List of mayors of Brantford


This is a list of mayors of the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Until 1956 mayors were elected for one year terms. Beginning in 1957, mayoral terms were extended to two years by Ontario law. In 1987, the provincial government changed the Municipal Elections Act to require local government elections every three years.

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, 1858
  11. Thomas Botham, 1859
  12. Joseph Duffett Clement, 1860–1863
  13. James Weyms, 1864–1865
  14. John Elliott, 1866–1868
  15. William Mathews, 1869–1871
  16. William Paterson, 1872
  17. William Mathews, 1873–1874
  18. Dr. James W. Digby, 1875–1876

City of Brantford (1877–Present)

  1. Dr. James W. Digby, 1877
  2. Robert Henry, 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
  8. Charles B. Heyd, 1888–1889
  9. Samuel G. Read, 1890–1891
  10. Levi Secord, 1892–1893
  11. George Watt, 1894–1895
  12. Thomas Elliott, 1896–1897
  13. W. G. Raymond, 1898–1899
  14. Harry Cockshutt, 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, 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, 1918–1920
  25. George Wedlake, 1921–1922
  26. C.J. Parker, 1922
  27. Frederic W. Billo, 1923-1924
  28. M. M. MacBride, 1925
  29. J.A.D. Slemin, 1926-1927
  30. Ross L. Beckett, 1928-1932
  31. M. M. MacBride, 1933-1934
  32. Col MA Colquhoun, 1935
  33. M. M. MacBride, 1936–1937
  34. R. J. Waterous, 1938–1940
  35. John P. Ryan, 1941–1945
  36. John H. Matthews, 1946–1947
  37. W. J. Dowden, 1948–1949
  38. Howard E. Winter, 1950–1953
  39. Reg Cooper, 1954–1956
  40. Howard E. Winter, 1956
  41. Max Sherman, 1957–1958
  42. Lloyd D. Hogarth, 1959–1960
  43. Richard Beckett, 1961–1970
  44. Howard E. Winter, 1971–1972
  45. Charles Bowen, 1973–1980
  46. David Neumann, 1980–1987
  47. Karen George, 1987–1991
  48. Bob Taylor, 1991–1994
  49. Chris Friel, 1994–2003
  50. Mike Hancock, 2003–2010
  51. Chris Friel, 2010–2018
  52. Kevin Davis, 3 December 2018 – present