List of mayors of Brantford


This is a list of mayors of the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Until 1956 mayors were elected for one year terms. Beginning in 1957, mayoral terms were extended to two years by Ontario law. In 1987, the provincial government changed the Municipal Elections Act to require local government elections every three years.

Town of Brantford (1847-1876)

  1. William Muirhead, 1847
  2. Dr. Alfred Digby, 1848-1849
  3. Philip Cady VanBrocklin, 1850
  4. John Henry Moore, 1851
  5. Arunah Huntington, 1852
  6. George Samuel Wilkes, 1853
  7. James Kerby, 1854
  8. William Mathews, 1855-1856
  9. Thomas Botham, 1857
  10. Matthew William Pruyn, 1858
  11. Thomas Botham, 1859
  12. Joseph Duffett Clement, 1860-1863
  13. James Weymes, 1864-1865
  14. John Elliott, 1866-1868
  15. William Mathews, 1869-1871
  16. William Paterson, 1872
  17. William Mathews, 1873-1874
  18. Dr. James W. Digby, 1875-1876

    City of Brantford (1877-Present)

  19. Dr. James W. Digby, 1877
  20. Robert Henry, 1878-1879
  21. Reginald Henwood, 1880-1881
  22. William Watt, 1882-1883
  23. William J. Scarfe, 1884-1885
  24. Charles B. Heyd, 1886
  25. Robert Henry, 1887
  26. Charles B. Heyd, 1888-1889
  27. Samuel G. Read, 1890-1891
  28. Levi Secord, 1892-1893
  29. George Watt, 1894-1895
  30. Thomas Elliott, 1896-1897
  31. W. G. Raymond, 1898-1899
  32. Harry Cockshutt, 1900
  33. D. B. Wood, 1901-1902
  34. Matthew K. Halloran, 1903-1904
  35. Charles Waterous, 1905-1906
  36. J. W. Bowlby, 1907-1908
  37. W. B. Wood, 1909-1910
  38. Ross A. Rastall, 1911
  39. Charles H. Hartman, 1912-1913
  40. John H. Spence, 1914-1915
  41. J. W. Bowlby, 1916-1917
  42. M. M. MacBride, 1918-1920
  43. George Wedlake, 1921-1922
  44. C.J. Parker, 1922
  45. Frederic W. Billo, 1923-1924
  46. M. M. MacBride, 1925
  47. J.A.D. Slemin, 1926-1927
  48. Ross L. Beckett, 1928-1932
  49. M. M. MacBride, 1933-1934
  50. Col MA Colquhoun, 1935
  51. M. M. MacBride, 1936-1937
  52. R. J. Waterous, 1938-1940
  53. John P. Ryan, 1941-1945
  54. John H. Matthews, 1946-1947
  55. W. J. Dowden, 1948-1949
  56. Howard E. Winter, 1950-1953
  57. Reg Cooper, 1954-1956
  58. Howard E. Winter, 1956
  59. Max Sherman, 1957-1958
  60. Lloyd D. Hogarth, 1959-1960
  61. Richard Beckett, 1961-1970
  62. Howard E. Winter, 1971-1972
  63. Charles Bowen, 1973-1980
  64. David Neumann, 1980-1987
  65. Karen George, 1987-1991
  66. Bob Taylor, 1991-1994
  67. Chris Friel, 1994-2003
  68. Mike Hancock, 2003-2010
  69. Chris Friel, 2010-2018
  70. Kevin Davis, 3 December 2018-present