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List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick

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Mayor of Saint John
Incumbent
Donna Reardon
since June 7, 2021
StyleYour Worship
Term length4 years (Since 2004)
Inaugural holderGabriel George Ludlow
FormationMay 18, 1785
Salary$88 000 ($18 000 additional allowance), 2012[1]
WebsiteCity of Saint John

The Mayor of the City of Saint John is the head of the elected municipal council of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John Common Council consists of a mayor (chair) and 10 councillors. The city has a ward system with four of roughly equal population. This municipal arrangement was first adopted in the 2008 municipal election after a plebiscite held October 9, 2007. The mayor is directly elected along with two councillors that run at large. Since 2021, the deputy mayor has been chosen by Common Council after each election, having previously been the councillor at large who gained a plurality of votes. The current deputy mayor is John MacKenzie. Each ward elects two councillor.

Since the incorporation of Saint John in 1785, the mayor has served as the chief representative of the city. Officeholders were first appointed by the Governor of New Brunswick, under an order in council. By the end of the end of the nineteenth century, the mayor was elected by the alderman of Common Council. In 1854, the office was directly elected by Saint John residents. As head of the largest city in New Brunswick, many mayors have served as elected officials at the federal and provincial level both before and after their tenure.

Since 1785, 67 individuals have held the office of mayor. Notably, Samuel Davis, 1977-1980, served as the first elected Jewish Mayor of Saint John. In 1983 Elsie Wayne was elected the first woman mayor. She served until 1993. While serving only two years, Thomas J. Higgins was the first Catholic Mayor of Saint John. The former, Don Darling, was elected May 9, 2016. Donna Reardon, incumbent, was elected May 25, 2021.

List of Mayors

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Appointed by Governor-In-Council
No. Mayor Term in office Notes
1 Gabriel George Ludlow
(1736-1808)[2]
 May 18, 1785[3] – 1795[4]
2 William Campbell
(1742-1823)
 1795[5] – 1816[4]
3 John Robinson
(1762–1828)
 1816 – 1828 Died in office
4 William Black

 1828 – 1829
5 Lauchlan Donaldson
(?-1873)[6]
 1829 – 1832
6 William Black

 1832 – 1833
7 John M. Wilmot
(1775-1847)
 1833 – 1834
8 Benjamin L. Peters

 1834 – 1835
9 William H. Street

 1835 – 1836
10 John Robertson
(1799-1876)
 1836 – 1837
11 Robert F. Hazen

 1837 – 1840
12 William Black

 1840 – 1843
13 Lauchlan Donaldson
(?-1873)[6]
 1843 – 1847
14 John R. Partelow
(1795-1865)
 1847 – 1848
15 William H. Street

 1848 – 1849
16 Robert D. Wilmot
(1809-1891)
 1849 – 1850
17 Henry Chubb

 1850 – 1851
Elected indirectly by Common Council
No. Mayor Term in office Notes
18 Thomas Harding

 1851 – 1852
19 William O. Smith

 1852 – 1853
20 James Olive

 1853 – 1854
Elected directly by residents
No. Mayor Term in office Notes
21 James Olive

 1854 – 1855
22 William O. Smith

 1855 – 1859
23 Thomas Mcavity

 1859 – 1863
24 Isaac Woodward

 1863 – 1866
25 Aaron Alward
(1828-1886)
 1866 – 1870
26 Thomas M. Reed

 1870 – 1874
27 A. Chipman Smith

 1864 – 1877
28 Sylvester Z. Earle
(1822-1888)
 1877 – 1879
29 Charles R. Ray

 1879 – 1881
30 Simeon Jones

 1881 – 1884
31 J. Mcgregor Grant

 1884 – 1885
32 J.S. Boies Deveber
(1829-1908)
 1885 – 1887
33 Henry J. Thorne

 1887 – 1889
34 George A. Barker

 1889 Died in office
35 I. Allen Jack

 July 7, 1889 – August 9, 1889 As Recorder Under City Charter
36 W. Albert Lockhart

 1889 – 1891
37 Thomas W. Peters

 1891 – 1894
38 George Robertson

 1894 – 1898
39 Edward Sears

 1898 – 1900
40 John Waterhouse Daniel
(1845-1933)
 1900 – 1902
41 Walter W. White
(1862-1952)
 1902 – 1906
42 Edward Sears

 1906 – 1908
43 Thomas H. Bullock

 1908 – 1910
44 James H. Frink
(?-1933)[7]
 1910 – 1916
45 Robert T. Hayes

 April 24, 1916[8][9] – 1920
46 E. Allen Schofield

 1920 – 1922
47 H. R. McLellan
(1865-1939) 		1922 Recalled following a by-election
48 G. Frederick Fisher

 1922 – 1924
49 Frank L. Potts
(1867-1926)
 1924 – 1926 Died in office
50 Walter W. White
(1862-1952)
 1926 – 1932
51 James W. Brittain
(?-1961)[10]
 April 11, 1932[11] – 1936
52 David Laurence MacLaren
(1893-1960)
 1936 – 1940
53 Charles R. Wasson
(?-1967)[12]
 1940 – 1944
54 James D. McKenna
(1874-1949)[13]
 1944 – 1948
55 Ernest W. Patterson

 1948 – 1950
56 George E. Howard

 1950 – 1952
57 Ernest W. Patterson

 October 20, 1952[14] – 1954
58 Gilbert B. Peat

 1954 – 1956
59 William W. Macaulay

 October 15, 1956[15] – 1958
60 David Laurence MacLaren
(1893-1960)
 1958 – September 7, 1960 Died in office
61 James A. Whitebone

 September 7, 1960 – October 17, 1960 Completed MacLaren's mayoral term as Deputy Mayor[16]
62 Eric Teed
(1926-2010)
 1960 – 1964
63 Stephen Weyman
(1922-1997)
 1964 – 1966
64 Arthur L. Gould

 1966
64 Arthur L. Gould

 January 1967 – June 1967
65 Joseph A. Macdougall

 1967 – 1969
66 H. Avard Loomer
(1915-1969)
 June 22 – July 18, 1969[17] Died in office
67 James E. Calvin

 October 6, 1969 – 1971
68 Bob Lockhart
(1931-2023)
 June 1971[18] – 1974
69 Edis A. Flewwelling

 June 10, 1974[19] – 1977
70 Samuel Davis
(1914-1996)
 1977 – 1980
71 Bob Lockhart
(1931-2023)
 1980 – 1983
72 Elsie Wayne
(1932-2016)
 1983 – 1993
73 Thomas J. Higgins
(1931-1995)
 1994 – 1995
74 Shirley McAlary

 1995 – May 11, 2004[20]
75 Norman McFarlane

 2004 – 2008
76 Ivan Court

 2008 – 2012
77 Mel Norton

 2012 – 2016
78 Don Darling

 2016 – 2021
79 Donna Reardon

 2021 – present

References

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  12. ^ "C. R. Wasson". The Gazette. August 29, 1967. p. 33. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  13. ^ "James D. McKenna Dies in Saint John". Canadian Press. The Ottawa Journal. March 16, 1949. p. 36. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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  16. ^ "Will Serve As Mayor Until Oct. 17 Voting". The Evening Times-Globe. September 14, 1960. p. 17. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
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