List of mayors of Kingston, Ontario
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Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
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| In Office | Mayor | Born/Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1838 | Thomas Kirkpatrick Thomas Kirkpatrick Thomas Kirkpatrick was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Frontenac in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative.... |
(1805-1870) | First mayor after Kingston becomes Town. First member of parliament for Frontenac Frontenac (Ontario electoral district) Frontenac was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario... . |
| 1839 | Henry Cassaday | (1797-1839) | Died in Office. |
| 1839-1840 | James Sampson | (1789-1861) | |
| 1841-1843 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
| 1844 | James Sampson | (1789-1861) | |
| 1844-1845 | Thomas Weeks Robison | (1810-1866) | |
| 1846 | Robert McLean | (1806-?) | |
| 1846 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | First mayor after incorporation as city. |
| 1847 | Thomas Kirkpatrick | (1805-1870) | |
| 1848 | William Ford Jr. | (1811-1893) | |
| 1849 | Francis Manning Hill | (1809-1854) | |
| 1850 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
| 1851 | Francis Manning Hill | (1809-1854) | |
| 1852-53 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
| 1854 | John Flanigan | (1815-1888) | |
| 1855 | John Counter | (1799-1862) | |
| 1855-1856 | Overton Smith Gildersleeve | (1825-1864) | |
| 1857 | George Davidson | (1810-1887) | |
| 1858 | John Flanigan | (1799-1862) | |
| 1859-1860 | Orlando Sampson Strange | (1826-1906) | |
| 1861-62 | Overton Smith Gildersleeve | (1825-1864) | |
| 1863-1865 | John Creighton | (1817-1885) | Elected by acclamation 1864, 1865 |
| 1866-1868 | John Breden | (1801-1893) | |
| 1869-1870 | William Robinson William Robinson (Ontario politician) William Robinson was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1871 to 1879.... |
(1824-1912) | |
| 1871 | Archibald Livingston | (1827-1890) | |
| 1872 | Samuel Trangott Drennan | (1819-1882) | |
| 1873 | Henry Cunningham | (1831-1904) | |
| 1874-1875 | Michael Sullivan | (1838-1915) | |
| 1876 | Byron M. Britton | (1833-1920) | |
| 1877 | John McKelvey | (1837-1927) | |
| 1878 | John McIntyre | (1843-1916) | |
| 1879 | Charles Fuller Gildersleeve | (?-1906) | Also first president of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway Kingston and Pembroke Railway The Kingston and Pembroke Railway was a Canadian railway that operated in eastern Ontario. The railway was seen as a business opportunity which would support the lumber and mining industries, as well as the agricultural economy in eastern Ontario.... c1871-c1900 |
| 1880 | Robert John Carson | (1846-1935) | |
| 1881 | Edward John Barker Pense | (1848-1910) | Also the owner of the newspaper, the Kingston Whig. |
| 1882 | John Gaskin | (1840-1908) | |
| 1883 | Charles Livingston Sr. | (1825-1888) | |
| 1884 | Dr. James McCammon | (1833-1884) | |
| 1885 | Edward Handley Smythe | (1844-1903) | |
| 1886 | John Lanyon Whiting | (1852-1922) | |
| 1887 | John Carson | (1858-1912) | |
| 1888-1889 | James Duncan Thompson | (1848-1910) | |
| 1890-1891 | William Melville Drennan | (1853-1900) | |
| 1892 | Donald M. McIntyre | (1855-1931) | |
| 1893 | Neil Currie Polson | (1852-1940) | |
| 1894 | Dr. John Herald | (?-1905) | |
| 1895 | Clark William Wright | (1859-1956) | |
| 1896 | Robert Elliott | ||
| 1897 | Dr. John S. Skinner | (?-1897) | |
| 1898 | Charles Livingston Jr. | (1857-1931) | Son of Charles Livingston Sr. |
| 1899 | Dr. Edward Ryan | (1860-1938) | |
| 1900 | James A. Minnes | (1868-1927) | |
| 1901 | Robert Edwin Kent | (1861-?) | |
