List of mayors of Garden Grove, California

This is a list of Mayors of Garden Grove, California since its incorporation in 1956.[1]

18th Mayor of Garden Grove, Steve Jones
17th Mayor of Garden Grove, Bao Nguyen
12th Mayor of Garden Grove, W.E. (Walt) Donovan
# Name Took Office Left Office
1 Louis H. Lake 1956 1960
2 George B. Honold 1960 1968
3 H. Reece Ballard 1968 19691
4 Kathryn Barr 19692 1970
5 Laurence J. Schmit 1970 19703
6 H. Reece Ballard 1970 1972
7 Bernard C. Adams 1972 1976
8 J. Tilman Williams 1976 1978
9 Elerth (Rick) Erickson 1978 1980
10 Jonathan Cannon 1980 19874
11 J. Tilman Williams 1987 1988
12 W.E. (Walt) Donovan 1988 1992
13 Francis (Frank) Kessler 1992 1994
14 Bruce Broadwater 1994 2004
15 William (Bill) Dalton 2004 2012
16 Bruce Broadwater 2012 2014
17 Bao Nguyen 2014 2016
18 Steven R. Jones 2016[2] Incumbent

Elections

2016

2016 Garden Grove, California mayoral election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Steve Jones 42,514 98.8%
Write-in Tony Flores 521 1.2%
Total votes 43,055 100%

2018

2018 Garden Grove, California mayoral election[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Steve Jones (incumbent) 33,788 84.4%
Nonpartisan Donald Taylor 6,227 15.6%
Total votes 40,015 100%

Notes

  • 1. Ballard resigned as mayor on April 22, 1969, but remained as a city council member.
  • 2. Barr was appointed mayor upon Ballard's resignation.
  • 3. Schmit served less than seven months as mayor until a motion was voted on by the city council to reorganize, which took place November 3, 1970. Ballard was then re-elected.
  • 4. Cannon resigned on July 17, 1987 due to being appointed a judge for the West Orange County Judicial District by Governor George Deukmejian.[6] Williams was re-elected mayor in a special election in 1987.

References

  1. "City Council History (Public Records Request #1607)" (PDF). City of Garden Grove. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. "City of Garden Grove Mayor and Council Members". City of Garden Grove. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  3. Official Results for Election
  4. "Garden Grove Mayor Resigns to Accept Municipal Judgeship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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