1913–1914)
- James Patrick Mooney (1915)
- Donald James CowanDonald James CowanDonald James Cowan was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He represented Port Arthur—Thunder Bay in the Canadian House of Commons....
(1916–1917) - Edward James Blaquier (1918–1919)
- James White Crooks (1924–1925)
- Milton Francis (1926–1927)
- John Oswald Hourigan (1928)
- George Gibbon (1929–1930)
- Percy Victor Ibbetson (1931–1932)
- George Blanchard (1933)
- Charles Winnans CoxCharles Winnans CoxCharles Winnans Cox was a politician and timber contractor in Ontario, Canada.Born on a farm in Westminster Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, he first worked as a farm and ranch hand near Nanton, Alberta, then moved to Port Arthur, Ontario in around 1908...
(1934–1948) and (1952) - Frederick Oliver RobinsonFrederick Oliver RobinsonFrederick Oliver Robinson was an Ontario machinist and political figure. He represented Port Arthur in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from August 1943 to November 1951 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member....
(1949–1951) and (1953–August 1955) - Albert James Hinton (September–December 1955)
- Eunice Marian Wishart (1956–1958)
- Norman Robert Wilson (1959–1961)
- Saul LaskinSaul LaskinSaul Laskin was a Canadian politician. He was the first mayor of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario.Born in Fort William, Ontario, he was the younger brother of jurist Bora Laskin. He was educated in Fort William and Toronto, and served overseas in World War II...
(1962–1969)
Mayors of Fort William (1892-1969)
From the incorporation of Fort WilliamFort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...
in April 1892 to December 1969.
- John McKellarJohn McKellarJohn McKellar was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He was the first mayor of Fort William, Ontario , serving from 1892 to 1898....
(1892–1898) - Charles William JarvisCharles William JarvisCharles William Jarvis was an Ontario banker and politician. Jarvis was the second mayor of the town of Fort William from 1899 to 1900, succeeding John McKellar. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1919 as a Conservative member.He was born in St...
(1899–1900) - William Frederick Hogarth (1901)
- Joshua Dyke (1902–1903)
- Clarence Hugh Jackson (1904)
- Edward Saunders Rutledge (1905–1906)
- James Murphy (1907–1908)
- Louis Lawrence Peltier (1909–1910)
- Samuel Crawford Young (1911–May 1912) and (1914–1915)
- George Alexander Graham (June 1912–1913)
- Harry Murphy (1916–1919)
- Albert Hugh Dennis (1920–1921)
- Newton Edmeston (1922–1925)
- Joseph Edmund CrawfordJoseph Edmund CrawfordJoseph Edmund Crawford was an Ontario chartered accountant and political figure. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1937 as a Liberal member....
(1926–1928) - Nathaniel Bascome Darrell (1929–1930)
- Eugene Grimes Murphy (1931–1932)
- Robert Barclay Pow (1933–1936)
- Benjamin Charles Hardiman (1937)
- Chisholm Mackenzie Ross (1938–1942)
- Garfield AndersonGarfield AndersonGarfield Anderson was an Ontario political figure. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1948 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member....
(1943–1948) - Hubert BadanaiHubert BadanaiHubert Badanai was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician.Born at Azzano Decimo in the Province of Pordenone, northern Italy, he moved to Canada when he was 18 and worked at a brickyard in Rosslyn. He later opened a successful car dealership and became an alderman in Fort William, Ontario for...
(1949–1952) and (1955–1958) - Edward Gordon Carson (1953–1954)
- Catherine Seppala (1959–September 1960)
- John Oliver Booth (September–December 1960)
- Ernest H. Reid (1961–1969)