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Mayor of New Westminster
Incumbent
Patrick Johnstone
since November 7, 2022
Style
Member ofNew Westminster City Council
Reports toNew Westminster City Council
SeatNew Westminster City Hall
Term lengthFour years, renewable
Constituting instrumentMunicipal Council Act, 1860
Municipal Act, 1872
Inaugural holderLeonard McClure (president)
James Cunningham (mayor)
FormationPresident: 1860; 164 years ago (1860)
Mayor: 1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Websitewww.newwestcity.ca/city_hall/mayor_and_council/mayor.php

The mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia, is the head of the municipal government of New Westminster, and acts as the presiding officer of New Westminster City Council meetings. They are elected alongside the rest of city council every four years during the British Columbia municipal elections, although there are no limits to how many terms a mayor may serve.[1] Prior to 1873, the head of the local government was titled the president of New Westminster, and was appointed by members of the municipal council, rather than being directly elected by New Westminster's residents.[2][3][4] The current mayor of New Westminster is Patrick Johnstone, who is the 38th mayor of the city.[3] Mayor Johnstone is also the first mayor who was elected as a member of an official municipal political party.

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Note: Any affiliations with provincial political parties will only be listed if the person was known to have served in a party caucus of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Appointed by City Council (president)
# Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Leonard McClure 1860 1861   Independent
2 John Ramage 1861 1862   Independent
3 Henry Holbrook 1862 1863   Independent
4 Robert Dickinson 1863 1864   Independent
5 William Clarkson 1864 1865   Independent
6 William J. Armstrong 1865 1866   Independent
7 John Robson 1866 1867   Independent
(3) Henry Holbrook 1867 1869   Independent
(6) William J. Armstrong 1869 1871   Independent
(5) William Clarkson 1871 1872   Independent
Elected directly by the public (mayor)
# Mayor Term start Term end Party
8 James Cunningham 1873 1873   Independent
(4) Robert Dickinson 1874 1875   Independent
9 Thomas R. McInnes 1876 1877   Independent
(3) Henry Holbrook 1878 1878   Independent
10 W.D. Ferris 1979 1979   Independent
(4) Robert Dickinson 1880 1881   Independent
11 Loftus R. McInnes 1882 1882   Independent
12 Henry Edmonds 1883 1883   Independent
(4) Robert Dickinson 1883 1888   Independent
13 John Hendry 1889 1889   Independent
14 W.B. Townsend 1889 1889   Independent
15 John Brown 1890 1891   Independent
(14) W.B. Townsend 1892 1892   Independent
16 D.S. Curtis 1893 1893   Independent
17 Henry Hoy[a] 1894 1894   Independent
18 B.W. Shiles 1895 1897   Independent
19 Thomas Ovens 1898 1899   Independent
20 J.T. Scott 1900 1901   Independent
21 W.H. Keary 1902 1909   Independent
22 John A. Lee 1910 1912   Independent
23 Arthur "Wells" Gray 1913 1919   Liberal[n 1]
24 J. J. Johnston[b] 1920 1922   Independent
25 T.S. Annandale 1923 1926   Independent
(23) Arthur "Wells" Gray 1927 1933[c]   Liberal[n 1]
26 Fred J. Hume 1934 1942   Independent
27 William Mott 1943 1948   Independent
28 J.L. Sangster 1949 1950   Independent
29 F. H. Jackson 1951 1958   Independent
30 Beth Wood[d] 1959 1964   Independent
31 Stuart Gifford 1964 1968   Independent
32 Muni Evers 1968[e] 1982[e]   Independent
33 Tom Baker[f] 1982 1988   Independent
34 Betty Toporowski 1988 1996   Independent
35 Helen Sparkes 1996 2002   Independent
36 Wayne Wright 2002 2014   Independent
37 Jonathan X. Côte 2014 2022   Independent
38 Patrick Johnstone 2022 ongoing   Community First New West
  1. ^ a b Provincial party affiliation that was not registered as a British Columbian municipal political party.
  1. ^ Not to be confused with the English locomotive engineer Henry Hoy.
  2. ^ Not to be confused with American actor J. J. Johnston.
  3. ^ Conflicting reports suggest Wells Gray left office in 1930.
  4. ^ Not to be confused with American politician Beth Wood.
  5. ^ a b Conflicting reports suggest Muni Evers served as mayor between 1969 and 1984.
  6. ^ Not to be confused with English actor and writer Tom Baker.

Mayors who held higher offices

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Federal government

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Canadian senators
Canadian members of Parliament

Provincial government

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Lieutenant governors of British Columbia
Premiers of British Columbia
MLAs of British Columbia / MLCs of British Columbia / MCAs of British Columbia

References

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  1. ^ "General local elections". gov.bc.ca. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "City Council minutes - Record Detail". New Westminster Archives. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "MAYORS OF NEW WESTMINSTER" (PDF). City of New Westminster. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "William Clarkson House No. 1". historicplaces.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2024. William Clarkson, served as mayor (then called President) of New Westminster from 1871-72
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