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
    Matthew William Pruyn
    Matthew William Pruyn was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Lennox in the Canadian House of Commons from 1885 to 1887 as a Conservative member....
    
    , 1858
11. Thomas Botham, 1859 (second time)
12. Joseph Duffett Clement, 1860-1863
13. James Weymes, 1864-1865
14. John Elliott, 1866-1868
15. William Mathews, 1869-1871 (second time)
16. William Paterson
    William Paterson (Canadian politician)
    William Paterson, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Hamilton, Upper Canada, the son of James and Martha Paterson, Paterson's parents died from cholera in 1849 and he was adopted by Reverend Dr. Ferrier, a Presbyterian minister. He was educated in Hamilton and Caledonia...
    
    , 1872
17. William Mathews, 1873-1874 (third time)
18. Dr. James W. Digby, 1875-1876

City of Brantford (1877-Present)

1. Dr. James W. Digby, 1877 (second time)
2. Robert Henry
   Robert Henry (Canadian politician)
   Robert Henry was a Scottish-born grocer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brant South in the Canadian House of Commons in 1896 as a Conservative. Henry was also mayor of Brantford in 1878, 1879 and 1887.He was born in Perthshire and came to Brantford with his family in 1853...
   
   , 1878-1879
3. Reginald Henwood, 1880-1881
4. William Watt, 1882-1883
5. William J. Scarfe, 1884-1885
6. Charles B. Heyd, 1886
7. Robert Henry, 1887 (second time)
8. Charles B. Heyd, 1888-1889 (second time)
9. Samuel G. Read, 1890-1891
10. Levi Secord, 1892-1893
11. George Watt, 1894-1895
12. Thomas Elliott
    Thomas Elliott
    Thomas William Elliott was a former professional footballer, who played for Gainsborough Trinity, Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town.-References:...
    
    , 1896-1897
13. W. G. Raymond, 1898-1899
14. Harry Cockshutt
    Henry Cockshutt
    Henry Cockshutt was the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.Born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Ignatius Cockshutt and Elizabeth Foster, he started in the family business, Cockshutt Plow Company, in 1884, becoming treasurer in 1888, secretary-treasurer in 1891, and President in 1911...
    
    , 1900
15. D. B. Wood, 1901-1902
16. Matthew K. Halloran, 1903-1904
17. Charles Waterous, 1905-1906
18. J. W. Bowlby, 1907-1908
19. W. B. Wood
    William Bruce Wood
    William Bruce Wood was a manufacturer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brant North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1886 to 1895....
    
    , 1909-1910
20. Ross A. Rastall, 1911
21. Charles H. Hartman, 1912-1913
22. John H. Spence, 1914-1915
23. J. W. Bowlby, 1916-1917
24. M. M. MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Brant South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1926 as a Labour member and then Brantford from 1934 to 1938 as an Independent and then Independent Liberal member.MacBride broke with the United...
    
    , 1918-1920
25. George Wedlake, 1921-1922 (Wedlake died March 3, 1922. C.J. Parker completed the term.)
26. C.J. Parker, 1922
27. Frederic W. Billo, 1923-1924
28. M. M. MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Brant South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1926 as a Labour member and then Brantford from 1934 to 1938 as an Independent and then Independent Liberal member.MacBride broke with the United...
    
    , 1925
29. J.A.D. Slemin, 1926-1927
30. Ross L. Beckett, 1928-1932
31. M. M. MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Brant South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1926 as a Labour member and then Brantford from 1934 to 1938 as an Independent and then Independent Liberal member.MacBride broke with the United...
    
    , 1933-1934
32. Col MA Colquhoun, 1935
33. M. M. MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride
    Morrison Mann MacBride was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Brant South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1926 as a Labour member and then Brantford from 1934 to 1938 as an Independent and then Independent Liberal member.MacBride broke with the United...
    
    , 1936-1937
34. R. J. Waterous, 1938-1940
35. John P. Ryan, 1941-1945
36. John H. Matthews
    John H. Matthews
    John Henry Matthews IV was the Mayor of Brantford, Ontario, Canada ,Known as Jack to his friends, he married in 1914 to Florence Honoura Yeune. They had ten children. He was a lithographer with the Brantford Expositor. He was involved in many political situations including losing his deposit as a...
    
    , 1946-1947
37. W. J. Dowden, 1948-1949
38. Howard E. Winter, 1950-1953
39. Reg Cooper, 1954-1955
40. Howard E. Winter, 1956 (second time)
41. Max Sherman
    Max Sherman (Ontario politician)
    Max Sherman was a businessperson and politician in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He was the city's mayor for two years and served a total of thirty-one years on the Brantford city council.-Early life and private career:...
    
    , 1957-1958
42. Lloyd D. Hogarth, 1959-1960
43. Richard Beckett, 1961-1970
44. Howard E. Winter, 1971-1972 (third time)
45. Charles Bowen, 1973-1980
46. David Neumann
    Dave Neumann
    David Emil Neumann is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1980 to 1987 and served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990...
    
    , 1980-1987 (Neuman resigned in October 1987 after being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
    Legislative Assembly of Ontario
    The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
    
    . Karen George completed the term.)
47. Karen George
    Karen George
    Karen George is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. She served as the mayor of Brantford from 1987 to 1991.-Private career:During the 1970s and 1980s, George co-owned a company that operated two day care centres, originally started in 1949 by her mother Beryl Angus...
    
    , 1987-1991
48. Bob Taylor
    Bob Taylor (Ontario politician)
    Bob Taylor is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1991 to 1994 and was a city councillor on two separate occasions.-Early life and career:...
    
    , 1991-1994
49. Chris Friel
    Chris Friel
    Chris Friel is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1994 to 2003 and was re-elected to the same position in the 2010 municipal election.-Early life and private career:...
    
    , 1994-2003
50. Mike Hancock
    Mike Hancock (Canadian politician)
    Mike Hancock was the previous mayor of the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the position in the 2003 municipal elections, defeating three-term incumbent Chris Friel by 11668 votes to 11653...
    
    , 2003-2010
51. Chris Friel, December 1, 2010

External links

• Mayors of Brantford, Brantford Public Library