List of mayors of Kingston, Ontario
Appearance
This a list of mayors of Kingston, Ontario.
In Office | Mayor | Born/Died | Notes |
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1838 | Thomas Kirkpatrick | (1805-1870) | First mayor after Kingston becomes Town. First member of parliament for Frontenac. |
1839 | Henry Cassaday | (1797-1839) | Died in Office. |
1839-1840 | James Sampson | (1789-1861) | |
1841-1843 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
1844 | James Sampson | (1789-1861) | |
1844-1845 | Thomas Weeks Robison | (1810-1866) | |
1846 | Robert McLean | (1806-?) | Disappeared after being ousted from office due to amalgamation. |
1846 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | First mayor after incorporation as city. |
1847 | Thomas Kirkpatrick | (1805-1870) | |
1848 | William Ford Jr. | (1811-1893) | |
1849 | Francis Manning Hill | (1809-1854) | |
1850 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
1851 | Francis Manning Hill | (1809-1854) | |
1852-53 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
1854 | John Flanigan | (1815-1888) | |
1855 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
1855-1856 | Overton Smith Gildersleeve | (1825-1864) | |
1857 | George Davidson | (1810-1887) | |
1858 | John Flanigan | (1799-1862) | |
1859-1860 | Orlando Sampson Strange | (1826-1906) | |
1861-62 | Overton Smith Gildersleeve | (1825-1864) | |
1863-1865 | John Creighton | (1817-1885) | Elected by acclamation 1864, 1865 |
1866-1868 | John Breden | (1801-1893) | |
1869-1870 | William Robinson | (1824-1912) | |
1871 | Archibald Livingston | (1827-1890) | |
1872 | Samuel Trangott Drennan | (1819-1882) | |
1873 | Henry Cunningham | (1831-1904) | |
1874-1875 | Michael Sullivan | (1838-1915) | |
1876 | Byron M. Britton | (1833-1920) | |
1877 | John McKelvey | (1837-1927) | |
1878 | John McIntyre | (1843-1916) | |
1879 | Charles Fuller Gildersleeve | (1833-1906) | Also first president of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway c1871-c1900. |
1880 | Robert John Carson | (1846-1935) | |
1881 | Edward John Barker Pense | (1848-1910) | Also the owner of the newspaper, the Daily British Whig. |
1882 | John Gaskin | (1840-1908) | |
1883 | Charles Livingston Sr. | (1825-1888) | |
1884 | Dr. James McCammon | (1833-1884) | |
1885 | Edward Handley Smythe | (1844-1903) | |
1886 | John Lanyon Whiting | (1852-1922) | |
1887 | John Carson | (1858-1912) | |
1888-1889 | James Duncan Thompson | (1848-1910) | |
1890-1891 | William Melville Drennan | (1853-1900) | |
1892 | Donald M. McIntyre | (1855-1931) | |
1893 | Neil Currie Polson | (1852-1940) | |
1894 | Dr. John Herald | (?-1905) | |
1895 | Clark William Wright | (1859-1916) | |
1896 | Robert Elliott | (1861-?) | |
1897 | John S. Skinner | (?-1897) | |
1898 | Charles Livingston Jr. | (1857-1931) | Son of Charles Livingston Sr. |
1899 | Dr. Edward Ryan | (1860-1938) | |
1900 | James Arnott Minnes | (1868-1927) | |
1901 | Robert Edwin Kent | (1861-?) | |
1902 | John Morgan Shaw | (?-1925) | |
1903-1904 | Dr. John Howatt Bell | (1867-1940) | |
1905 | Robert Newton Frederick McFarlane | (?-1934) | |
1906-1907 | John McDonald Mowat | (1873-1916) | Died overseas during World War I. |
1908 | Dr. Arthur Edward Ross | (1870-1952) | Represented Kingston as MLA and MP. |
1909-1910 | Daniel Couper | (1863-1925) | |
1911 | Christopher L. Graham | ||
1912 | Franklin John Hoag | (1868-1957) | |
1913 | Timothy John Rigney | (1872-1967) | |
1914 | Robert D. Sutherland | (1871-1935) | |
1915 | Abraham Shaw | (1848-1922) | |
1916 | Dr. Alexander White Richardson | (18??-1938) | |
1917-1918 | John McKane Hughes | (?-1932) | |
1919 | Henry Wallace Newman | (1875-1926) | |
1920-1921 | Hugh Collamer Nickle | (1874-1946) | |
1922 | Samuel S. Corbet | (1870-1959) | |
1923-1926 | Thomas Bryant Angrove | (1869-1903) | |
1927 | Havelock Ford Price | (1862-1930) | |
1928-1930 | William H. Craig | (1880-1930) | |
1931-1932 | George Clark Wright | (1885-1956) | Son of Clark William Wright |
1933 | Dr. Bruce Hopkins | (1886-1971) | |
1934 | William P. Peters | ||
1935 | John Clifford Reynolds | (1897-?) | |
1936 | George Hanson | (1862-1938) | |
1937 | Charles P. Dalton | ||
1938-1943 | Dr. Harry A. Stewart | ( - 1970) | |
1944-1945 | Cecil Leroy Boyd | (1889-1954) | |
1946-1948 | Major James Stuart Crawford | (1894-1947) | Did not complete last term |
1948-1952 | Clifford Austin Curtis | (1899-1981) | |
1953-1956 | George Clark Wright | (1885-1956) | Died while completing last term in office. |
1956 | Russell E. McCullough | (1906-2000) | |
1957-1958 | Frank P. Boyce | (1890-1985) | |
1959-1964 | William Thomas Mills | (1924-2011) | |
1965-1968 | Robert A. Fray | (1909-1993) | |
1969-1972 | Ernest Valorie Swain | ||
1973-1976 | George Nicholas Speal | (1932-2008) | |
1977-1979 | Ken Keyes | (1930-?) | Represented Kingston as MLA . |
1980-1988 | John Gerretsen | (1942–Present) | Represented Kingston as MLA . |
1988-1993 | Helen Cooper | (1946–Present) | |
1993-1994 | Ken Matthews | (1928–Present) | |
1994-2000 | Gary H. Bennett | (?-Present) | |
2000-2003 | Isabel Turner | (?-Present) | |
2003-2010 | Harvey Rosen | (?-Present) | |
2010-2014 | Mark Gerretsen | (1975–Present) | Son of former mayor John Gerretsen, Represented Kingston as MP |
2014- | Bryan Paterson | (?-Present) |
References
- Machar, Agnes Maule. The Story of Old Kingston Musson: Toronto, 1908. pp290–291
- "The Mayors of Kingston since the City's Incorporation 150 Years Ago" Kingston Whig-Standard 28 January 1988
- City of Kingston Directories 1982-1994
- The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Global News | Paterson replaces out-going Gerretsen as mayor of Kingston