List of mayors of Ottawa

The following is a list of mayors of Ottawa. Until 1854, Ottawa was known as Bytown. Over the course of Ottawa's history, the borders of the municipality have greatly expanded through annexations. This most recently occurred in 2001 when a number of neighbouring communities were amalgamated with Ottawa.

Bytown

• 1847 – John Scott
• 1848 – John Bower Lewis
• 1849 – Robert Hervey
• 1850 – John Scott
• 1851 – Charles Sparrow
• 1852 – Richard William Scott
• 1853 – Joseph-Balsora Turgeon
• 1854 – Henry J. Friel

Ottawa, pre-amalgamation (1855–2001)

• 1855–1857 – John Bower Lewis
• 1858–1859 – Edward McGillivray
• 1860–1862 – Alexander Workman
• 1863 – ? – Henry J. Friel
• 1864–1866 – Moss Kent Dickinson
• 1867 – Robert Lyon
• 1868–1869 – Henry J. Friel
• 1870–1871 – John Rochester
• 1872–1873 – Eugène Martineau
• 1874–1875 – John Peter Featherston
• 1876 – G. B. Lyon-Fellowes
• 1877 – William Henry Waller
• 1878 – Chauncey Ward Bangs
• 1879–1881 – Charles Herbert Mackintosh
• 1882–1883 – Pierre St. Jean, M.D.
• 1884 – Charles Thornton Bate
• 1885–1886 – Francis McDougal
• 1887–1888 – McLeod Stewart
• 1889–1890 – Jacob Erratt
• 1891 – Thomas Birkett
• 1892–1893 – Olivier Durocher
• 1894 – George Cox
• 1895–1896 – William Borthwick
• 1897–1898 – Samuel Bingham
• 1899–1900 – Thomas Payment
• 1901 – William Dowler Morris
• 1901 – James Davidson
• 1902–1903 – Fred Cook
• 1904–1906 – James A. Ellis
• 1906 – Robert A. Hastey
• 1907–1908 – D'Arcy Scott
• 1908 – Napoléon Champagne
• 1909–1912 – Charles Hopewell
• 1912 – Edward H. Hinchey
• 1913 – James A. Ellis
• 1914 – Taylor McVeity
• 1915–1916 – Nelson D. Porter
• 1917–1920 – Harold Fisher
• 1921–1923 – Frank H. Plant
• 1924 – Henry Watters
• 1924 – Napoléon Champagne
• 1925–1927 – John P. Balharrie
• 1928–1929 – Arthur Ellis
• 1930 – Frank H. Plant
• 1931–1933 – John J. Allen
• 1934–1935 – Patrick Nolan
• 1936–1948 – J.E. Stanley Lewis
• 1949–1950 – E.A. Bourque
• 1951 – Grenville Goodwin
• 1951–1956 – Charlotte Whitton
• 1957–1960 – George H. Nelms
• 1961–1964 – Charlotte Whitton
• 1965–1969 – Donald Bartlett Reid
• 1970–1972 – Kenneth H. Fogarty, Q.C.
• 1972–1974 – Pierre Benoit
• 1975–1978 – Lorry Greenberg
• 1978–1985 – Marion Dewar
• 1985–1991 – James A. Durrell
• 1991 – Marc Laviolette
• 1991–1997 – Jacquelin Holzman
• 1997–2000 – Jim Watson
• 2000–2001 – Allan Higdon (acting)

Amalgamation

When the city of Ottawa amalgamated in 2001, these were the mayors of the municipalities that amalgamated:

• Chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton: Bob Chiarelli
• Ottawa: Allan Higdon (acting)
• Gloucester: Claudette Cain
• Kanata: Merle Nicholds
• Nepean: Mary Pitt
• Vanier: Guy Cousineau
• Cumberland: Gerry Lalonde (acting)
• Goulbourn: Janet Stavinga
• Osgoode: Doug Thompson
• Rideau: Glenn Brooks
• West Carleton: Dwight Eastman
• Rockcliffe Park: Patrick J. Murray

Since amalgamation (2001–present)

Notes

See also

• List of Ottawa municipal elections
• Mayors of Osgoode Township

1. Mayor of Ottawa
2. Ottawa
3. List of mayors of Detroit
4. Lists of mayors by country
5. List of diplomatic missions in Ottawa
6. List of roads in Ottawa
7. Ottawa City Council
8. List of neighbourhoods in Ottawa
9. Flag of Ottawa
10. Atlético Ottawa
11. Outline of Ottawa
12. List of hospitals in Ottawa
13. List of synagogues in Ottawa
14. List of buildings in Ottawa
15. List of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan
16. List of schools in Ottawa
17. List of mayors in Canada
18. List of mayors of St. Catharines
19. List of churches in Ottawa
20. List of Ottawa municipal elections