The Mayor of the City of Saint John is the head of the elected municipal council of

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, Canada. Saint John Common Council consists of a mayor (chair) and 10 councillors. The city has a ward system with four of roughly equal population. This municipal arrangement was first adopted in the 2008 municipal election after a plebiscite held October 9, 2007. The mayor is directly elected along with two councillors that run at large. Since 2021, the deputy mayor has been chosen by Common Council after each election, having previously been the councillor at large who gained a plurality of votes. The current deputy mayor is John MacKenzie. Each ward elects two councillor. Since the incorporation of Saint John in 1785, the mayor has served as the chief representative of the city. Officeholders were first appointed by the

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, under an

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. By the end of the end of the nineteenth century, the mayor was elected by the alderman of Common Council. In 1854, the office was directly elected by Saint John residents. As head of the largest city in New Brunswick, many mayors have served as elected officials at the federal and provincial level both before and after their tenure. Since 1785, 67 individuals have held the office of mayor. Notably, Samuel Davis, 1977-1980, served as the first elected Jewish Mayor of Saint John. In 1983

Elsie Wayne Elsie Eleanore Wayne (née Fairweather; April 20, 1932 – August 23, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Saint John from 1993 to 2004. She was born in Shediac, New Brunswick. Politi ...

was elected the first woman mayor. She served until 1993. While serving only two years, Thomas J. Higgins was the first Catholic Mayor of Saint John. The former, Don Darling, was elected May 9, 2016. Donna Reardon, incumbent, was elected May 25, 2021.

List of Mayors

Appointed by Governor-In-Council #Gabriel G. Ludlow, 1785-1795 #William Campbell, 1795-1816 # John Robinson, 1816-1828 (''Died In Office'') #William Black, 1828-1829 #Lauchlan Donaldson, 1829-1832 #William Black, 1832-1833 # John M. Wilmot, 1833-1834 #Benjamin L. Peters, 1834-1835 #William H. Street, 1835-1836 #

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, 1836-1837 #Robert F. Hazen, 1837-1840 #William Black, 1840-1843 #Lauchlan Donaldson, 1843-1847 # John R. Partelow, 1847-1848 #William H. Street, 1848-1849 # Robert D. Wilmot, 1849-1850 #Henry Chubb, 1850-1851 Elected indirectly by Common Council #Thomas Harding, 1851-1852 #William O. Smith, 1852-1853 #James Olive, 1853-1854 Elected directly by residents #James Olive, 1854-1855 #William O. Smith, 1855-1859 #Thomas Mcavity, 1859-1863 #Isaac Woodward, 1863-1866 # Aaron Alward, 1866-1870 #Thomas M. Reed, 1870-1874 #A. Chipman Smith, 1874-1877 # Sylvester Z. Earle, 1877-1879 #

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, 1879-1881 #Simeon Jones, 1881-1884 #J. Mcgregor Grant, 1884-1885 # J.S. Boies Deveber, 1885-1887 #Henry J. Thorne, 1887-1889 #George A. Barker, 1889 (''Died In Office'') #I. Allen Jack, July 7-August 9, 1889 (''As Recorder Under City Charter'') #W. Albert Lockhart, 1889-1891 #Thomas W. Peters, 1891-1894 #George Robertson, 1894-1898 #Edward Sears, 1898-1900 # John Waterhouse Daniel, 1900-1902 #Walter W. White, 1902-1906 #Edward Sears, 1906-1908 #Thomas H. Bullock, 1908-1910 #James H. Frink, 1910-1916 #Robert T. Hayes, 1916-1920 #E. Allen Schofield, 1920-1922 #Harry R. Mclellan, 1922 #G. Frederick Fisher, 1922-1924 # Frank L. Potts, 1924-1926 (''Died In Office'') #Walter W. White, 1926-1932 #James W. Brittain, 1932-1936 # D. Laurence Maclaren, 1936-1940 #Charles R. Wasson, 1940-1944 #James D. McKenna, 1944-1948 #Ernest W. Patterson, 1948-1950 # George E. Howard, 1950-1952 #Ernest W. Patterson, 1952-1954 #Gilbert B. Peat, 1954-1956 #William W. Macaulay, 1956-1958 # D. Laurence Maclaren, 1958-1960 (''Died In Office'') #James A. Whitebone, 1960 # Eric L. Teed, 1960-1964 #Stephen H. Weyman, 1964-1966 #Arthur L. Gould, 1966 #Arthur L. Gould, January–June 1967 #Joseph A. Macdougall, 1967-1969 #H. Avard Loomer, 1969 (''Died In Office'') #James E. Calvin, 1969-1971 #

Bob Lockhart Robert W. (Bob) Lockhart is a Canadian former politician, who served as mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1980 to 1983. Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Lockhart worked in media as a reporter, manager a ...

, 1971-1974 #Edis A. Flewwelling, 1974-1977 #Samuel Davis, 1977-1980 #

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, 1983-1993 #Thomas J. Higgins, 1994-1995 #

Shirley McAlary Shirley A. McAlary is a Canadian politician, who served as the mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick from 1995 to 2004. She was defeated by Norm McFarlane in the 2004 municipal election. McAlary subsequently ran for a councillor-at-large seat in th ...

, 1995-2004 # Norman McFarlane, 2004-2008 #

Ivan Court Ivan G. Court was the 65th mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick in Canada from May 28, 2008 – May 28, 2012. He was succeeded by Mel Norton. In 2014, Court attempted a run in provincial politics in the riding of Saint John Lancaster and said ...

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Mel Norton Mel K. Norton is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick from 2012 to 2016. Early life and career Norton was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and started his early life on Grand Manan. He completed a bachelor ...

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Don Darling Donald B. Darling is a Canadian politician, who served as the mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick for one term, 2016 to 2021. He was elected on May 9, 2016 in the 2016 New Brunswick municipal elections Municipal elections were held in the Canadian ...

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Donna Reardon Donna Reardon is a Canadian politician, who currently serves as the mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is th ...

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