List of mayors of Edmonton

Mayor of Edmonton
Incumbent Don Iveson since October 29, 2013
Style	Mayor, His/Her Worship
Member of	City Council
Reports to	City Council
Seat	Edmonton City Hall (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Appointer	Direct election by residents of Edmonton
Term length	4 years
Formation	February 10, 1892 (1892-02-10)
First holder	Matthew McCauley
Website	http://www.edmonton.ca/mayor

This is a list of mayors of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prior to 1905, Edmonton was in the Northwest Territories, and from 1892 to 1904, Edmonton was a town.

Mayors of Edmonton

Mayor			Date of birth	Term began	Age at term start	Term Ended	Previous office	Date of death and age
1		Matthew McCauley	July 11, 1850	February 10, 1892	7004151890000000000♠41 years, 214 days	January 14, 1895	Co-founder of the Edmonton Board of Trade	October 30, 1930 7004293300000000000♠80 years, 111 days
2		Herbert Charles Wilson	December 7, 1859	January 14, 1895	7004128220000000000♠35 years, 38 days	October 6, 1896	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories (1888–1891)	December 17, 1909 7004182720000000000♠50 years, 10 days
3		Cornelius Gallagher	December 31, 1854	October 27, 1896[1]	7004152760000000000♠41 years, 301 days	December 14, 1896	Alderman (1893–1895)	October 27, 1932 7004284240000000000♠77 years, 301 days
4		John Alexander McDougall	May 20, 1854	December 14, 1896	7004155490000000000♠42 years, 208 days	December 13, 1897	Alderman (1893–1895)	December 17, 1928 7004272390000000000♠74 years, 211 days
5		William S. Edmiston	November 10, 1857	December 13, 1897	7004146430000000000♠40 years, 33 days	December 11, 1899	Alderman (1895–1896)	July 24, 1903 7004166910000000000♠45 years, 256 days
6		Kenneth W. MacKenzie	February 3, 1862	December 11, 1899	7004138250000000000♠37 years, 311 days	December 9, 1901	Alderman (1898–1899)	October 9, 1929 7004247190000000000♠67 years, 248 days
7		William Short	January 11, 1866	December 9, 1901	7004131150000000000♠35 years, 332 days	December 12, 1904	Public school trustee (1899–1901)	January 27, 1926 7004219300000000000♠60 years, 16 days
–		Kenneth W. MacKenzie	February 3, 1862	December 12, 1904	7004156520000000000♠42 years, 313 days	December 11, 1905	Mayor of Edmonton (1899–1901)	October 9, 1929 7004247190000000000♠67 years, 248 days
8		Charles May	June 30, 1858	December 11, 1905	7004173300000000000♠47 years, 164 days	December 10, 1906	Alderman (1903–1905)	March 1, 1932 7004269070000000000♠73 years, 245 days
9		William Antrobus Griesbach	January 3, 1878	December 10, 1906	7004105670000000000♠28 years, 341 days	December 9, 1907	Alderman (1904–1906)	January 21, 1945 7004244890000000000♠67 years, 18 days
–		John Alexander McDougall	May 20, 1854	December 9, 1907	7004195600000000000♠53 years, 203 days	December 14, 1908	Mayor of Edmonton (1896–1897)	December 17, 1928 7004272390000000000♠74 years, 211 days
10		Robert Lee	March 10, 1862	December 14, 1908	7004170800000000000♠46 years, 279 days	December 12, 1910	Alderman (1899–1901 & 1907–1908)	August 5, 1925 7004231580000000000♠63 years, 148 days
11		George S. Armstrong	May 16, 1867	December 12, 1910	7004159150000000000♠43 years, 210 days	December 9, 1912	Alderman (1907–1910)	June 9, 1947 7004292430000000000♠80 years, 24 days
–		William Short	January 11, 1866	December 9, 1912	7004171330000000000♠46 years, 333 days	December 8, 1913	Mayor of Edmonton (1901–1904)	January 27, 1926 7004219300000000000♠60 years, 16 days
12		William J. McNamara	December 27, 1879	December 8, 1913	7004123990000000000♠33 years, 346 days	October 27, 1914	Mayor of Wetaskiwin (1909–1910)	January 1, 1947 7004244760000000000♠67 years, 5 days
13		William Thomas Henry	January 2, 1872	December 14, 1914	7004156860000000000♠42 years, 346 days	December 10, 1917	Alderman (1900–1902)	September 11, 1952 7004294720000000000♠80 years, 253 days
14		Harry Marshall Erskine Evans	August 17, 1876	December 10, 1917	7004150890000000000♠41 years, 115 days	December 9, 1918	President of Edmonton Board of Trade (1916–1917)	September 20, 1973 7004354620000000000♠97 years, 34 days
15		Joseph Clarke	September 20, 1869	December 9, 1918	7004179760000000000♠49 years, 80 days	December 13, 1920	Alderman (1912 & 1913–1915)	July 27, 1941 7004262420000000000♠71 years, 310 days
16		David Milwyn Duggan	May 5, 1879	December 13, 1920	7004151970000000000♠41 years, 222 days	December 10, 1923	None	May 4, 1942 7004230090000000000♠62 years, 364 days
17		Kenny Blatchford	March 5, 1882	December 10, 1923	7004152540000000000♠41 years, 280 days	December 13, 1926	Alderman (1921–1923)	April 20, 1933 7004186730000000000♠51 years, 46 days
