Mayor of New Westminster | |
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Member of | New Westminster City Council |
Reports to | New Westminster City Council |
Seat | New Westminster City Hall |
Term length | Four years, renewable |
Constituting instrument | Municipal Council Act, 1860 Municipal Act, 1872 |
Inaugural holder | Leonard McClure (president) James Cunningham (mayor) |
Formation | President: 1860 Mayor: 1873 |
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The mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia, is the head of the municipal government of New Westminster, and acts as the presiding officer of New Westminster City Council meetings. They are elected alongside the rest of city council every four years during the British Columbia municipal elections, although there are no limits to how many terms a mayor may serve. [1] Prior to 1873, the head of the local government was titled the president of New Westminster, and was appointed by members of the municipal council, rather than being directly elected by New Westminster's residents. [2] [3] [4] The current mayor of New Westminster is Patrick Johnstone, who is the 38th mayor of the city. [3] Mayor Johnstone is also the first mayor who was elected as a member of an official municipal political party.
Note: Any affiliations with provincial and/or federal parties will only be listed if the person was known to have served in a party caucus in either the Parliament of Canada, or the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
# | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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President of New Westminster | |||||
1 | Leonard McClure | 1860 | 1861 | Independent | |
2 | John Ramage | 1861 | 1862 | Independent | |
3 | Henry Holbrook | 1862 | 1863 | Independent | |
4 | Robert Dickinson | 1863 | 1864 | Independent | |
5 | William Clarkson | 1864 | 1865 | Independent | |
6 | William J. Armstrong | 1865 | 1866 | Independent | |
7 | John Robson | 1866 | 1867 | Independent | |
3(2) | Henry Holbrook | 1867 | 1869 | Independent | |
6(2) | William J. Armstrong | 1869 | 1871 | Independent | |
5(2) | William Clarkson | 1871 | 1872 | Independent | |
Mayor of New Westminster | |||||
8 | James Cunningham | 1873 | 1873 | Independent | |
4(2) | Robert Dickinson | 1874 | 1875 | Independent | |
9 | Thomas R. McInnes | 1876 | 1877 | Independent | |
3(3) | Henry Holbrook | 1878 | 1878 | Independent | |
10 | W.D. Ferris | 1979 | 1979 | Independent | |
4(3) | Robert Dickinson | 1880 | 1881 | Independent | |
11 | Loftus R. McInnes | 1882 | 1882 | Independent | |
12 | Henry Edmonds | 1883 | 1883 | Independent | |
4(4) | Robert Dickinson | 1883 | 1888 | Independent | |
13 | John Hendry | 1889 | 1889 | Independent | |
14 | W.B. Townsend | 1889 | 1889 | Independent | |
15 | John Brown | 1890 | 1891 | Independent | |
14(2) | W.B. Townsend | 1892 | 1892 | Independent | |
16 | D.S. Curtis | 1893 | 1893 | Independent | |
17 | Henry Hoy [a] | 1894 | 1894 | Independent | |
18 | B.W. Shiles | 1895 | 1897 | Independent | |
19 | Thomas Ovens | 1898 | 1899 | Independent | |
20 | J.T. Scott | 1900 | 1901 | Independent | |
21 | W.H. Keary | 1902 | 1909 | Independent | |
22 | John A. Lee | 1910 | 1912 | Independent | |
23 | Arthur "Wells" Gray | 1913 | 1919 | Independent [b] | |
24 | J. J. Johnston [c] | 1920 | 1922 | Independent | |
25 | T.S. Annandale | 1923 | 1926 | Independent | |
23(2) | Arthur "Wells" Gray | 1927 | 1933 [d] | Liberal (BC) [n 1] | |
26 | Fred J. Hume | 1934 | 1942 | Independent | |
27 | William Mott | 1943 | 1948 | Liberal [n 1] | |
28 | J.L. Sangster | 1949 | 1950 | Independent | |
29 | F. H. Jackson | 1951 | 1958 | Independent | |
30 | Beth Wood [e] | 1959 | 1964 | Independent | |
31 | Stuart Gifford | 1964 | 1968 | Independent | |
32 | Muni Evers | 1968 | 1982 | Independent | |
33 | Tom Baker [f] | 1982 | 1988 | Independent | |
34 | Betty Toporowski | 1988 | 1996 | Independent | |
35 | Helen Sparkes | 1996 | 2002 | Independent | |
36 | Wayne Wright | 2002 | 2014 | Independent | |
37 | Jonathan X. Côte | 2014 | 2022 | Independent | |
38 | Patrick Johnstone | 2022 | ongoing | Community First |
William Clarkson, served as mayor (then called President) of New Westminster from 1871-72