List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick

Mayor of Saint John
Incumbent
Mel Norton
since May 28, 2012
Style Your Worship
Term length 4 years
Inaugural holder Gabriel G. Ludlow
Formation 1785
Salary $38 000 ($18 000 additional allowance) (2012)[1]
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The Mayor of Saint John is the head of the elected municipal council of the Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. A member of City Council of Saint John, the mayor serves as chair and consists of 10 councilors. 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. The councillor at large, which gains a plurality of votes, becomes the deputy mayor. Each ward elects two councillor.

Since the incorporation of Saint John in 1785, mayors 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 alderman of Common Council. In 1854, the office was directly elected by 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, 77 individuals have held the office of mayor. 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 incumbent is Mel Norton elected May 14, 2012.

List of Mayors

Appointed by Governor-In-Council

  1. Gabriel G. Ludlow 1785-1795
  2. William Campbell 1795-1816
  3. John Robinson 1816-1828 (Died In Office)
  4. William Black 1828-1829
  5. Lauchlan Donaldson 1829-1832
  6. William Black 1832-1833
  7. John M. Wilmot 1833-1834
  8. Benjamin L. Peters 1834-1835
  9. William H. Street 1835-1836
  10. John Robertson 1836-1837
  11. Robert F. Hazen 1837-1840
  12. William Black 1840-1843
  13. Lauchlan Donaldson 1843-1847
  14. John R. Partelow 1847-1848
  15. William H. Street 1848-1849
  16. Robert D. Wilmot 1849-1850
  17. Henry Chubb 1850-1851

Elected indirectly by Common Council

  1. Thomas Harding 1851-1852
  2. William O. Smith 1852-1853
  3. James Olive 1853-1854

Elected directly by residents

  1. James Olive 1854-1855
  2. William O. Smith 1855-1859
  3. Thomas Mcavity 1859-1863
  4. Isaac Woodward 1863-1866
  5. Aaron Alward 1866-1870
  6. Thomas M. Reed 1870-1874
  7. A. Chipman Smith 1874-1877
  8. Sylvester Z. Earle 1877-1879
  9. Charles R. Ray 1879-1881
  10. Simeon Jones 1881-1884
  11. J. Mcgregor Grant 1884-1885
  12. J.S. Boies Deveber 1885-1887
  13. Henry J. Thorne 1887-1889
  14. George A. Barker 1889 (Died In Office)
  15. I. Allen Jack July 7-August 9, 1889 (As Recorder Under City Charter)
  16. W. Albert Lockhart 1889-1891
  17. Thomas W. Peters 1891-1894
  18. George Robertson 1894-1898
  19. Edward Sears 1898-1900
  20. John Waterhouse Daniel 1900-1902
  21. Walter W. White 1902-1906
  22. Edward Sears 1906-1908
  23. Thomas H. Bullock 1908-1910
  24. James H. Frink 1910-1916
  25. Robert T. Hayes 1916-1920
  26. E. Allen Schofield 1920-1922
  27. Harry R. Mclellan 1922
  28. G. Frederick Fisher 1922-1924
  29. Frank L. Potts 1924-1926 (Died In Office)
  30. Walter W. White 1926-1932
  31. James W. Brittain 1932-1936
  32. D. Laurence Maclaren 1936-1940
  33. Charles R. Wasson 1940-1944
  34. James D. Mckenna 1944-1948
  35. Ernest W. Patterson 1948-1950
  36. George E. Howard 1950-1952
  37. Ernest W. Patterson 1952-1954
  38. Gilbert B. Peat 1954-1956
  39. William W. Macaulay 1956-1958
  40. D. Laurence Maclaren 1958-1960 (Died In Office)
  41. James A. Whitebone 1960
  42. Eric L. Teed 1960-1964
  43. Stephen H. Weyman 1964-1966
  44. Arthur L. Gould 1966
  45. Arthur L. Gould Jan.-June 1967
  46. Joseph A. Macdougall 1967-1969
  47. H. Avard Loomer 1969 (Died In Office)
  48. James E. Calvin 1969-1971
  49. Bob Lockhart 1971-1974
  50. Edis A. Flewwelling 1974-1977
  51. Samuel Davis 1977-1980
  52. Bob Lockhart 1980-1983
  53. Elsie Wayne 1983-1993
  54. Thomas J. Higgins 1994-1995
  55. Shirley McAlary 1995-2004
  56. Norman McFarlane 2004-2008
  57. Ivan Court 2008-2012
  58. Mel Norton 2012–present

References

  1. ↑ "New Brunswick Mayors’ Salaries and Expenses". CBC News NB. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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