| 1902 | John Morgan Shaw | (?-1925) | |
| 1903-1904 | Dr. John Howatt Bell | (1867-1940) | |
| 1905 | Robert Newton Frederick McFarlane | (?-1934) | |
| 1906-1907 | John McDonald Mowat | (1873-1916) | Death date estimated. Went missing in action during WWI. |
| 1908 | Dr. Arthur Edward Ross Arthur Edward Ross Arthur Edward Ross was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1921 and represented Kingston and then Kingston City in the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1935 as a Conservative member.He was born in Cobden,... |
(1870-1952) | Represented Kingston as MLA and MP. |
| 1909-1910 | Daniel Couper | (1863-1925) | |
| 1911 | Christopher L. Graham | ||
| 1912 | Franklin John Hoag | ||
| 1913 | Timothy John Rigney | (1872-1967) | |
| 1914 | Robert D. Sutherland | (1871-1935) | |
| 1915 | Abraham Shaw | (1848-1922) | |
| 1916 | Dr. Alexander White Richardson | (18??-1938) | |
| 1917-1918 | John McKane Hughes | (?-1932) | |
| 1919 | Henry Wallace Newman | (1875-1926) | |
| 1920-1921 | Hugh Collamer Nickle | (1874-1946) | |
| 1922 | Samuel S. Corbet | (1870-1959) | |
| 1923-1926 | Thomas Bryant Angrove | (1869-1903) | |
| 1927 | Havelock Ford Price | (1862-1930) | |
| 1928-1930 | William H. Craig | (1880-1930) | |
| 1931-1932 | George Clarke Wright | (1885-1986) | |
| 1933 | Dr. Bruce Hopkins | (1886-1971) | |
| 1934 | William P. Peters | ||
| 1935 | John Clifford Reynolds | (1897-?) | |
| 1936 | George Hanson | (1862-1938) | |
| 1937 | Charles P. Dalton | ||
| 1938-1943 | Dr. Harry A. Stewart | ( - 1970) | |
| 1944-1945 | Cecil Leroy Boyd | (1889-1954) | |
| 1946-1948 | James Stuart Crawford | (1862-1947) | Did not complete last term |
| 1948-1952 | Clifford Austin Curtis | (?-1981) | |
| 1953-1956 | George Clarke Wright | (?-1986) | Did not complete last term. |
| 1956 | Russell E. McCullough | (1906-2000) | |
| 1957-1958 | Frank P. Boyce | (1890-1985) | |
| 1959-1964 | William Thomas Mills | (1924-2011) | |
| 1965-1968 | Robert A. Fray | (1909-2009) | |
| 1969-1972 | Ernest Valorie Swain | ||
| 1973-1976 | George N. Speal | (?-2008) | |
| 1977-1979 | Ken Keyes Ken Keyes (politician) Kenneth A. Keyes is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.Keyes was educated at Toronto Teacher's College, Queen's University and the University... |
(1930-?) | |
| 1980-1988 | John Gerretsen John Gerretsen John Philip Gerretsen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:... |
(1942-Present) | |
| 1988-1993 | Helen Cooper Helen Cooper (Canadian politician) Helen Cooper is a Canadian politician and administrator. She served as mayor of Kingston, Ontario from 1988 to 1993, and was chair of the Ontario Municipal Board from 1993 to 1996.-Early life and education:... |
(1946-Present) | |
| 1993-1994 | Ken Matthews | (?-Presnet) | |
| 1994-2000 | Gary H. Bennett | (?-Present) | |
| 2000-2003 | Isabel Turner Isabel Turner Isabel Turner is a Canadian politician, who remained Mayor of Kingston, Ontario . Currently she is a Board member of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture .-Early life:... |
(?-Present) | |
| 2003-2010 | Harvey Rosen Harvey Rosen Harvey Rosen was the mayor of the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada from 2003 to 2010.Rosen was born in Kingston and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from York University in Toronto, and a Bachelor of Law degree from Queen's University in Kingston. He was called to the Bar in 1977... |
(?-Present) | |
| 2010-present | Mark Gerretsen Mark Gerretsen Mark Gerretsen is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Kingston, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election.... |
(1975-Present) | Son of former mayor John Gerretsen |