18		Ambrose Bury	August 1, 1869	December 13, 1926	7004209520000000000♠57 years, 134 days	December 9, 1929	Member of Parliament for Edmonton East (1925–1926)	March 29, 1951 7004298240000000000♠81 years, 240 days
19		James McCrie Douglas	February 5, 1867	December 9, 1929	7004229520000000000♠62 years, 307 days	November 11, 1931	Alderman (1923–1926)	March 16, 1950 7004303540000000000♠83 years, 39 days
20		Dan Knott	July 1, 1879	November 11, 1931	7004191250000000000♠52 years, 133 days	November 14, 1934	Alderman (1922–1926 & 1929–1931)	November 26, 1959 7004293670000000000♠80 years, 148 days
–		Joseph Clarke	September 20, 1869	November 14, 1934	7004237950000000000♠65 years, 55 days	November 10, 1937	Alderman (1924–1925)	July 27, 1941 7004262420000000000♠71 years, 310 days
21		John Wesley Fry	December 5, 1876	November 10, 1937	7004222540000000000♠60 years, 340 days	November 7, 1945	Alderman (1932–1937)	December 23, 1946 7004255840000000000♠70 years, 18 days
22		Harry Ainlay	January 3, 1887	November 7, 1945	7004214920000000000♠58 years, 308 days	November 2, 1949	Alderman (1931–1935 & 1941–1945)	March 12, 1970 7004303830000000000♠83 years, 68 days
23		Sidney Parsons	April 11, 1893	November 2, 1949	7004206580000000000♠56 years, 205 days	November 7, 1951	Alderman (1938–1949)	April 22, 1955 7004226550000000000♠62 years, 11 days
24		William Hawrelak	October 3, 1915	November 7, 1951	7004131840000000000♠36 years, 35 days	September 9, 1959	Alderman (1949–1951)	November 7, 1975 7004219500000000000♠60 years, 35 days
25		Frederick John Mitchell	December 4, 1893	September 9, 1959	7004240190000000000♠65 years, 279 days	October 14, 1959	Alderman (1940–1959)	December 25, 1979 7004314310000000000♠86 years, 21 days
26		Elmer Ernest Roper	June 4, 1893	October 14, 1959	7004242370000000000♠66 years, 132 days	October 16, 1963	Leader of Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1942–1955)	November 12, 1994 7004370500000000000♠101 years, 161 days
–		William Hawrelak	October 3, 1915	October 16, 1963	7004175450000000000♠48 years, 13 days	March 11, 1965	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959)	November 7, 1975 7004219500000000000♠60 years, 35 days
27		Vincent Dantzer	October 2, 1923	March 11, 1965	7004151360000000000♠41 years, 160 days	October 16, 1968	Alderman (1962–1965)	March 13, 2001 7004282870000000000♠77 years, 162 days
28		Ivor Dent	February 7, 1924	October 16, 1968	7004163230000000000♠44 years, 252 days	October 16, 1974	Alderman (1963–1968)	March 29, 2009 7004308450000000000♠84 years, 164 days
–		William Hawrelak	October 3, 1915	October 16, 1974	7004215630000000000♠59 years, 13 days	November 7, 1975	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959 & 1963–1965)	November 7, 1975 7004219500000000000♠60 years, 35 days
29		Terry Cavanagh	July 19, 1926	November 14, 1975	7004180150000000000♠49 years, 118 days	October 19, 1977	Alderman (1971–1975)	December 17, 2017 7004333890000000000♠91 years, 151 days
30		Cec Purves	October 18, 1933	October 19, 1977	7004160720000000000♠44 years, 1 day	October 17, 1983	Alderman (1966–1974)	Living (7004310400000000000♠84 years, 359 days)
31		Laurence Decore	June 28, 1940	October 17, 1983	7004158160000000000♠43 years, 111 days	October 17, 1988	Alderman (1974–1977)	November 6, 1999 7004216800000000000♠59 years, 131 days
–		Terry Cavanagh	July 19, 1926	October 17, 1988	7004227360000000000♠62 years, 90 days	October 16, 1989	Alderman (1983–1988)	December 17, 2017 7004333890000000000♠91 years, 151 days
32		Jan Reimer	May 23, 1952	October 16, 1989	7004136600000000000♠37 years, 146 days	October 16, 1995	Alderman (1980–1989)	Living (7004242480000000000♠66 years, 142 days)
33		Bill Smith	December 11, 1935	October 16, 1995	7004218590000000000♠59 years, 309 days	October 26, 2004	None	Living (7004302560000000000♠82 years, 305 days)
34		Stephen Mandel	July 18, 1945	October 26, 2004	7004216500000000000♠59 years, 100 days	October 29, 2013	City Councilor (2001–2004)	Living (7004267490000000000♠73 years, 86 days)
35		Don Iveson	May 30, 1979	October 29, 2013[2]	7004125710000000000♠34 years, 152 days	Present	City Councilor (2007–2013)	Living (7004143800000000000♠39 years, 135 days)

Living former mayors

As of December 2017, four former mayors are alive, the oldest being Cec Purves (1977–1983, born 1933). The most recent to die was Terry Cavanagh (1975–1977/1988–1989), on December 17, 2017.

References

See also

• List of mayors in Alberta
• List of mayors in Canada
• List of mayors of Strathcona, Alberta
• Timeline of Edmonton history