List of mayors of Ottawa

This is a list of the mayors of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Until 1854, Ottawa was known as Bytown. Over the course of Ottawa's history, the borders of the municipality have greatly expanded through annexations. This most recently occurred in 2001 when a number of neighbouring communities were amalgamated with Ottawa.

Mayor of Ottawa
Flag of Ottawa
Incumbent Jim Watson since 1 December 2010
Style	Mayor
Member of	City Council
Reports to	City Council
Seat	Ottawa
Appointer	Direct election by residents of Ottawa
Term length	4 years/term
Formation	1847
First holder	John Scott
Deputy	Matthew Luloff, Laura Dudas & George Darouze[1]
Salary	$168,102[2]
Website	http://ottawa.ca/en/city-council/mayor-jim-watson

Bytown

• 1847 – John Scott
• 1848 – John Bower Lewis
• 1849 – Robert Hervey
• 1850 – John Scott
• 1851 – Charles Sparrow
• 1852 – Richard William Scott
• 1853 – Joseph-Balsora Turgeon
• 1854 – Henry J. Friel

Ottawa, pre-amalgamation (1855–2001)

• 1855–1857 – John Bower Lewis
• 1858–1859 – Edward McGillivray
• 1860–1862 – Alexander Workman
• 1863 – ? – Henry J. Friel
• 1864–1866 – Moss Kent Dickinson
• 1867 – Robert Lyon
• 1868–1869 – Henry J. Friel
• 1870–1871 – John Rochester
• 1872–1873 – Eugène Martineau
• 1874–1875 – John Peter Featherston
• 1876 – G. B. Lyon-Fellowes
• 1877 – William Henry Waller
• 1878 – Chauncey Ward Bangs
• 1879–1881 – Charles Herbert Mackintosh
• 1882–1883 – Pierre St. Jean, M.D.
• 1884 – Charles Thornton Bate
• 1885–1886 – Francis McDougal
• 1887–1888 – McLeod Stewart
• 1889–1890 – Jacob Erratt
• 1891 – Thomas Birkett
• 1892–1893 – Olivier Durocher
• 1894 – George Cox
• 1895–1896 – William Borthwick
• 1897–1898 – Samuel Bingham
• 1899–1900 – Thomas Payment
• 1901 – William Dowler Morris
• 1901 – James Davidson
• 1902–1903 – Fred Cook
• 1904–1906 – James A. Ellis
• 1906 – Robert A. Hastey
• 1907–1908 – D'Arcy Scott
• 1908 – Napoleon Champagne
• 1909–1912 – Charles Hopewell
• 1912 – Edward H. Hinchey
• 1913 – James A. Ellis
• 1914 – Taylor McVeity
• 1915–1916 – Nelson D. Porter
• 1917–1920 – Harold Fisher
• 1921–1923 – Frank H. Plant
• 1924 – Henry Watters
• 1924 – Napoléon Champagne
• 1925–1927 – John P. Balharrie
• 1928–1929 – Arthur Ellis
• 1930 – Frank H. Plant
• 1931–1933 – John J. Allen
• 1934–1935 – Patrick Nolan
• 1936–1948 – J.E. Stanley Lewis
• 1949–1950 – E.A. Bourque
• 1951 – Grenville Goodwin
• 1951–1956 – Charlotte Whitton
• 1957–1960 – George H. Nelms
• 1961–1964 – Charlotte Whitton
• 1965–1969 – Donald Bartlett Reid
• 1970–1972 – Kenneth H. Fogarty, Q.C.
• 1972–1974 – Pierre Benoit
• 1975–1978 – Lorry Greenberg
• 1978–1985 – Marion Dewar
• 1985–1991 – James A. Durrell
• 1991 – Marc Laviolette
• 1991–1997 – Jacquelin Holzman
• 1997–2000 – Jim Watson
• 2000–2001 – Allan Higdon

Amalgamation

When the city of Ottawa amalgamated in 2001, these were the mayors of the municipalities that amalgamated:

• Chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton: Bob Chiarelli
• Ottawa: Allan Higdon (Acting)
• Gloucester: Claudette Cain
• Kanata: Merle Nicholds
• Nepean: Mary Pitt
• Vanier: Guy Cousineau
• Cumberland: Gerry Lalonde (Acting)
• Goulbourn: Janet Stavinga
• Osgoode: Doug Thompson
• Rideau: Glenn Brooks
• West Carleton: Dwight Eastman
• Rockcliffe Park: Patrick J. Murray

Since amalgamation (2001-present)

• Bob Chiarelli, 2001–06
• Larry O'Brien, 2006–10 [3]
• Michel Bellemare, 2 May–8 July 2009 (Acting)
• Doug Thompson, 8 July–6 August 2009 (Acting)
• Jim Watson, 2010–present

Note: Bellemare and Thompson served as acting mayor during O'Brien's leave of absence, due to criminal charges before the court.

Notes

1. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/mayor-jim-watson-reveals-his-choices-for-de-facto-cabinet-of-council
2. "How much do big-city mayors make?". Maclean's. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
3. http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/mayor_council/mayor/index_en.html

See also

• List of Ottawa municipal elections
• Mayors of Osgoode Township