List of mayors of London, Ontario

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Mayor of London
Incumbent
Josh Morgan
since November 15, 2022
Style
Member ofLondon City Council
Reports toLondon City Council
ResidenceLondon
SeatLondon City Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by residents of London
Term lengthFour years, renewable
Inaugural holderSimeon Morrill
Formation1848; 176 years ago (1848)
SalaryCA$104,258 (2013)[1]
WebsiteMayor's Office

The mayor of London is head of London City Council. The 65th and current mayor of the city is Josh Morgan. London was incorporated as a town in 1848, and became a city in 1855. Originally, mayors were elected on January 1 for one-year terms.

The following is a list of mayors of London:

Chain of office[edit]

Since 1957, each sitting mayor has been honoured and presented with the chain of office to wear during their term of office. The chain of office is to be worn by the mayor during council sessions and other official occasions, including opening and closing ceremonies such as London's hosting of national and international sports and athletic competitions. The chain contains medallions engraved with subjects of local significance. The chain is also engraved with the names of the mayors who have worn it since it was commissioned. There are currently eleven names of previous mayors engraved on the chain.[2]

Town of London[edit]

Name Term Start Term End
Simeon Morrill 1848 1848
Thomas C. Dixon 1849 1849
Simeon Morrill 1850 1851
Edward Adams 1852 1853
Marcus Holmes 1854 1854

City of London[edit]

Name Term Start Term End Notes
Murray Anderson 1855 1855
William Barker 1856 1856
Elijah Leonard, Jr. 1857 1857
David Glass 1858 1858
William McBride 1859 1859
James Moffatt 1860 1860
Francis Evans Cornish 1861 1864
David Glass 1865 1866
Frank Smith 1867 1867
William Simpson Smith 1868 1868
John Christie 1869 1869
Simpson Hackett Graydon 1869 1870
James Mitchell Cousins 1871 1871
John Campbell 1872 1872
Andrew McCormick 1873 1873
Benjamin Cronyn, Jr. 1874 1875 Fled Canada for Vermont due to fraud; he is related to actor Hume Cronyn
Duncan Cameron Macdonald 1876 1876
Robert Pritchard 1877 1877
Robert Lewis 1878 1879
John Campbell 1880 1881
Edmund Meredith 1882 1883
Charles Smith Hyman 1884 1884
Henry Becher 1885 1885
Thomas Daniel Hodgens 1886 1886
James Cowan 1887 1888
George Taylor 1889 1891
William Melville Spencer 1892 1892
Emanuel Thomas Essery 1893 1894
John William Little 1895 1897
John Dolway Wilson 1898 1899
Frederick George Rumball 1900 1901
Adam Beck 1902 1904
Clarence Thomas Campbell 1905 1905
Joseph Coulson Judd 1906 1907
Samuel Stevely 1908 1909
John Henry Alfred Beattie 1910 1911
Charles Milton Richardson Graham 1912 1914
Hugh Allan Stevenson 1915 1915
William Moir Gartshore 1916 1916
Hugh Allan Stevenson 1916 1917
Charles Ross Somerville 1918 1919
Edgar Sydney Little 1920 1921
John Cameron Wilson 1921 1922
George Albert Wenige 1923 1925
John Mackenzie Moore 1926 1927
George Albert Wenige 1928 1928
William John Kirkpatrick 1929 1930
Edwy George Hayman 1931 1932
Ferrier Baker Kilbourne 1933 1933
George Albert Wenige 1934 1935
Thomas Kingsmill 1936 1938
Joseph Allan Johnston 1939 1940
William J. Heaman 1941 1945
Frederick George McAlister 1946 1946
George Albert Wenige 1947 1948
Ray Ameredith Dennis 1949 1949
George Albert Wenige 1950 1950
Allan Johnson Rush 1951 1955
George Ernest Beedle 1955 1955
Ray Ameredith Dennis 1955 1957
Joseph Allan Johnston 1958 1960
Gordon Stronach 1961 1968
Herbert Joseph McClure 1968 1971
James Frederick Gosnell 1972 1972
Jane Elizabeth Bigelow 1972 1978
Martin Alphonse Gleeson 1979 1985
Thomas Charles Gosnell 1986 1994
Dianne Haskett 1995 2000
Anne Marie DeCicco-Best 2000 2010
Joe Fontana 2010 2014
Joni Baechler 2014 2014
Matt Brown 2014 2018
Ed Holder 2018 2022
Josh Morgan 2022

2017 reform[edit]

In spite of some controversy about this move, London was the first city in Canada (in May 2017) to decide to move a ranked choice ballot for municipal elections starting in 2018. Voters will mark their ballots in order of preference, ranking their top three favourite candidates. An individual must reach 50 per cent of the total to be declared elected; in each round of counting where a candidate has not yet reached that target, the person with the fewest votes is dropped from the ballot and their second or third choice preferences reallocated to the remaining candidates, with this process repeating until a candidate has reached 50 per cent.[3]

Sources[edit]

  • Frederick H. Armstrong and John H. Lutman, The Forest City: An Illustrated History of London, Canada. Burlington, Ontario: Windsor Publications, 1986.
  • Orlo Miller, London 200: An Illustrated History. London: London Chamber of Commerce, 1992.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "London council hikes its pay 1.5%". London Free Press. April 16, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Chain of Office". City of London. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014.
  3. ^ "London, Ont., votes to become 1st Canadian city to use ranked ballots". CBC News Windsor, May 2, 2017.

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