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)

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, 1847 # Dr. Alfred Digby, 1848-1849 # Philip Cady VanBrocklin, 1850 # John Henry Moore, 1851 # Arunah Huntington, 1852 # George Samuel Wilkes, 1853 # James Kerby, 1854 # William Mathews, 1855-1856 # Thomas Botham, 1857 #

Matthew William Pruyn Matthew William Pruyn (October 22, 1822 – March 10, 1898) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Lennox in the House of Commons of Canada from 1885 to 1887 as a Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, soc ...

, 1858 # Thomas Botham, 1859 (''second time'') # Joseph Duffett Clement, 1860-1863 # James Weymes, 1864-1865 # John Elliott, 1866-1868 # William Mathews, 1869-1871 (''second time'') # William Paterson, 1872Municipal Experience from Parliament of Canada biography
/ref> # William Mathews, 1873-1874 (''third time'') # Dr. James W. Digby, 1875-1876

City of Brantford (1877-Present)

# Dr. James W. Digby, 1877 (''second time'') # Robert Henry, 1878-1879 # Reginald Henwood, 1880-1881 # William Watt, 1882-1883 # William J. Scarfe, 1884-1885 # Charles B. Heyd, 1886 # Robert Henry, 1887 (''second time'') # Charles B. Heyd, 1888-1889 (''second time'') # Samuel G. Read, 1890-1891 # Levi Secord, 1892-1893 # George Watt, 1894-1895 # Thomas Elliott, 1896-1897 # W. G. Raymond, 1898-1899 # Harry Cockshutt, 1900 # D. B. Wood, 1901-1902 # Matthew K. Halloran, 1903-1904 # Charles Waterous, 1905-1906 # J. W. Bowlby, 1907-1908 # W. B. Wood, 1909-1910 # Ross A. Rastall, 1911 # Charles H. Hartman, 1912-1913 # John H. Spence, 1914-1915 # J. W. Bowlby, 1916-1917 # M. M. MacBride, 1918-1920 # George Wedlake, 1921-1922 (''Wedlake died March 3, 1922. C.J. Parker completed the term''.) #

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, 1922 # Frederic W. Billo, 1923-1924 # M. M. MacBride, 1925 # J.A.D. Slemin, 1926-1927 # Ross L. Beckett, 1928-1932 # M. M. MacBride, 1933-1934 # Col MA Colquhoun, 1935 # M. M. MacBride, 1936-1937 # R. J. Waterous, 1938-1940 #

John P. Ryan John Patrick Ryan (July 30, 1936 – March 20, 2007) was an American actor, best known for his role as Warden Ranken in the 1985 film ''Runaway Train''. Biography The son of Irish immigrant parents, Ryan graduated from Rice High School and st ...

, 1941-1945 #

John H. Matthews John Henry Matthews IV (August 11, 1888 – July 7, 1956) was the Mayor of Brantford, Ontario, Canada (1946–1947), Known as Jack to his family and friends, he came to Canada in 1909 from the island of Guernsey, he married Florence Honor ...

, 1946-1947 # W. J. Dowden, 1948-1949 # Howard E. Winter, 1950-1953 # Reg Cooper, 1954-1956 # Howard E. Winter, 1956 (''second time'') #

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, 1957-1958 # Lloyd D. Hogarth, 1959-1960 # Richard Beckett, 1961-1970 # Howard E. Winter, 1971-1972 (''third time'') # Charles Bowen, 1973-1980 #

David Neumann David Neumann is an American choreographer, dancer, and actor. He is known for his magnetic energy and his charismatic performances. He is a 2019 Tony nominated choreographer for Hadestown Early life Born in 1965 in Paris, Neumann grew up in Sout ...

, 1980-1987 (''Neuman resigned in October 1987 after being elected to the

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. Karen George completed the term''.) #

Karen George Karen George is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. She served as the mayor of Brantford from 1987 to 1991. She was the first, and so far only, female mayor of Brantford. Private career During the 1970s and 1980s, George co-owned a c ...

, 1987-1991 # Bob Taylor, 1991-1994 # Chris Friel, 1994-2003 # Mike Hancock, 2003-2010 # Chris Friel, 2010-2018 # Kevin Davis, 3 December 2018-present

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External links

Mayors of Brantford, Brantford Public Library
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