List of mayors of Edmonton

This is a list of mayors of Edmonton, a city in Alberta, Canada.

Edmonton was incorporated as a town on January 9, 1892, with Matthew McCauley acclaimed as its first mayor during the town's first election, held February 10, 1892. On October 8, 1904, Edmonton became a city during the tenure of Mayor William Short. Edmonton was part of the North-West Territories until September 1, 1905, when it became the capital of the newly created province of Alberta, during the tenure of Mayor Kenneth W. MacKenzie. The longest serving mayor is William Hawrelak, who was elected as mayor seven times, serving for a total of 10 years 4 months over three periods: four consecutive terms starting 1951, resigned in 1959 during last month of fourth term; two consecutive terms starting 1963, expelled by the courts in 1964; one term starting in 1974, died in office in 1975.

Mayors of Edmonton

Mayors of Edmonton

Mayor			Date of birth	Term began	Age at term start	Term Ended	Previous office	Date of death and age
Template:Sort	Portrait of Matthew McCauley	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Co-founder of the Edmonton Board of Trade	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Herbert Charles Wilson	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories (1888–1891)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Cornelius Gallagher	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1893–1895)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of John Alexander McDougall	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1893–1895)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of William S. Edmiston	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1895–1896)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Kenneth W. Mackenzie	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1898–1899)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of William Short in 1904	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Public school trustee (1899–1901)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Kenneth W. Mackenzie	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1899–1901)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Charles May	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1903–1905)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of William Griesbach	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1904–1906)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of John Alexander McDougall	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1896–1897)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Robert Lee	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1899–1901 & 1907–1908)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of George S. Armstrong	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1907–1910)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of William Short in 1904	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1901–1904)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of William J. McNamara	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Wetaskiwin (1909–1910)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of William Thomas Henry	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1900–1902)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	File:HMEEvans-1932.png	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	President of Edmonton Board of Trade (1916–1917)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Joseph Clarke	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1912 & 1913–1915)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of David Milwyn Duggan	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	None	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Kenny Blatchford	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1921–1923)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Ambrose Bury	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Member of Parliament for Edmonton East (1925–1926)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of James McCrie Douglas	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1923–1926)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Dan Knott	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1922–1926 & 1929–1931)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of Joseph Clarke	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1924–1925)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Portrait of John Wesley Fry	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1932–1937)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1931–1935 & 1941–1945)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1938–1949)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1949–1951)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1940–1959)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	Elmer Ernest Roper	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Leader of Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1942–1955)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1962–1965)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1963–1968)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959 & 1963–1965)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	File:No image.svg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts*	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1971–1975)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	File:No image.svg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1966–1974)	Template:Sort
Template:Sort	File:Laurence Decore April 1984 (cropped).jpg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1974–1977)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	File:No image.svg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts*	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1983–1988)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:Sort	File:No image.svg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1980–1989)	Template:Sort
Template:Sort	File:No image.svg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	None	Template:Sort
Template:Sort	Stephen Mandel	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	City Councillor (2001–2004)	Template:Sort
Template:Sort	Don Iveson	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	City Councillor (2007–2013)	Template:Sort
Template:Sort	Amarjeet Sohi	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:DtsPresent	City Councillor (2007–2015)	Template:Sort

• Terry Cavanagh was never elected to the mayor's spot. Twice he sat in the mayor's chair. He was interim or acting mayor after Hawrelak's death and after Decore's resignation.

See also

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