The Town of Dartmouth was incorporated in 1873. Dartmouth

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...

 became a City in 1961. It was independently governed by the Dartmouth Town Council until 1996 when it was amalgamated, along with the Towns of Bedford

Bedford, Nova Scotia

Bedford is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980-1996. Bedford lies on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour...

, City of Halifax

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

 and Halifax County

Halifax County, Nova Scotia

Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.The Municipality of the County of Halifax was the municipal government of Halifax County, apart from the separately incorporated towns and cities therein...

, into the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Prior to 1931 the Mayor was chosen from amongst the elected councillors by a vote of council. The first directly elected Mayor was Walter Mosher.

Mayors

• 1873-1875 - William S. Symonds
• 1875-1877 - George J. Troop
• 1877-1880 - William H. Weeks
• 1880-1881 - James W. Turner
• 1881-1883 - John Y Payzant
• 1883-1885 - John F. Stairs
• 1885-1886 - John C.P. Frazee
• 1886-1887 - Byron A. Weston
• 1888-1889 - James Simmonds
• 1889-1891 - Frederick Scarfe
• 1892-1893 - John C. Oland
• 1894-1896 - William H. Sterns
• 1897-1901 - A. C. Johnson
• 1902-1905 - Frederick Scarfe
• 1906-1907 - E.F. Williams
• 1908-1912 - Thomas Notting
• 1913-1918 - E.F. Williams
• 1919-1920 - H.O. Simpson
• 1921-1922 - I.W. Vidito
• 1922-1924 - Walter Mosher
• 1925-1927 - Charles A. McLean
• 1928-1933 - Walter Mosher
• 1934-1935 - Walter A. Topple
• 1936-1937 - Walter Mosher
• 1938-1947 - L.J. Isnor
• 1948-1949 - A. C. Pettipas
• 1950-1955 - C.H. Morris
• 1956-1963 - I.W. Akerly
• 1964-1967 - Joseph Zatzman
• 1968-1972 - Roland J. Thornhill
• 1973-1975 - Eileen Stubbs
• 1976-1985 - Daniel Brownlow
• 1985-1992 - John Savage
  John Savage (politician)
  John Patrick Savage, OC, ONS was the 23rd Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada between 1993 and 1997.- Welsh birth :Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, and keeping his Welsh accent to the end, Savage graduated from Queen's University of Belfast and practiced as a Medical doctor in Newport until he...
  
  
• 1992-1996 - Gloria McCluskey