The city of
Orlando, Florida, was incorporated in 1875. The first
mayor,
William Jackson Brack
William Jackson Brack (June 17, 1837 – April 30, 1901) was the first mayor of Orlando, Florida from 1875 to 1877. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County from 1885 to 1887.
He was born to John and Eliza (McCall) ...
, took office in 1875. The Orlando mayor is officially a
nonpartisan election.
The current mayor is
Buddy Dyer
John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer (born August 7, 1958) is an American politician who is the 32nd Mayor of Orlando. First elected in 2003, he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He is a member of the Florida Democratic Party. Previously he represented Or ...
, who was first elected in a
special election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
in
February 2003. Dyer was elected to his first full term in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
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, and after a brief suspension for six weeks in 2005, has subsequently been re-elected in
2008
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,
2012
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,
2015
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, and
2019
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.
List of mayors
Notes
* City commissioner G. H. Sutherland served as acting mayor after Eugene Goodman Duckworth resigned in the wake of a failed
city commissioners recall election
A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can remove an elected official from office through a referendum before that official's term of offi ...
.
Sutherland served for about four weeks until a special election was held. Former mayor
James LeRoy Giles won the special election and served out the remainder of the term.
*
Ernest Page was appointed interim mayor for about six weeks in March–April 2005 while
Buddy Dyer
John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer (born August 7, 1958) is an American politician who is the 32nd Mayor of Orlando. First elected in 2003, he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He is a member of the Florida Democratic Party. Previously he represented Or ...
was under investigation for election fraud stemming from the 2004 election. The charges against Dyer were dismissed, and Dyer was reinstated as mayor on April 20, 2005.
See also
*
Timeline of Orlando, Florida
Notes
Works cited
World Statesman - Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W (Orlando)City of Orlando Election Results
References
External links
– Describes the city's exhibit of memorabilia from past mayors.
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