List of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario

This is a list of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario, including the suburban communities that were amalgamated with Sudbury to create the city of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001.

Town of Sudbury (1893 - 1930)

• Stephen Fournier ^[1][2] - 1893
• Daniel O'Connor ^[1] - 1894
• Murray Clement Biggar ^[1] - 1895
• Stephen Fournier ^[2] - 1896
• Francis Cochrane ^[1] - 1897 - 1898
• Thomas J. Ryan ^[1] - 1899 - 1901
• Francis Cochrane ^[1][2] - 1902
• Francis Foley Lemieux ^[1] - 1903 - 1904
• Larry O'Connor ^[1] - 1905 - 1907
• John McLeod ^[1] - 1908 - 1909
• Larry O'Connor ^[1] - 1910 - 1911
• John G. Henry ^[1] - 1912 - 1913
• Larry O'Connor ^[1] - 1914 - 1915
• Thomas Travers ^[1] - 1916
• Percy Morrison ^[1] - 1917 - 1919
• J. Alfred Laberge ^[1] - 1920 - 1921
• Robert H. Arthur ^[1] - 1922 - 1923
• Joseph Sutherland Gill ^[1] - 1924 - 1925
• Joseph A. Samson ^[1] - 1926 - 1927
• Charles Bibby ^[1] - 1928 - 1929

City of Sudbury (1930 - 2000)

• Peter Fenton ^[1][2] - 1930 - 1932
• W. Marr Brodie ^[1][2] - 1933 - 1934
• William J. Cullen ^[1][2] - 1935 - 1936
• John Rudd ^[1][2] - 1937 - 1938
• W. J. Forest ^[1] - 1939 - 1940
• William S. Beaton ^[1][2] - 1941 - 1951
• Dan Jessup ^[1][2] - 1952 - 1954
• Léo Landreville ^[1][2] - 1955 - 1956
• Joe Fabbro ^[1][2][3][4] - 1957 - 1959
• William R. Edgar - 1960 - 1961
• William A. Ellis - 1962 - 1963
• Joe Fabbro - 1964 - 1965
• Max Silverman - 1966
• Grace Hartman ^[5][6][7] - 1967
• Joe Fabbro - 1968 - 1975
• Jim Gordon - 1976 - 1980
• Maurice Lamoureux - 1981 - 1982
• Peter Wong - 1982 - 1991
• Jim Gordon - December 1, 1991 - December 31, 2000

City of Greater Sudbury (2001-present)

• Jim Gordon - January 1, 2001 - November 30, 2003
• David Courtemanche - December 1, 2003 - November 30, 2006
• John Rodriguez - December 1, 2006 - November 30, 2010
• Marianne Matichuk - December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2014
• Brian Bigger - December 1, 2014 – present

Regional Municipality of Sudbury (1973 - 2000)

Capreol

(independent town 1918-1973, town within Regional Municipality of Sudbury 1973-2000)

• James E. Coyne
• Alistair MacLean
• Harold Prescott - 1955-1969
• Norman Fawcett - 1969-1973
• Harold Prescott - 1973-1975
• Frank Mazzuca - 1975-1997
• Dave Kilgour - 1997-2000

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Nickel Centre

• Mike Solski (1973–1979)
• Gary Lacey (1979–1982)
• Stan Hayduk (1982–1997)
• John Fera (1997–2000)

Coniston

(independent town 1934-1973)

• Edgar T. Austin ^[1] (1934–1946)
• Roy Snitch (1947–1952)
• Walter Kilimnik (1953–1957)
• William Evershed (1958–1959)
• Maurice Beauchemin (1960–1962)
• Mike Solski (1963–1973) - Elected mayor of the new town of Nickel Centre on the amalgamation of the independent towns of Coniston, Garson, Wahnapitae, Falconbridge, and Skead.

Falconbridge

(independent town 1957-1973)

• John Franklin (1957–1973)

Onaping Falls

• Earl Gilchrist
• James Coady (1973–1983, mayor of Levack: 1964-1973)
• Robert Parker
• Shirley Mirka
• Jean Guy Quesnel

Rayside-Balfour

• Gilles Pelland (1972-1988)
• Lionel Lalonde (1988-2000)

Valley East

(Town, 1973–1997, City 1997-2000)

• Ray Plourde
• Howard Armstrong
• Jean-Yves 'John' Robert

Walden

• Tom Davies, 1973-1981
• Alex Fex, 1981-1982
• Charlie White, 1982-1991
• Terry Kett, 1991-1997
• Dick Johnstone, 1997-2000

References

1. Dorian, Charles (1961). The First 75 Years, A Headline History of Sudbury, Canada. Arthur H. Stockwell Limited, Ilfracombe, Devon
2. Wallace, C. M.; & Thomson, Ashley (Eds.) (1993). Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital (3rd ed.). Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55002-170-7.
3. Thomas, Ray and Pearsall, Kathy (1994). Sudbury. Boston Mills Press. ISBN 978-1-55046-110-7.
4. "Great Lives Lived In Greater Sudbury". (January, 2005). "South Side Story" p.19
5. "Title The legacy of Grace Hartman: Honour bestowed on late mayor offers young women and girls a lasting role model to emulate." (October 16, 2001). The Sudbury Star, p. A6.
6. Hinds, Mary Lou (January 30, 2002). "People: Social Activist and Mayor Grace Hartman". section15.ca.
7. "Great Lives Lived In Greater Sudbury". (January, 2005). "South Side Story" p.18