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
	Portrait of Matthew McCauley		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Co-founder of the Edmonton Board of Trade	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Herbert Charles Wilson		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories (1888–1891)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Cornelius Gallagher		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1893–1895)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of John Alexander McDougall		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1893–1895)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of William S. Edmiston		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1895–1896)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Kenneth W. Mackenzie		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1898–1899)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of William Short in 1904		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Public school trustee (1899–1901)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Kenneth W. Mackenzie		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1899–1901)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Charles May		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1903–1905)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of William Griesbach		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1904–1906)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of John Alexander McDougall		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1896–1897)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Robert Lee		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1899–1901 & 1907–1908)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of George S. Armstrong		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1907–1910)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of William Short in 1904		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1901–1904)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of William J. McNamara		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Wetaskiwin (1909–1910)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of William Thomas Henry		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1900–1902)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	File:HMEEvans-1932.png		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	President of Edmonton Board of Trade (1916–1917)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Joseph Clarke		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1912 & 1913–1915)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of David Milwyn Duggan		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	None	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Kenny Blatchford		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1921–1923)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Ambrose Bury		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Member of Parliament for Edmonton East (1925–1926)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of James McCrie Douglas		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1923–1926)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Dan Knott		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1922–1926 & 1929–1931)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of Joseph Clarke		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1924–1925)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Portrait of John Wesley Fry		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1932–1937)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1931–1935 & 1941–1945)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1938–1949)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1949–1951)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1940–1959)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	Elmer Ernest Roper		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Leader of Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1942–1955)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1962–1965)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1963–1968)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959 & 1963–1965)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	File:No image.svg		Template:Dts	Template:Dts*	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1971–1975)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	File:No image.svg		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1966–1974)
	File:Laurence Decore April 1984 (cropped).jpg		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1974–1977)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	File:No image.svg		Template:Dts	Template:Dts*	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1983–1988)	Template:Dts Template:Ayd
	File:No image.svg		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	Alderman (1980–1989)
	File:No image.svg		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	None
	Stephen Mandel		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	City Councillor (2001–2004)
	Don Iveson		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	City Councillor (2007–2013)
	Amarjeet Sohi		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts	City Councillor (2007–2015)
	Andrew Knack		1983 or 1984	Template:Dts	41 or 42	Template:DtsIncumbent	City Councillor (2013–2025)	Living

• 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