This is a list of mayors of Thunder Bay and the former cities of Port Arthur and Fort William.

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population ...

was incorporated in 1970, amalgamating the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William.

Mayors of Thunder Bay (since 1970)

Saul Laskin Saul Laskin (15 May 1918 – 4 October 2008) was a Canadian politician. He was the first mayor of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Born in Fort William, Ontario, he was the younger brother of jurist Bora Laskin. He was educated in Fort Willia ...

(1970–1972) * Walter Assef (1973–1978) and (1981–1985) * Dusty Miller (1978–1980) *

Jack Masters John Gerald (Jack) Masters (born ''John Gerald Mastrangelo''; 27 September 1931) is a former Canadian politician. He served as mayor of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and as a federal Member of Parliament. He was born in Fort William, Ontari ...

(1986–1991) * David Hamilton (1992–1997) *

Ken Boshcoff Ken Boshcoff (born June 20, 1949) was mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario from 1997 to 2003 and a Canadian Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Rainy River from 2004 to 2008. He was elected Mayor of Thunder Bay again, on October 24, 2022. Early l ...

(1997–2003) * Lynn Peterson (2003–November 30, 2010) * Keith Hobbs (December 1, 2010 – December 4, 2018) *

Bill Mauro William Joseph Mauro (born ) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as the mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario from 2018 to 2022. He was previously a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018, represen ...

(December 4, 2018 - 2022) *

(2022-present)Logan Turner
"Ken Boshcoff is once again Thunder Bay's mayor, and he's got a lot of challenges ahead"

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Thunder Bay, October 25, 2022.

Pre-Amalgamation

Mayors of Port Arthur (1884-1969)

From the incorporation of Port Arthur in May 1884 to December 1969. *

Thomas Marks Thomas Marks (June 21, 1834 – July 9, 1900) was an Irish-born Canadian businessman who served as the first mayor of Port Arthur, Ontario (later part of Thunder Bay). He was born in Kilfinane, the son of Samuel Marks, and came with his famil ...

(1884) *

James Conmee James Conmee (October 13, 1848 – July 23, 1913) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Algoma West from 1885 to 1902 and Port Arthur and Rainy River from 1902 to 1904 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Thu ...

(1885) * George Hugh Macdonell (1886–1888) and (1900) * Thomas Ambrose Gorham (1889) * Aaron Squier (1890) * James Farrand Ruttan (1891–1892) *

George Thomas Marks George Thomas Marks (August 31, 1856 – May 21, 1907) was a businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was mayor of Port Arthur, Ontario (later Thunder Bay) from 1893 to 1899. He was born in Bruce Mines, Canada West, the son of George ...

(1893–1899)Thunder Bay city council sworn inThunder Bay city council sworn in * Isaac Lamont Matthews (1901–1902) and (1909–1910) and (1920–1923) * George O.P. Clavet (1903–1904) and (1906–1907) * Richard Vigars (1905) *

John James Carrick John James Carrick (September 17, 1873 – May 11, 1966) was an Ontario real estate promoter and political figure. He was always referred to by his initials as J.J. Carrick. Carrick served as mayor of Port Arthur in 1908. He represented Po ...

(1908) * Samuel Wellington Ray (1911–1912) * John Albert Oliver (1913–1914) * James Patrick Mooney (1915) *

Donald James Cowan Donald James Cowan (January 3, 1883 – January 14, 1964) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He represented Port Arthur—Thunder Bay in the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Drumbo, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Cowan was t ...

(1916–1917) * Edward John Blaquier (1918–1919) *

James White Crooks James White Crooks (February 3, 1866 – September 4, 1944) was a pharmacist, business owner and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Port Arthur from 1924 to 1925. He was born in Woodstock, Ontario and was educated at the Ont ...

(1924–1925) * Milton Francis (1926–1927) * John Oswald Hourigan (1928) * George Gibbon (1929–1930) * Percy Victor Ibbetson (1931–1932) * George Blanchard (1933) *

Charles Winnans Cox Charles Winnans Cox (July 7, 1882 - March 28, 1958) was a politician and timber contractor in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Port Arthur from 1934 to 1943 and the rid ...

(1934–1948) and (1952) *

Frederick Oliver Robinson Frederick Oliver Robinson (August 2, 1903 – June 26, 1969) was an Ontario machinist and political figure. He represented Port Arthur in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from August 1943 to November 1951 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federa ...

(1949–1951) and (1953–August 1955) * Albert James Hinton (September–December 1955) * Eunice Marian Wishart (1956–1958) * Norman Robert Wilson (1959–1961) *

(1962–1969)

Mayors of Fort William (1892-1969)

From the incorporation of Fort William in April 1892 to December 1969. *

John McKellar John McKellar (June 10, 1833 – February 3, 1900) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He was the first mayor of Fort William, Ontario (later part of Thunder Bay), serving from 1892 to 1898. He was born in Mosa Townsh ...

(1892–1898) *

Charles William Jarvis Charles William Jarvis (March 18, 1866 – July 15, 1932) was an Ontario banker and politician. Jarvis was the second mayor of the town of Fort William from 1899 to 1900, succeeding John McKellar. He represented Fort William in the Legislat ...

(1899–1900) * William Frederick Hogarth (1901) *

Joshua Dyke Reverend Joshua Dyke (September 15, 1849 – August 11, 1934) was an English-born Methodist minister, business owner and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Fort William from 1902 to 1903. He was born in Wednesfield, Stafford ...

(1902–1903) * Clarence Hugh Jackson (1904) * Edward Saunders Rutledge (1905–1906) * James Murphy (1907–1908) * Louis Lawrence Peltier (1909–1910) * Samuel Crawford Young (1911–May 1912) and (1914–1915) * George Alexander Graham (June 1912–1913) * Harry Murphy (1916–1919) * Albert Hugh Dennis (1920–1921) * Newton Edmeston (1922–1925) *

Joseph Edmund Crawford Joseph Edmund Crawford (December 2, 1877 – October 9, 1964) was an Ontario chartered accountant and political figure. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1937 as a Liberal member. Early life ...

(1926–1928) * Nathaniel Bascome Darrell (1929–1930) * Eugene Grimes Murphy (1931–1932) *

Robert Barclay Pow Robert Barclay "Bart" Pow (July 7, 1883 – April 25, 1958) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Fort William from 1933 to 1936. He was born in Emerson, Manitoba and was educated in Manitoba. He began work at the ...

(1933–1936) * Benjamin Charles Hardiman (1937) * Chisholm Mackenzie Ross (1938–1942) * Garfield Anderson (1943–1948) *

Hubert Badanai Hubert Badanai (January 11, 1895 – September 19, 1986), born Umberto Badanai; was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician. He was the first Italian born member of Canadian Federal Parliament. Born in Azzano Decimo, Friuli-Venezia Gi ...

(1949–1952) and (1955–1958) * Edward Gordon Carson (1953–1954) * Catherine Seppala (1959–September 1960) * John Oliver Booth (September–December 1960) * Ernest H. Reid (1961–1969)

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